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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (3 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: 476. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the contract for the national broadband plan requires a company (details supplied) to make further investments in a scenario in which the plan requires additional funding; if they are contained within the signed contract; if the details of the requirements will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (3 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: 477. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a company (details supplied) submitted a pre-qualification questionnaire; if so, the date on which it was submitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49723/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (3 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: 475. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the results of a recent mapping consultation for the national broadband plan will be published. [49721/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: Mr. Davis said "Hey Siri" for himself but did he say it for everybody else? I suppose that is another question. To break this down, both Apple and Google claim that they have removed all identifying data. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: The issue here is that personal information is being obtained because the system cannot process the recording or differentiate. Mr. Davis said that when questioned about a football match, for example, Siri uses one's general location to provide suitable results, but if one asks for the nearest supermarket more specific data is used. What information does Siri pull in if it cannot process or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: If it accesses a location because it has interpreted the request differently from the actual request-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: Obviously, there was third party processing of data and Mr. Davis said that Apple has now brought that in-house. What oversight was in place to ensure that data was protected? What oversight was there to ensure it was not further processed? Is the move to ensure it brought in-house admittance that there were issues with the external third party processing of data?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: Was Mr. Davis fully satisfied that the arrangements Apple had in place met GDPR standards?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: That is okay. We are tight for time so I will move to Google. In the case of some Dutch recordings that had been made available through leaks, where did the recordings originate? Was it from within Google?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: Mr. Malcolm said that personal information has been stripped from these files forever. It is the case that the audio itself may identify some individuals. For example, VRT, the Belgian national broadcaster, was able to provide some individuals with their own recordings based on this data. How does Mr. Malcolm ensure that information of that nature is removed before it is processed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: But individuals could be identified.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: Would that be of concern to Mr. Malcolm, that despite the protections that people's privacy was breached in that regard?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: Would that have been a breach of the GDPR in Mr. Malcolm's view?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: Similarly to Apple, Google was using third parties to process this data. What oversight was in place to ensure that the data was protected? What oversight was there to ensure it was not further processed, because obviously with the example we have given, there are concerns among individuals that there is an infringement on their privacy, based on the GDPR?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: Last week we heard from the Data Protection Commission about ongoing investigations which include the witnesses' companies and breaches to the GDPR relating to digital assistants. Does Mr. Malcolm think Google will be found to have breached GDPR guidelines under the present use of data under digital assistants?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Dec 2019)

Jack Chambers: I thank the witnesses for their engagement.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Just Transition Fund (28 Nov 2019)

Jack Chambers: The block allocation mentioned by the Minister is necessary and welcome but we need to know what that will mean for workers in Bord na Móna and the ESB. There is uncertainty and the fear of worker representatives is that jobs will be lost and not regained. Does the Minister accept the point made by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, ICTU, that a forum for immediate and direct...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Just Transition Fund (28 Nov 2019)

Jack Chambers: 7. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which he will ensure the participation of ESB and Bord na Móna workers and affected communities in the development of a coherent just transition response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49382/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Just Transition Fund (28 Nov 2019)

Jack Chambers: I appreciate the Acting Chairman and the House facilitating me. Although a just transition commissioner has recently been appointed and carbon tax revenues have been allocated toward the challenge there is still considerable uncertainty around how existing Bord na Móna and ESB jobs will be protected, contracts honoured and workers provided with alternative employment. Will the Minister...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Just Transition Fund (28 Nov 2019)

Jack Chambers: The Minister has given little clarity on the steps the Government is taking immediately to address, redeploy and reskill workers in the communities affected. There is a 2020 deadline for the ESB. As the ICTU told the Committee on Climate Action this week, when the jobs are gone, they are gone and the people are unemployed. That transition and certainty is still absent. It is vital that...