Results 1-20 of 67 for data protection speaker:Pearse Doherty

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...a construction site, in a hairdresser's, in hospitality or on a factory floor, they cannot be expected to continue working beyond the pension age. All workers, when they reach that age, must be given the freedom to choose to retire or work on if they wish. Workers need to know the Government will treat them fairly and protect their rights. However, let us be clear this is a...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (28 Sep 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...the other side of these challenges was the Department. When the scandal broke, it was claimed that there was nothing untoward in the Department's actions. We now know that is not the case. The Data Protection Commission, DPC, has found that the State was engaged in unlawful practice against vulnerable people. At the centre of all of this are vulnerable children and their families. In...

Support for Household Energy Bills: Motion [Private Members] (3 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: .... Another constituent recently contacted me after being hit with an electricity bill of €1,100. These are eye-watering prices. What should not be tolerated as workers and families struggle, is that eye-watering profits are made by these companies, but this Government is happy to protect the windfall profits that energy companies have made. We know that the Minister, Deputy...

Protection of Cash as Legal Tender: Motion [Private Members] (8 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...services. This makes its availability and access to it crucial, especially for vulnerable customer groups such as the elderly and those with low financial resilience. Cash safeguards the privacy, data rights and identity of citizens in their financial activities and remains an important tool in budgeting for many citizens, households and businesses. Cash is secure, especially at a time...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mortgage Interest Rates (7 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: We have the data on that but let us deal with individuals. A person contacted me about mortgages sold to Pepper that have increased by €520. Another person's mortgage increased by €560. If that is multiplied over a year, it amounts to thousands more euro they have to pay. They were sold a lie. They were told they would be no worse off if their loans were sold to a vulture....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: ...'s failure on children with special needs who cannot secure appropriate school places come September. Mr. Muldoon was very clear regarding the seriousness of the situation. He said the situation is "a clear failure on the part of the State, which has an obligation to respect, protect and fulfil the right to education of every child." The Ombudsman went further. He said the failure to...

Insurance Reform: Statements (22 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: ...such as insurance pose a risk to the competitiveness of our economy and the ability of businesses to thrive and grow and that risk remains. Insurance is also crucial for citizens, however. It protects them from financial loss should unexpected circumstances come to pass such as illness, home damage or accidents on the road or elsewhere. Indeed, insurance cover is a legal requirement for...

Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Apr 2022)

Pearse Doherty: ...that financial assistance and relief provided by the State should be structured and made with strict conditionality and that public money must not be diverted towards shareholders or used to cushion or protect profit margins. Unfortunately, that is not what happened. We have seen companies that are receiving wage subsidy payments make dividend payments to their shareholders. We have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Pearse Doherty: ..., and the premiums they have been charging over the past three years, and that will have to be audited before they give it to the UK Financial Conduct Authority, FCA. Why can we not capture those types of data in the national claims information database in order that we can genuinely say the reason premiums have fallen relates to less traffic, better safety standards or whatever other...

Carbon Tax: Motion [Private Members] (22 Feb 2022)

Pearse Doherty: ...tax on fuels used to heat homes on 1st May, 2022 and transport fuels on 12th October, 2022 will increase fuel prices even further; and — the Government has failed to establish an expert advisory group on energy poverty to review the existing data on energy poverty levels, examine research both domestically and internationally on the causes, impacts and remedies to address energy...

National Recovery and Resilience Plan: Statements (2 Jun 2021)

Pearse Doherty: ...welfare rates and cash payments will be increased annually to offset the impact of this additional tax burden. With regard to digital reforms and transformations, I welcome many of the commitments that are being made. A focus must be placed on the IT and data infrastructure of the health service, which has been neglected for far too long with disastrous consequences for staff and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2018 (Resumed): Engagement with Central Bank of Ireland (12 May 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I have final questions on this for Ms McEvoy. With her indulgence, it is straying from the issue of moneylenders and relates to her other role in consumer protection. I have two questions on the insurance issue. The issue of business interruption has not gone away. Many are still complaining about it. How satisfied is the Central Bank that all insurance policies it has deemed should be...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Apr 2021)

Pearse Doherty: ...the explanations offered so far by Ministers, including the Taoiseach, dilute the seriousness of this issue. The dishonesty of this practice of gathering information about children in this way is self-evident. At the very least, it is extremely unethical and there remain legal uncertainties on this practice. I welcome the fact that the Data Protection Commissioner has instigated its own...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Issues: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (16 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome the Central Bank's reports, which confirm everything I have said, but the organisation has a role in consumer protection and should have been doing this itself. The Central Bank should not have had to be told by a Member of the Oireachtas to carry out this work. It is way behind the curve on this matter. These insurance companies have been practicing dual pricing for ages. What...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: State Aid Investigations (13 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: ...owed. It would be laughable were it not so serious. Many areas could do with a touch of that €14 billion, on which the Government is spending millions of euro of our money to ensure we never get. The Data Protection Commissioner and the Information Commissioner have laid bare the Minister's deception. There are no rules that would prevent him from releasing the information he is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: State Aid Investigations (13 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: The DPC has provided information on firms as well as individual barristers. That is the key point here. That information was provided after GDPR came into effect under the Data Protection Commissioner, who is an expert on matters of GDPR and data protection. The granular detail I requested is not being provided, and I ask the Minister to re-examine that request. He claims that other...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Dual Pricing for Insurance: Discussion (12 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: ...an investigation into dual pricing, including the practice and the prevalence of dual pricing in the market, the cost of dual pricing to customers and what direct intervention could be made to protect customers from price discrimination. I welcome the fact that on foot of that request and on foot of the 130-page submission I made the following month, which is available to this committee...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Dual Pricing for Insurance: Discussion (12 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: That is fine. Ms Rowland said that the consumer protection code of 2012 is central to the Central Bank's conduct of business mandate. We know that firms must fully disclose all relevant information, including charges, in a way that seeks to inform their customers and act fairly in the interests of customers. I gave Ms Rowland two examples earlier. One involved Ray who had a renewal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Dual Pricing for Insurance: Discussion (12 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: ...it is at the same stage as the Central Bank of Ireland. I welcome that the Central Bank is carrying out an investigation into the matter. I know from my meeting with the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission that it is looking at including this issue in its work programme for 2020. I encourage engagement and co-operation between the agencies. I was a little concerned by some...