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Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Northern Ireland (2 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: The arrest of Tony Taylor on the revocation of his licence in March 2016 was unlawful and did not conform to Article 28(2)(a) or (2)(b) of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008. Detention in the absence of lawful authority is contrary to Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights. This incarceration does not make any sense. It is not positive for Northern Ireland and...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Business of Select Committee (2 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: If we do not finish on Thursday, we will come back on Friday. Is there a deadline at any time on Thursday evening?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Business of Select Committee (2 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: Even at times of distress. I would not have pegged the Minister as a servant.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: Not really. We will try to avoid duplication as much as we can. Without a definition, the use of the term "scientific research" is a bit loose and could be open to abuse where the processing of data can be justified on the basis of compromised or biased research that is not fully autonomous or independent, or where the co-called scientific research is not really research at all but a...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: Yes, okay.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 5:In page 12, to delete lines 35 to 38, and in page 13, to delete lines 1 and 2 and substitute the following:“(2) Every regulation made under a provision of this Act, other than under sections 48, 57 and 70 shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made. (3) Either House of the Oireachtas may, by a resolution passed within 21...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: I could not share all of my light moments with the Chairman. The purpose of our amendments is to introduce openness and transparency in the recruitment process for the position of commissioner. We seek to ensure that the appointment involves an open competition. Our proposed section 15(7), in particular, is intended to introduce expertise from the European Data Protection Supervisor to the...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: We believe that digital safety should not be about creating a nanny state and should be about empowering young people to be aware of the pitfalls and the downsides as well as the benefits of the online world. One can tell young people not to have sex, not to drink alcohol or use prohibited drugs, but we are more in favour of educating young people about these matters rather than telling...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: I received some correspondence yesterday from a Dr. James O'Higgins Norman, associate professor of sociology at Dublin City University, DCU. He says that as an international and Irish academic working in the field of child Internet safety with an holistic knowledge and understanding of how children engage online, he firmlys believe setting the age of digital consent at 13 years offers the...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: We will withdraw amendment No. 29 as well for the moment. We will revisit it in the Chamber.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: We will press amendment No. 29 on the same basis.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 35:In page 25, lines 2 to 4, to delete all words from and including ", and" down to and including "subsection" in line 4. This amendment relates to the designation of data protection officers. We are concerned that the essence of the GDPR and the rights of data subjects might be offset or undermined by the invocation of costs as an excuse. For that reason, we are...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 36:In page 25, line 12, after “include” to insert “in particular the following”. I will deal with a couple of the amendments and Deputy Daly will deal with the others. Amendment No. 36 is part of a bigger structural adjustment to this part of the Bill. The insertion of the phrase "in particular the following" is intended as an extra layer of...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: If we follow Deputy Jim O'Callaghan's advice, we will have to start over with the Bill. We will explore this issue further and see where common sense lies. We will resubmit the amendments on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: Does the Minister think the best paid legal services in Europe will generate even more money in the years ahead?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 45:In page 27, to delete lines 27 to 29. We are interested in listening to the Sinn Féin position on this amendment. We might agree with Sinn Féin in opposing the entire section but for starters, I will set out the position on our amendments. The section seems to give far too much scope to third party data processing for non-statutory schemes, especially given...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Agencies (2 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: 36. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he has discussed with Pobal its charitable status since becoming Minister; his views on whether its status as a charity may be in breach of the Charities Act 2009; his views on the need for a statutory body to identify as a charity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19105/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Contracts (1 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: 48. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 12 of 22 February 2018, her plans to examine her Department's relationship with Pobal with a view to forming a closer statutory relationship; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18842/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Contracts (1 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: 55. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 12 of 22 February 2018, her plans to commission an independent review of the operating system for childcare with particular regard to Pobal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18841/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Contracts Data (1 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: 107. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Government contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) in each year since March 2011, in tabular form; the costs per contract; the Department, agency or body involved; the basis for each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18637/18]