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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I support the tenor and principle of all those amendments. They are valuable. My preference, between amendments Nos. 14 and 15, would be for the European Data Protection Supervisor as opposed to the European Data Protection Board. Will the Minister clarify in what regard No. 15 is contrary to the GDPR?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I move amendment No. 26:In page 23, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following:“Data-harvesting, micro-targeting and profiling of children for financial gain 30. It shall be an offence under this Act for any company or corporate body to collect, collate, or store data pertaining to a child as defined by section 29, for the uses of profiling or micro-targeting, for the purposes...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Three of the amendments are relatively similar. I will echo the point made by Deputy Róisín Shortall, that the right call is being made about the digital age of consent. A great deal more is needed to ensure the safety online of children and the population at large which I have said in passing as it is not just children who are at risk online. There are advantages and...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Having read Article 47, I do not really see anything. We can do this relatively tightly. Where is the problem in Article 47 of the GDPR?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I do not know that the Minister did so.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The Minister is quoting from Recital 47 rather than Article 47. Is that right?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Okay.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Yes, for the moment.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I will examine this matter again. I believe in the principle of my amendment. I have not seen anything in the main articles of the GDPR that prevents what I am proposing. I will examine the recital. I will press this amendment. If I am satisfied between now and Report Stage that there is an issue with what I am proposing, I will reconsider the matter on Report Stage. I am pressing...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: There are a number of elements to this general area. The difficulty with what the State and the European Union are trying to do lies in the conflict between massive organisations and large corporations that handle enormous volumes of data and have great scope to abuse and exploit it, if they so wish, and small organisations that require data for their ongoing day-to-day functions. A...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The difficulties with the section have been well outlined. There are a number of exceptions and qualifications which do not exist in the GDPR. I would be of the view that if we are going to try to have such a detailed piece of legislation it is probably likely to be the case that the legislation need not be as detailed and the GDPR be allowed to have direct effect in many respects. If we...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I will not oppose the section at this moment in time, just to take stock of the amendment that has just been made. I still maintain a view that I am not sure the section is required, but I will re-evaluate it in the context of the amendment that has been made.

Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Ní dóigh liom go mbeidh sé sin go léir ag teastáil uaim ag an am seo den oíche. A number of years ago, we passed a constitutional amendment in the State which at its heart had the commitment that the interests and welfare of the child would be a paramount concern. It was a significant statement and it is consistent with the intent in this Bill. Our...

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (1 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I know the Minister of State is sincere and that problems predate his appointment by some distance. There is a lot of discussion about prevention, and rightly so. It is vitally important to resolve this crisis and prevention has to be at the fore. It is going to take many years to build this system properly. There will be prevention in schools and in the wider community. That is going to...

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (1 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: This has often been described as a crisis and it is no longer in any way a controversial statement. The state of mental health services is very clearly a crisis and an emergency. Last week we saw the RTÉ programme "The Big Picture - Young and Troubled"; it was an excellent piece of public service broadcasting. The matter enters the heart of the public debate every so often, but for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youth Guarantee (1 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount drawn down to date of the Youth Guarantee funding from the EU. [18804/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Staff (1 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is possible to register with an ETB as a registered tutor for drama, music or otherwise; and the procedure for such registration. [19029/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Data (1 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 205. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications for employment permits from asylum seekers that have been made in the past month; and the number of successful applications. [18839/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 379. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the progression of the transitional justice for survivors of Mother and Baby Homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18718/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card Data (1 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 418. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 939 of 20 March 2018, the purpose of the latest tender by her Department for facial recognition software; and her plans to expand the use of public service cards beyond SAFE level 2. [18719/18]