Results 61-79 of 79 for justice speaker:Ossian Smyth

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (15 Sep 2021)

Ossian Smyth: ...in particular.My Department also participates in the National Metal Theft Forum, which was established in 2012 by An Garda Síochána, to bring together stakeholders, including local authorities, the Department of Justice, and industry representatives, in order to improve information sharing and to develop a metal theft prevention and crime reduction plan.   There are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implementation of the EU Digital Covid Certificate: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (14 Jul 2021)

Ossian Smyth: I will talk about the cost first. The project is split between different Departments. The Department of Justice is in charge of the immigration desks in the airports, the Department of Transport runs the ports and the airports, the Department of Health is producing the vaccination data and the Department of Foreign Affairs has an interest in any kind of foreign travel. Then there is the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implementation of the EU Digital Covid Certificate: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (14 Jul 2021)

Ossian Smyth: ...the information. The information that shows on screen is the same as the printed information on the sheet of paper. There are no extra data there. They are all encoded in the QR code. The Department of Justice developed this app for its immigration staff, and I believe it is the same app that is used by the carriers where they choose to use it. It is an Android app. It is not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implementation of the EU Digital Covid Certificate: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (14 Jul 2021)

Ossian Smyth: ...in an app store and needs to be side loaded, and the third is that it may not be compliant. It may store data such as sensitive passport data, because it is developed by the Department of Justice, that are not suitable for distributing to the public or to people in hospitality. There are three hurdles that would have to be overcome.

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2021)

Ossian Smyth: ..., economics, finance, political sociology or ethics with regard to climate and so on. That is just to broaden that out from a committee which was very much focused on economics. While social justice, policy and inclusion are not specifically referenced, it does not prevent the Minister from nominating individuals who have knowledge in those areas. Acknowledging the broad range of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (15 Jun 2021)

Ossian Smyth: ...theft.  My Department also participates in the National Metal Theft Forum, which was established in 2012 by An Garda Síochána, to bring together stakeholders, including local authorities, the Department of Justice, and industry representatives, in order to improve information sharing and to develop a metal theft prevention and crime reduction plan.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Cybersecurity Policy (15 Jun 2021)

Ossian Smyth: ...of the following Departments at Assistant Secretary or Principal Officer Level: Department of Defence Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment Department of Foreign Affairs Department of Justice Department of Public Expenditure and Reform - Office of the Chief Government Information Officer Department of Social Protection Department of An Taoiseach.

Seanad: Public Service Pay Bill 2020: Second Stage (14 Jun 2021)

Ossian Smyth: ...dynamic public sector, which is absolutely right. It is why the issue of reform and linking reform with pay rises are present throughout this Bill. Senator Ward highlighted the plight of criminal justice barristers who are on very low pay and had their fees cut during the previous financial emergency. Those fees were not raised subsequently and there has not been a pay rise since 2002....

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jun 2021)

Ossian Smyth: .... The Bill also includes the need to maximise employment, the attractiveness of the State for investment and the long-term competitiveness of the economy having regard to the principle of climate justice. That is the guidance to the CCAC. In general, the agricultural sector is distinctly different from other sectors in that it has the possibility of negative emissions, carbon sinks,...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jun 2021)

Ossian Smyth: ...will be a complex undertaking to make a legal sectoral division because of the need to satisfy the many criteria listed, including the overarching one of international agreements, but also climate justice, biodiversity and best scientific knowledge, among others. It will be more expensive to get emissions reductions in some sectors than others. There will be requirements to reduce at a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Protection (2 Jun 2021)

Ossian Smyth: ...terms of legislation and government policy does not fall under the remit of the Department of the Environment, Climate, and Communications. Rather it is a matter for my colleague the Minister for Justice and the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner.

Judicial Council (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 Jun 2021)

Ossian Smyth: ...their motor insurance premium, perhaps because of their individual circumstances, we need to be cautious in drawing conclusions from these figures as it is simply too early to do so. The Minister for Justice is to make a report to Government by the end of this year assessing the impact of the guidelines. Official data have shown that prices have been declining for some time....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cybersecurity: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2021)

Ossian Smyth: ...supporting us in this and agree that if we were to pay the ransom it would attract more of the same. On the data protection question, data protection comes under the remit of the Department of Justice. I cannot comment on what the Data Protection Commission will do. It has a statutory function and investigates when a data protection breach occurs. There has clearly been a huge breach...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cybersecurity: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2021)

Ossian Smyth: ...everybody in Ireland. Everybody is working on this at maximum capacity. There is no problem about parts of the Government not co-operating with each other. I meet the Ministers for Health and Justice every day to make sure our response to this is co-ordinated and there really is no problem in this regard.

Recent Cyberattack and its Impact on the Health System: Statements (18 May 2021)

Ossian Smyth: ...Garda National Cyber Crime Bureau, which I believe has had its number of staff doubled to 140. I can get more up-to-date numbers on that. The bureau reports to Deputy Humphreys as Minister for Justice. The Garda has intelligence from the Directorate of Military Intelligence. It is an intelligence bureau and has a different role from that of investigating crime and making...

Recent Cyberattack and its Impact on the Health System: Statements (18 May 2021)

Ossian Smyth: ...as they are the best skilled to know their own systems. That is the chain of command. It requires an all-of-government response. In this case, we have the Department of Health, the Department of Justice and the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications involved, and co-ordination from the Department of the Taoiseach.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Energy Policy (18 May 2021)

Ossian Smyth: .... The rounds of negotiations in 2021 are foreseen for 1 to 4 June, 6 to 9 July and during the weeks of 28 September and 9 November. Separately, in late 2020 Belgium submitted a request to the Court of Justice of the European Union for an opinion on the compatibility of the future modernised ECT arbitration provisions within EU law. This follows from a recently established position that...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: National Broadband Plan (25 Nov 2020)

Ossian Smyth: ..., there is the ability, if the arrangement includes a loan which is secured on a principal private residence, for it to be adopted by the courts. As the Deputy will know, the Minister for Justice is currently bringing forward legislation to extend the circumstances in which this option is available to borrowers. Much has been done over the last years to enhance protections for...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Garda Stations (29 Sep 2020)

Ossian Smyth: The Deputy has asked who the stakeholders are. The OPW has had meetings with the NDFA, An Garda Síochána and the Department of Justice and Equality, which is funding the project on a regular basis to progress it as part of a PPP. Other agencies are involved as well. There were long negotiations with Cork County Council regarding the shared access road. Irish Water has concerns...