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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection Commission Funding (12 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The Government is very conscious of Ireland’s commitment to deliver effective data protection regulation and protection of the data privacy rights of EU citizens. The existence of a professional and competent data protection regulator in Ireland is also a critical enabler to the development and growth of our digital economy. The Government has shown its commitment by providing...

Seanad: Data Protection (Amendment) Bill 2002 [ Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil ] : Report and Final Stages. (3 Apr 2003) See 19 other results from this debate

The text of amendment No. 3 deals with the interface between the data protection and freedom of information regimes. It provides that a right under data protection law shall not prejudice the exercise of a right under the 1997 Freedom of Information Act. Where, for example, a data subject fails to obtain access to personal data under the Data Protection Act – perhaps because it is manual...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (17 Apr 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The position is that while the data protection rights and protections that generally apply to adults under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) also apply to children, the GDPR acknowledges that the personal data of children merit specific protection and it includes a number of specific measures for the protection of children in addition to the "digital age of consent".  ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (18 May 2017) See 6 other results from this debate

Mr. Cathal Ryan: I will add to that, as it might be of assistance to the Chairman. Under the current law on data protection such as, for example, security purposes, it is up to the data controller to choose the level of security that is appropriate to the data he or she is processing. Among the factors to be included are the resources that can be used to protect data. A lot of it is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: State Bodies Data (23 Jun 2015)

Simon Coveney: Data, in either electronic or hard copy format, are essential to the business of my Department. All records, including those in electronic form, are collected and kept in accordance with the National Archives Act and the Data Protection Act. In this regard, my Department has policies on archiving and on the protection of personal data based on the provisions of the respective Acts. The data...

Written Answers — Data Protection: Data Protection (27 Nov 2007) See 2 other results from this answer

Willie O'Dea: Personal data held in electronic form in my Department and the Defence Forces is protected by the application of a stringent security policy, on access controlled servers, with mandatory features such as password protection, user authentication, assignment of rights to designated users only, the installation and monitoring of firewalls and other protective hardware. Daily backups by way of...

Written Answers — Data Protection: Data Protection (24 Sep 2008)

Willie O'Dea: Personal data held in electronic form in my Department and the Defence Forces is protected by the application of a stringent security policy, on access controlled servers, with mandatory features such as password protection, user authentication, assignment of rights to designated users only, the installation and monitoring of firewalls and other protective hardware. Daily backups by way of...

Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (27 Jan 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: .... I wish to make an important point to the House. Information relating to cautions, investigations without charge and dismissals under the Probation Act 1907 are already covered by the Data Protection Acts. Section 2 of the Data Protection Act provides that sensitive personal information includes any information relating to "any proceedings related to an offence committed by a person...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legislative Process (11 Jul 2023)

James Browne: The amendment was sought by the Data Protection Commission in support of its ability to carry out its functions under GDPR in an effective, efficient and lawful manner and to ensure fair procedures are maintained for data controllers and data subjects. I will give an example. The Data Protection Commission will, from time to time, need to engage with parties other than the entity whose...

Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2018) See 1 other result from this debate

Alice-Mary Higgins: I wish to speak briefly to this section to signal it is one of the key sections under which some of the issues we have discussed could be addressed. It deals with the designation of data protection officers. I signal that I will focus on this section on Report Stage as one of the key areas where the Minister will perhaps have the capacity to set out particular rules around the roles of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (3 Jul 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 211 and 212 together. As I advised the Deputy in February 2019, there are no plans to relocate the Data Protection Commission's office located at Station Road, Portarlington, Co. Laois. I am advised that there are 29 staff members working at its Portarlington office across a number of teams (e.g. complaint-handling, investigations, etc.,)...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Data Protection (20 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) is an EU Regulation which governs data protection law for EU member states. It came into operation in May 2018 and the Department continuously works towards full compliance with the requirements of the GDPR. Many procedures and processes have been introduced since that time in order to comply with the GDPR requirements including : - Appointment...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Data Protection (15 Dec 2015)

Joan Burton: The Department takes its responsibilities in relation to data protection 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. The Department has data protection and information security policies, standards, procedures and guidelines in place governing the use of its computer systems and...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office
Chapter 5 – Implementation of Financial Management Shared Services (16 Feb 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

Ms Hilary Murphy-Fagan: Yes. Given the sensitive data that we hold in our systems and that we transact, data protection is absolutely paramount to the business of the NSSO. Every staff member in the NSSO, me included, takes data protection very seriously. We had some data breaches during 2019 and 2020 but I am pleased to inform the committee that the number of data breaches continues to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Data Protection (27 Sep 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: In response to the Deputy's question, my Department has a specific Data Protection Officer.  As well as holding this position, the officer has other duties.  The Department is a "Data Controller" for the purposes of the Data Protection Acts.  The duties of a Data Controller are discharged within the Department through its procedures of control and systems of assurance...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (17 Jan 2024)

Simon Coveney: As the Deputy will be aware, the formalisation of data sharing arrangements was introduced by the GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018 and was supplemented by the Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019, with the commencement of final sections of that Act coming into effect on 16th December last year. Schedules of personal or person-specific data are therefore not available for the last 20 years. ...

Data Protection Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second Stage (17 Apr 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am very pleased to have the opportunity to commence Second Stage of the Data Protection Bill 2018 in this House. I look forward to hearing the contributions of Members and obtaining the broad support of the House for the contents of this most important legislation. I draw the attention of the House to the fact that the Bill was...

Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (1 Mar 2023)

James Browne: ...information the subject of the enquiry or request to the Official Assignee within such time as may be specified by the Official Assignee. (3) In this section and section 61A— ‘Act of 2018’ means the Data Protection Act 2018; ‘Article 10 data’ means personal data referred to in Article 10 of the General Data Protection Regulation; ‘General Data...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Data Collection (16 Jun 2020)

Simon Harris: The Data Protection Commission is the statutory body charged with responsibility to ensure protection of data subjects’ rights and compliance by data controllers with data protection law in this country, including the Health Research Regulations. In line with established international best practice on informed consent in health research, the Regulations require any data...

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...