Results 41-60 of 366 for data protection speaker:Eamon Ryan

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (28 Sep 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...x20ac;8 billion to 2030. In February 2022 the Government approved a package of significantly enhanced supports to make it easier and more affordable for homeowners to undertake home energy upgrades. Data from the SEAI shows that since the launch of the new measures, demand across the retrofit schemes has been exceptionally high. Almost 30,000 home energy upgrades were completed to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (28 Sep 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...Re-use 3. Recycling 4. Recovery 5. Disposal While Ireland is currently meeting its recycling target for plastic packaging, national waste statistics published recently by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) show that less than a third (28%) of plastic packaging is being recycled and that many recyclable plastic items are still being put in the general waste bin, which means...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air Quality (21 Sep 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The national air quality monitoring stations are operated, maintained, and monitored by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Programme. My Department has provided funding for a significant upgrade to the network in recent years, and as a consequence the number of monitoring stations has increased from 29 in 2017 to 114 today. The expansion will be...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Illegal Dumping (20 Sep 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...Management Act. DPIAs must also be carried out as part of this process. The Local Government Management Agency (LGMA) is continuing to work on the finalisation of draft Codes of Practice and Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs), which are fundamental to the future operation of CCTV schemes aimed at assisting waste enforcement and anti-litter efforts. The LGMA recently...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Building Energy Rating (13 Jul 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The Government’s Energy Poverty Action Plan acknowledges that improving our measurements and data collection will assist in identifying the severity of energy poverty being experienced by households and therefore, where additional supports could be further targeted. As set out in the Action Plan, a research network on energy poverty chaired by the ESRI has been established. The...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Appointments (13 Jul 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...Although the information requested by the Deputy may be available at the time of the appointment, it is not a requirement of the State board system that this information is recorded. Under General Data Protection Regulation guidelines my department does not have a justification to record the previous employment history of the board member who has been assessed through a transparent...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Cybersecurity Policy (20 Jun 2023)

Eamon Ryan: Cyber security, the protection of our IT systems, data services and communication networks, is vitally important to our economy and society. Disruption to our systems and personal data breaches are not only very expensive, they undermine trust and confidence in digital services and their providers. It is the Government’s role to develop policy and strategies which ensure Ireland can...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Electricity Grid (15 Jun 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...the big interconnection and transmission grid. We have to look right at the street and how we put in new storage facilities at the local transformer station. Critically, we have to work with the Data Protection Commissioner so that we have good sharing of data and have real public confidence in the use of that non-identifying data about collective use on the street so that we can start...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (15 Jun 2023)

Eamon Ryan: In order to address data protection concerns, Sections 22 and 33 of the Circular Economy and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022 require that separate Codes of Practice for the operation of CCTV schemes under both the Litter Pollution Act and the Waste Management Act and a further Code of Practice for the use of “mobile recording devices” under the Waste Management Act are...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air Quality (15 Jun 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The national Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Programme is operated, maintained, and monitored by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). My Department has provided funding for a significant upgrade to the network in recent years, and as a consequence the number of monitoring stations has increased from 29 in 2017 to 113 today. The expansion will be complete when the remaining stations are...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (15 Jun 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...authorities to utilise CCTV in their litter and waste enforcement efforts has already been enacted under the Circular Economy and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022. However in order to address data protection concerns, the Act sets out a number of conditions to be complied with prior to the introduction and use of CCTV by local authorities. In particular, the Local Government Management...

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: From the Seanad (14 Jun 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...the Dáil debate and are not technical in nature. Section 45 will insert a new section 77A into the Roads Act 1993 which will provide the basis in future for the use of traffic cameras and other data-gathering devices by Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, and local authorities and for the use of data from those cameras as part of this process. Section 41 inserts a number of...

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: From the Seanad (14 Jun 2023)

Eamon Ryan: It is substantial. The amendments made in the Seanad were not insignificant. During the passage of the Bill through the Seanad, the issue of data protection related to traffic cameras and other devices was raised. Any processing of personal data is, by definition, subject to the general data protection regulation, GDPR. In addition, the Bill contains a number of further provisions which...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Data (13 Jun 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The latest data published by the Central Statistics Office shows that the number of students attending secondary level schools in Ireland is 405,003 and the potential cost of providing every second-level student in the State with a reusable water bottle would be a multiple of that number, depending on the pricing for reusable bottles, which varies depending on brand, material and size....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (13 Jun 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The Government’s Energy Poverty Action Plan acknowledges that improving our measurements and data collection will assist in identifying the severity of energy poverty being experienced by households and therefore, where additional supports could be further targeted. As set out in the Action Plan, a research network on energy poverty chaired by the ESRI has been established. The...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Data Protection (13 Jun 2023)

Eamon Ryan: “My Department takes the issue of data protection and the safety of personal information of members of the general public very seriously. My officials comply with GDPR and other Data Protection legislation in all aspects of their work. If staff are availing of remote working arrangements, they must adhere to my Department’s Blended Working Policy, which references guidance on...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Centres (31 May 2023)

Eamon Ryan: In July 2022, the Government published a new statement on the role of data centres in Ireland’s enterprise strategy. The statement addresses sustainable data centre development to align with Ireland’s renewable energy targets, security of supply, sectoral green house gas emissions and climate priorities. The goal of this policy is to ensure the positive benefits for...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (31 May 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...be delivered on a phased basis over the 5-year lifetime of the plan, including a number of measures which specifically address the need to empower households and businesses through better consumer protection, including;Expanding the role of the National Waste Collection Permit Office (NWCPO) to become a collection market oversight body;Expanding the role of the Price Monitoring Group (PMG)...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (30 May 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The Local Government Management Agency (LGMA) are currently working on the preparation of the draft Codes of Practice and Data Protection Impact Assessments. Following assessment and approval by me approval, the Codes of Practice must then be laid before both Houses of Oireachtas by the LGMA and published on a website maintained by or on behalf of myself as Minister or the Government. Local...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Data Protection (25 May 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...appropriate to the circumstances and is kept under continuous review by the NCSC. All work-related applications on Departmental phones are housed within a secure container which prevents any data from being accessed or shared with other applications on the device. My Department requires all users of our official devices to exercise appropriate discretion in their use in compliance...