Results 1-20 of 77 for data protection speaker:Thomas Pringle

Disability and Special Needs Provision: Motion [Private Members] (19 Sep 2024)

Thomas Pringle: ...you would find new respect and admiration for disabled lives. Similarly, I welcome the proposal to introduce a guaranteed living wage for carers that is not means-tested and is constitutionally protected. As with its ignorance as to the cost of disability, the Government has shown continually that it has no clue as to what role carers actually provide. Means-testing carers merely...

Primary School Funding: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2024)

Thomas Pringle: ...resources and supports are available. It is also shocking that there is no mechanism for schools to provide feedback on who has needs within their classes. The 2024 allocation model uses outdated data from 2016 and ignores the current needs. The model relies on enrolment numbers, literacy and numeracy scores, and educational disadvantage metrics, but lacks any individual profiling. As...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (25 Jun 2024)

Thomas Pringle: ...belief that the recommendations in the majority report are not supported by adequate empirical evidence or sufficiently extensive comparative analysis. It is clear that the review group faced a significant data deficit when conducting its research. The minority report highlighted many challenges faced by the review group, such as the impossibility of researching or interrogating...

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Thomas Pringle: ...look past the human beings at the centre of this or blame them in any way for the difficult and devastating lives that many have been forced to live. I understand that people feel angry and possibly protective, but we cannot let this feeling override logic or worse, our humanity. Many migrating to this country share the same fears as those who are wary of their arrival. They too are...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: ...been most impacted. That is because profit is harder to make in rural areas. You cannot make money out of people, which is what this is all about. The whole system seems to be about making money. Data on closures show the disproportionate impact closures are having on some counties, especially in the west. The report shows that in Donegal alone, there was a decrease of 43 beds in...

Progressing Special Education Provision: Statements (9 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: ...place and definitely before they need a secondary school place. It amazes me how the system seems to be surprised by children in an area needing supports. I do not believe there would be any data protection issues at play here that would prevent agencies from talking to each other and planning ahead. Instead, we have seen the HSE change the requirements to make sure it does not have to...

Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: ...benefits by going through that whole assessment. The digest states that section 4(2): permits the Minister for Education and the HSE to disclose to each other, and process, certain personal data, where necessary and proportionate, for the purpose of providing the health services and supports comprising the enhanced medical card. Section 2 of the Bill clarifies that the phrases "personal...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2024)

Thomas Pringle: ...the algorithms the companies use. Putting age profiles and barriers on accounts is grand but the algorithms are the problem and they are what we should be targeting. If we were serious about protecting young people, that is what we would be doing. In his response, the Taoiseach mentioned the ban against harmful content and the online safety code. How many prosecutions have taken...

EU Police Co-operation: Motion (10 Apr 2024)

Thomas Pringle: ...migrant smuggling while, at the same time, MEPs are today voting on the EU migration pact to reform asylum policies, which multiple NGOs have said will make it much harder for refugees to seek protection in Europe and which will force more refugees to seek other methods, such as smuggling. This is nonsensical and completely inhumane. We are forcing people into these dire situations and...

Services for those Seeking Protection in Ireland: Statements (30 Jan 2024)

Thomas Pringle: It is important to acknowledge the dire circumstances many of those seeking protection in Ireland have experienced, both in their home countries and on their journeys here. We need to remember these are people seeking protection and safety. They have come to our country for help because it is too difficult or dangerous to stay in their own for many reasons, such as violence, war or extreme...

Increased Fossil Fuel Divestment: Motion [Private Members] (13 Dec 2023)

Thomas Pringle: ..., by removing the exclusionary clause within section 49A (1) of the National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Act 2014 (as amended by the Fossil Fuel Divestment Act 2018) regarding financial derivative instruments, exchange traded funds or hedge funds; — ensure meaningful steps are taken to protect the climate and our children's future, while acknowledging the significant...

Reversal of Planned Fuel Price Increases: Motion [Private Members] (26 Sep 2023)

Thomas Pringle: ...is to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and to prioritise decarbonisation in this country but there has to be a just transition. We have to ensure that people’s livelihoods, homes and well-being are protected in our attempts to combat climate change, protect biodiversity and shift towards sustainability. People deserve to live a life of dignity. They deserve to have a roof...

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: ...to be consulted with respect to changes that are made: (i) the Minister; (ii) the Policing Authority; (iii) the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission; (iv) the Garda Síochána Inspectorate; (v) the Data Protection Commission; (vi) the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, (c) may, where appropriate, consult with the Local Government Management Agency And...

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: I am sorry; that was my mistake. I will speak to the other three. On what the Minister has said with regard to oversight, the section actually says: A member of Garda personnel may utilise ANPR data to monitor the movements of a particular vehicle (in this section and section 18 referred to as “focussed monitoring”) only if that utilisation— (a) has been approved...

European Union Directive: Motion (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: ...the private and public sector, are in place. It is vitally important that such rules are in place for the European Commission and EU representatives too. One area of concern with the proposal is in regards to data protection. I echo the European Data Protection Supervisor's call to amend Article 3 of the proposal in order to establish a comprehensive legal basis under Union law for...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (5 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: I am concerned about the training of members of An Garda Síochána who will deal with this information. The 2019 report from the Data Protection Commissioner stated that "the Garda members operating the scheme were unaware of the full range of technical features of their own CCTV system". It also stated: "The members of An Garda Síochána operating a number of the schemes...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (5 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: Maybe I am being silly, but the way I read this, a Commissioner could tick all those organisations, including the Garda Síochána Inspectorate, the Data Protection Commission, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission and the Local Government Management Association, off the list by sending the code of practice to them and saying that is the consultation and good luck to the public.

Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)

Thomas Pringle: ...industries to oppose tobacco control measures, pre-empting strong legislation by pressing for the adoption of voluntary codes or weaker laws, and corrupting public officials. It is important that we protect public health policy from being influenced by industries that profit from harmful products, such as cigarettes and e-cigarettes. I would go even further by saying that public health...

European Union Directive: Motion (19 Apr 2023)

Thomas Pringle: ...issue. There has been a significant rise in human trafficking in Ireland and across the European Union. I welcome the attempt to address this. I particularly welcome the directive's intention of protecting victims but I hope it will not only be an intention. We need to be very careful in how we address trafficking in human beings. It is absolutely essential that any updating of the...

Environmental Protection Agency (Emergency Electricity Generation) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (7 Mar 2023)

Thomas Pringle: ...winter. I call on the Minister to be honest with the public about why this legislation is needed and why we are facing the supply risk. The truth is the legislation is not being introduced to protect ordinary citizens. The Government's real intention is to protect data centres, which consume more electricity than all of our rural homes put together. Figures show that all of Ireland's...