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Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: I am joking.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: I found some of the language used inappropriate. I found it somewhat disconcerting. I also found that some of the language used did not recognise the independence of the office and the scale of importance of this issue. This was reflected to some extent in the discourse that emanated and the way in which the Department reacted once it went public on what it would do. Was Ms Dixon alarmed...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: What is the cost of the investigation?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: May I make a suggestion because this has to be collated. Will Ms Dixon write to the Chairman?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: I know it is labour intensive.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: I want to clarify something. There has been much commentary on this and it is somewhat confusing to some people. Is biometric data being collected as part of the public services card process? If so, at what scale and when did it commence?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: That is the real question.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: That was my next question. I fully understood what Ms Dixon stated because I come from an IT background. What is the scale of the collation of that data?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: What is the scale of the actual individual components of that data? I know it is 3.2 million people but what is the capacity of that data to be used? That is what the concern is.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: That is where I wanted to go on that. It is obvious that there will be some form of mass actions, multi-party actions or whatever regarding the commission's findings. That brings me to my second topic. I have a genuine concern but in a positive way. I admire and know the work that is necessary in terms of what the commission does. However, in terms of the scale of its work into the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: I have one more question after this one.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: This is the last issue I will raise. The Data Protection Commission received 4,113 complaints in 2018, which was a 56% increase on 2017. This indicates that this is moving in a certain direction. After the commission's findings it will require additional resources, and I support resourcing the commission's work. With regard to the European Data Protection Board, the Data Protection...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: It is a real issue.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: It is an interesting topic. We might return to it again.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: I thank the Minister for her generic response. I remember the Hanley report and the Teamwork report. They were the reports that were put in place to justify creating the model 4 hospital in Limerick. The issue was the resources and the capital required were never put into it. The amount of funding for staff such as doctors, nurses and health professionals was never in tandem with what was...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: He has heard it already.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: Another review. It is not about processes. It is about resources.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: He knows.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: My colleague, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, and I come from the mid-west. Those us across the House, both in government and opposition, who come from counties Limerick, Clare and Tipperary, as well as from north Cork, depend on the University of Limerick Hospital Group. On Monday, 23 September, 81 patients were on trolleys in University Hospital Limerick. Can the Minister imagine what it will be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (24 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: 297. To ask the Minister for Health when it is planned to fill two vacancies that have existed for some time in order to address the lack of psychology services in north County Tipperary. [38402/19]