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Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: The Minister of State indicated it is not appropriate to impose blanket restrictions, yet that is effectively what is being applied in respect of access to social services. Persons seeking to access social welfare payments and other payments will encounter such a blanket restriction and I am concerned that it will be extended. I am concerned that the interaction between sections 6 and 12...

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I am not pressing it, but we will return to it on Report Stage.

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 8:8. In page 10, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following:“Data-sharing: meaning 8. (1) In this Act, “data-sharing” means the execution and operation of defined processes for the exchange of information between one or more entities for the purpose of supporting the delivery of statutory public sector services, or the execution of obligations...

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I recognise that this relates to sections 8 and 18. As it stands, section 18 provides that the legal basis must be set out. In terms of the subsection, there is a key concern about whether Ireland is really reflecting the spirit of where we are in data protection regulations. Our job is not to make it really simple. There is a need for a level of clarity on why it is happening and the...

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 9:In page 10, to delete lines 34 to 38, and in page 11, to delete lines 1 to 30 and substitute the following:"9. (1) In this Act, "public body" means—(a) a company (within the meaning of the Act of 2014 or a former enactment relating to companies within the meaning of section 5 of that Act) a majority of the shares in which are held by or on behalf of a Minister of...

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: When we speak of unintended consequences, this is exactly what I am seeking to avert. Entities are listed in two lists under two different definitions.I recognise that the Minister of State needs to have a different definition in the Bill but I suggest that, perhaps in the section on definitions, he seeks to clarify that, for example, the definition of public bodies in the Bill relates to...

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I understand the reason for the differentiation but am suggesting that that must be made clear in the legislation. It does not really address the issue of entities being wholly or partly funded by the State because although the Minister of State gave the example of local authorities, another example is a company providing homecare services and which is partly funded by the State and needs to...

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I will not press the amendment. Section 18, on which the Minister of State touched, could be strengthened to address this issue. I hope I will be able to engage with him on how section 18 and the content of the data sharing agreement could perhaps make the protections more robust and be a way of approaching that issue.

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 13:In page 15, line 4, to delete “body.” and substitute the following:“body, and (f) the sharing of personal data is necessary and proportionate.”. Amendments Nos. 13 and 16 relate to necessity and proportionality, which are the guiding principles that underpin the GDPR. Again, this is about making clear that that test is being applied. In...

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Amendment No. 17 is a technical amendment. It is clear. There is a little bit of ambiguity here. I regard it as a different issue and therefore a different discussion, but it relates to the ambiguity around the lead agencies and data sharing, and where that stands. Consider the situation where there are data controllers within two public bodies, for example, in the context of discussion...

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: While someone might not be sent around the houses, which I understand from the reference to the lead agency - in fairness to the Minister of State, he has affirmed it - it would be useful to affirm it in the Bill to be clear that it does not in any way prejudice someone's right to call to each of the relevant houses. Having heard what the Minister of State had to say, I almost reinforce the...

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I appreciate the frank acknowledgement by the Minister of State. I am happy to consider section 55(c) which is about public consultation. The Minister of State referenced the statement the data protection officer might make. It would be useful for the public if the data protection officer did not simply say he or she was satisfied but if he or she were to indicate under the section in a...

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 19:In page 33, line 35, after “registry” to insert the following:“other than where that information may be sought or collected on the basis of direct consent of the person or data subject”. This potentially is one of the more sinister aspects of the Bill and it would be a source of real concern if it was not amended.Under section 42, there is...

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I am concerned that there seems to be a misunderstanding about the word "proportionate". It is not a once-off test on necessity and being proportionate-----

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: -----but I am saying that each individual thing that happens requires the test of necessity and proportionality.

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Each individual thing that happens has a test of what is the appropriate way. Things will happen between citizens and public bodies, where consent is an appropriate mechanism. Right now the Bill states clearly that the public body shall not collect or use such information for that purpose from a source other than the designated base registry. That source includes the individual, the data...

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I withdraw my amendment.

Seanad: Address by Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission (21 Jun 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I welcome President Juncker to the House. As he said, we have many passionate Europeans in Ireland. As one of those passionate Europeans, I believe I speak for many when I say we are concerned about the point at which we find ourselves in Europe and the period from which we have just emerged. During that period it seemed to many Europeans that market sentiment took precedence over public...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (20 Jun 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I welcome the Minister. Like others, I recognise the origins of the Bill, coming as it does from the issues identified by the public consultation regarding the independence of the Judiciary on the one hand, as well as the importance that the Judiciary would reflect the eligibility and diversity of our population and that there would be clear transparency in the judicial appointments process....

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Second Stage (19 Jun 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: The Galway-Mayo border.