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Data Protection Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 May 2018)

Seán Sherlock: The Deputy can now answer Deputy Mick Wallace's point.

Data Protection Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 May 2018)

Seán Sherlock: Article 8 of the GDPR deals with the issue of consent to the processing of personal data in connection with what we call information society services. That is the headline language that is used. The article itself proposes 16 years as the minimum age at which a child may independently consent to such processing. Younger children's data may be processed "only if, and to the extent, that...

Data Protection Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 May 2018)

Seán Sherlock: Our amendment No. 15 substitutes "16 years" for "13 years". I have spoken on this issue on Second and Committee Stages so will not overly detain the House. I have made clear that I favour a digital age of consent of 16. The advocates for a digital age of consent of 13 have argued that children have a right to a voice online and to participation. However, the digital age of consent applies...

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (16 May 2018)

Seán Sherlock: Apologies have been received from Deputy Martin Hayden whom I wish well. His wife has given birth. I do not know whether it was a boy or a child, as we say down my way.

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (16 May 2018)

Seán Sherlock: We pass on our congratulations to the Deputy and his wife and family on their good news. I ask members to, please, turn off their mobile phones. The usual provisos apply. Will they, please, switch them to airplane mode? In accordance with the standard procedures agreed to by the Committee on Procedure for paperless committees, all documentation for the meeting has been circulated...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Payments (16 May 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 203. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when arrears in respect of a carer's allowance will issue to a person (details supplied) in view of the fact the payment was first awarded on 12 April 2017; and if the details of same will be provided. [21532/18]

Data Protection Bill 2018: Report Stage (15 May 2018)

Seán Sherlock: May I seek clarification? I am a party to the amendments in this grouping.

Data Protection Bill 2018: Report Stage (15 May 2018)

Seán Sherlock: I beg the Deputy's indulgence, but I seek clarity on the procedure as some of us are a little confused.

Data Protection Bill 2018: Report Stage (15 May 2018)

Seán Sherlock: Should Deputies speak to their amendments in the group now?

Palestine: Statements (15 May 2018)

Seán Sherlock: I condemn utterly the killing yesterday by Israeli forces of dozens of protestors. Children have been killed and thousands of people have been injured by sniper fire and exposure to tear gas. Ambulances and emergency medical personnel have come under fire and medics have sustained injuries. The excessive and brutal use of force will scar communities for generations, as we know well from...

Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects Status (15 May 2018)

Seán Sherlock: I welcome the Minister's response. It sets out the process around the meetings with the contractor and the fact that the contractor did not subsequently provide the plans as was agreed. I welcome the Minister's transparency in this. We now need to talk about the future and ensure the projects are completed so the students can get into the two schools. This is the most important thing....

Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects Status (15 May 2018)

Seán Sherlock: I welcome the opportunity to raise this issue, in co-operation with my constituency colleague, Deputy O'Keeffe. I was the Minister of State who turned the sod for the two schools in question in 2015. These are multimillion euro projects to deliver, in the instance of St. Colman's community college in Middleton, for 1,000 students and, in the instance of Coláiste an Chraoibhín in...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (15 May 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 229. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the provision of mobile phone services in an area (details supplied) will be facilitated. [21080/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (15 May 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason history has been removed as a compulsory subject from the junior cycle curriculum. [21051/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Directives (15 May 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 327. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will request that the EU cultural and energy directorates maintain the exemption (details supplied) afforded to all stage lighting equipment from legislations which would prohibit their manufacturing and sale. [21422/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (15 May 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 372. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [20932/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Correspondence (15 May 2018)

Seán Sherlock: 429. To ask the Minister for Health if a reply will issue to a person (details supplied). [21337/18]

Gambling Control Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 May 2018)

Seán Sherlock: First, I want to state our support for the Bill, on which I believe there is an emerging consensus. I acknowledge the role of the Minister of State, Deputy David Stanton, in seeking to push this agenda internally. His role has to be acknowledged, in particular his bona fides in regard to tackling the downside of gambling, and the need to regulate gambling has been well articulated. We...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance and Child Protection Policy: Scouting Ireland (9 May 2018)

Seán Sherlock: Does Mr. Elliot mean in the context of safeguarding?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance and Child Protection Policy: Scouting Ireland (9 May 2018)

Seán Sherlock: Yes.