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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of Data Protection Bill 2017: Discussion (14 Jun 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank Ms Dixon for her presentation and I agree with her when she states it would be beneficial to have a consolidated piece of legislation setting out the laws in respect of data protection, as opposed to having three different pieces of legislation that we would have to check for consistency. The witness mentioned it might be worthwhile if a process could be done whereby somebody could...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of Data Protection Bill 2017: Discussion (14 Jun 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: The office will come to impose administrative fines but what parameters will it work from? Are there regulations or restrictions concerning what type of fines can be imposed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of Data Protection Bill 2017: Discussion (14 Jun 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: On the age of consent for children, does it mean that data processors cannot use information accessed by them in the case of children under the age of consent?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of Data Protection Bill 2017: Discussion (14 Jun 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: It is a policy decision for the Government what the age should be. Let us assume a child is aged 12 years as he or she will be covered, no matter which age threshold is applied. Can the child's parents make a complaint to the Data Protection Commissioner if it appears to be the case that the child has been offered something on social media for which consent has not been provided?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of Data Protection Bill 2017: Discussion (14 Jun 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: One of the reasons I have asked about this is that Mr. Carroll correctly mentioned that the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner which will become known as the Data Protection Commission will expand considerably on the basis of the Bill. Currently, it has a staff of 100. Does Mr. Carroll agree that the new commission will become a large statutory body which will need to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of Data Protection Bill 2017: Discussion (14 Jun 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: People have an entitlement to seek compensation. They can go to the courts if their data have been breached or they can go down the statutory route under the legislation. If compensation is awarded, will the new commission order the breacher to pay it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of Data Protection Bill 2017: Discussion (14 Jun 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: Am I correct that under head 58, therefore, only a court can award compensation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of Data Protection Bill 2017: Discussion (14 Jun 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: Many large corporations have access to huge volumes of data for individuals. Are there proposals to impose responsibility or liability on such holders of data? I acknowledge that Mr. Carroll is not in the business of engaging in a discussion of policy, but does the regulation or the directive take into account responsibilities that rest elsewhere and the necessity to fund them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of Data Protection Bill 2017: Discussion (14 Jun 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank Mr. Carroll for his presentation. The EU seems to be doing its best to make the regulation of data protection as impenetrable as possible, as we see from the regulations and directives. To make a general point, we have laws in this country dealing with data protection and when this Bill is enacted, the laws will be extended. Will it be the case that there will be a group of people...

Report on Recognition of Traveller Ethnicity: Motion (1 Jun 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: Unlike the Minister of State, Deputy Stanton, and Deputy Ó Caoláin, I have not been a Member of the House for 20 years; I have only been a Member for 15 months. I agree with them when they said the events of 1 March last were memorable and historic. In my 15 months here, which is a small amount of time, it was the most memorable event I have experienced as a Member of the House....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (1 Jun 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: 49. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action being taken to deal with the numerous gaps, flaws and variations found in the data saved on the Garda PULSE system identified in the recent audit report by the special rapporteur on child protection in respect of removal of vulnerable children under section 12 of the Child Care Act. [26441/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Training (1 Jun 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: 50. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action being taken to deal with the finding of the recent audit report by the special rapporteur on child protection that there is little or no evidence of child protection training for the majority of gardaí. [26442/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Training (1 Jun 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: 51. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action being taken to deal with the finding of the recent audit report by the special rapporteur on child protection that there is an explicit and deeply held culture of placing more emphasis on-the-job learning than on core training in An Garda Síochána. [26443/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Training (1 Jun 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: 52. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action being taken to deal with the finding of the recent audit report by the special rapporteur on child protection which suggested an inadequate response on the part of Garda management in the area of changes in ethnic and cultural diversity and that there is a lack of training to help gardaí deal with those...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (1 Jun 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: 53. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of crimes recorded on PULSE in 2016 in which the initial classification of the crime was subsequently changed to another type of crime, for example, a burglary being reclassified as criminal damage. [26451/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Passport Controls (30 May 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: 108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she will take to reduce the queues for passport control by passengers arriving into Dublin Airport at Terminal 1, particularly in the late evenings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25498/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Stadium Projects (30 May 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: 590. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps being taken to enable an organisation (details supplied) to redevelop a stand; and if he will give consideration for it to be part of the review of the public capital expenditure programme for 2017. [25480/17]

Criminal Justice Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (24 May 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: Deputy Clare Daly is correct in saying that the process should be transparent. It is transparent, however. When somebody makes an application for bail, it is done in an open court where the public can hear it. The judge makes a decision at the end of it and that decision is generally given on an ex temporebasis - the judge just speaks out the judgment. As there is a digital audio recording...

Criminal Justice Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (24 May 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: I agree with one aspect of Deputy Wallace's contribution. The last thing I want is the Irish Prison Service or aspects of our criminal justice system to be privatised. The Deputy is correct in referring to the position in the United States where it has become profitable for large companies to ensure the prison population is increased and certain preventative measures are introduced in the...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Parole Bill 2016: Committee Stage (24 May 2017)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the Chairman for fixing Committee Stage for this morning. I acknowledge the role the Tánaiste has played in dealing with this Private Members' Bill, the broad principle of which she has accepted and on which she is happy to work. I am conscious of the fact that I have had engagement with the Department of Justice and Equality, which I welcome. A lot of amendments have been...