Results 181-200 of 4,124 for data protection

Written Answers — Litter Pollution: Litter Pollution (31 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: The Data Protection Commissioner has indicated to my Department that actions taken by local authorities in publishing the names and addresses of persons fined or convicted as a result of littering or illegal dumping, whether by publication on their websites or by notices published in the local press and paid for by the local authority, would be in breach of the principles of data protection....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (8 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Deputy is referring to an operational matter for Tusla, therefore I have referred this question to Tusla to follow up directly with the Deputy. The interpretation and operation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and responses to Subject Access Requests (SAR), are the responsibility of each independent Government body. My Department cannot intercede in Tusla's decision...

Written Answers — Data Protection: Data Protection (24 Sep 2008) See 1 other result from this answer

Batt O'Keeffe: The protection of personal data is a fundamental and ongoing aspect of the work of my Department. My Department is committed to protecting personal data and takes all reasonable steps to ensure that the data it holds is protected. Data protection compliance is part of induction training for all new staff. In addition, 256 members of staff have completed records management training, which...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (6 Oct 2011) See 1 other result from this answer

Joan Burton: In line with data protection requirements, the Department has, in the last number of years, been engaged in extensive data matching exercises with a number of other Government Departments and public bodies for control purposes. Data matching is viewed as an efficient and effective mechanism to target control related activity. Data matching acts as an important preventative and detection...

Written Answers — Data Protection: Data Protection (25 Apr 2006) See 1 other result from this answer

Michael McDowell: The person in question made an application to the Garda data protection processing unit pursuant to section 4 of the Data Protection Act 1988, as amended, for disclosure of her personal data and not a vetting-clearance request. The search proved negative and a standard letter, which has been approved by the Data Protection Commissioner, issued to the applicant. This letter states, inter alia,...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Data Protection (4 Feb 2014) See 1 other result from this answer

Joan Burton: My Department takes its responsibilities in relation to data protection and protecting the data of its clients very seriously. Every effort is made to ensure that personal customer data is used solely for business purposes and that it is not compromised in any way. My Department has data protection and information security policies, standards, procedures and guidelines in place governing...

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Chapter 16 - Deferral of Tobacco Stamp Liability (1 Jun 2017)

Mr. Niall Cody: We take data protection very seriously and treat taxpayer confidentiality very seriously. All the information we have in our systems are collected under law and protected in our secure systems. The big challenge for a tax administration is collecting enough data, using the data and protecting the data. We have a very strong relationship with the Data Protection...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff Data (11 Jul 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection attaches a high importance to data protection in line with the GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018. A Data Protection Officer (DPO) has been appointed at the level of Principal Officer. The DPO leads a team of eleven officers. My Department also has a Business Information Security Unit which deals with data protection and the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Data Protection (1 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy is aware, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect on 25 May 2018 and any personal data breaches since its introduction are dealt with under the regulation and the Data Protection Act 2018. Article 4 of the GDPR defines a data breach as “‘a breach of security leading to the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Oct 2021)

Patrick Costello: The recent budget provided a welcome increase of just over 20% for the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner. We have seen problems with the administration of the general data protection regulation, GDPR, regime here. Data protection authorities in other countries have tried to sidestep us. The Data Protection Commission has been called out for being a roadblock in the enforcement of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Data Protection (20 Feb 2014)

Richard Bruton: ...effect of the Freedom of Information Act in 1998 to ensure that the Department can effectively comply with its obligations as set down under the Act. In addition, my Department has an assigned Data Protection Officer whose responsibilities include developing and implementing a data protection regime as well as providing assistance to persons who wish to apply for access to information...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2015)

Michael Noonan: I move amendment No. 90:In page 93, line 16, after "Health" to insert "and the Data Protection Commissioner". This amendment provides that the Data Protection Commissioner shall be consulted when regulations providing for the disabled drivers and disabled passengers fuel grant are made. This will assure the Data Protection Commissioner and the public that the data protection protocols...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations: Minister for Justice and Equality (10 Apr 2019)

Charles Flanagan: It does involve engagement in police co-operation and there may well be other areas as well where we will engage in co-operation. I acknowledge the point Deputy Daly makes about the data protection issues. It is important that data protection be upheld in respect of any further development of these systems. Members will be aware that SIS II is supervised by the European Data Protection...

Written Answers — Illegal Dumping: Illegal Dumping (11 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: The Data Protection Commissioner has indicated to my Department that actions taken by local authorities in publishing the names and addresses of those persons fined or convicted as a result of littering or illegal dumping, whether by way of publication on local authority websites or by notices published in the local press which are paid for by the local authority, would be in breach of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: General Data Protection Regulation (12 Dec 2018)

Charles Flanagan: ...from the detailed response which I gave to previous Parliamentary Questions from the Deputy, in particular Questions  623 and 628 on 24 July last, concerning commencement of section 30 of the Data Protection Act 2018, Article 58 of the GDPR already confers a far reaching power on supervisory authorities such as the Data Protection Commission to order controllers...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Data Protection (20 Jun 2017)

Michael Creed: I wish to inform the Deputy that, to date, no such issue has been raised with my Department and to reassure him that all data protection matters are dealt with by my Department in line with current Data Protection legislation. My Department is keenly aware of all its obligations in the area of data protection as regards the confidentiality of personal data for all its staff and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (28 Nov 2013) See 1 other result from this answer

Alan Shatter: As I indicated in my reply to Question No. 162 of 21 November, the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003 apply to the Revenue Sheriff. This means, inter alia, that appropriate security measures must be taken against unauthorised access to, or unauthorised alteration, disclosure or destruction of personal data coming into his or her possession. Such personal data may not be retained for longer...

Seanad: Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: This amendment is not accepted as the Environmental Protection Agency will be subject to data protection law - the Data Protection Acts 1998 to 2018, the Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019 and the general data protection regulation, GDPR. Only the appropriate non-personal information relating to the abstraction will ever be published by the agency. This is similar to what the EPA does...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (17 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: My Department does not hold a schedule of datasets shared with other bodies covering the past 20 years to date. Where my Department shares personal data with another organisation, it does so on the basis of the lawful grounds set out in Article 6 (and Article 9 if applicable) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018 i.e. with the consent of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Data Protection (17 Oct 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: For operational and security reasons it is not considered appropriate to disclose specific details on the nature of data breaches experienced by my Department. I can confirm that the majority of the data breaches were classified as low risk breaches. The Department did contact relevant individuals with respect to data breaches where it was deemed appropriate to do so, in line with GDPR...