Results 1-20 of 49 for data protection speaker:Bernard Durkan

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Economic Issues: Engagement with Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland (25 Jan 2023)

Bernard Durkan: ...somewhere else or whatever the case may be. I will park that as I know the Chair also wishes to contribute. I will move on to another matter. I am aware of moral hazard and the need for some protection. Otherwise people whose mortgages have been bought might not want to pay anything at all. However, the secrecy worries me. I, the Chair and all committee members have dealt with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Bernard Durkan: ...it. The best we could do at the time was try to ensure the level of the legislation was sufficient to meet the requirements of women. I strongly support the point on the absence of robust data. We need this as a matter of urgency. Deputy Bríd Smith referred to some of the recommendations that were made for which we do not seem to have evidence. For example, I do not know...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Data Protection Act 2018 (Section 60(6)) (Office of the Ombudsman) Regulations 2022 (6 Apr 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I am on record as being the first person in the House to object to the data protection legislation when it was introduced, on the basis that it attempted to be selective in the way information was sought and got. My argument, then and now, is that we were all given leave by the electorate to raise any issue that was within our rights to raise. That is virtually every issue. We have to use...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Oct 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I seek to raise an issue with an Taoiseach that is becoming increasingly frequent and irritating, namely, the application of the general data protection regulation, GDPR, by a number of utility services and public bodies. When a question is raised by Members of the Oireachtas, all of whom are directly elected by the people and have a mandate from the people, they are challenged as to whether...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Whistleblower Allegations: Department of Health (5 May 2021)

Bernard Durkan: Mr. Watt acknowledged there were issues around data protection in his earlier replies. Did he feel those issues were sufficient to require a change of policy?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: ...a medical card from a person whose income is over the limit but who has a serious diagnosis. A letter from the GP is not sufficient. It has to be a letter from the consultant. Due to the general data protection regulation, GDPR, the consultant will not send the letter to the advocate. Incidentally, all public representatives are advocates and we should not forget that. Our job is...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: The general data protection regulation, GDPR, seems to be cropping up with increased frequency in public administration, most recently in the context of the debate on the report of the commission on mother and baby homes. It has also arisen in regard to the processing of medical cards. There appears to be an urgent need for a definition of precisely what falls within the scope of this...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Data Collection (24 Nov 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 594. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps a person (details supplied) is required to take to compel a family member living in the USA to provide personal information which has been deemed relevant to their case by her Department but which would impact the family member’s own family and breach data protection rules; if her Department has the power...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Data Collection (24 Nov 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 595. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of one-parent family payment claims refused in each social welfare region throughout the country in each of the past five years to date; the degree to which data protection rules were disregarded when compiling information that would ultimately result in the decision to refuse each case; the number of such cases...

Topical Issues Matters (8 May 2018)

Bernard Durkan: ...– to discuss the progress of a facility at Kolbe Special School, Portlaoise; (8) Deputy Eamon Scanlon – whether the Minister for Finance will explain why the rules and regulations on State procurement contracts offer no protection to local subcontractors in the event of the main contractor being unable to complete the contract as agreed with the State; (9) Deputy Richard Boyd...

Message from Select Committee (8 May 2018)

Bernard Durkan: The Select Committee on Justice and Equality has completed its consideration of the Data Protection Bill 2018 and has made amendments thereto.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Maternity Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Feb 2017)

Bernard Durkan: .... Questions were raised at health board meetings and responses were expected but that has not been happening in terms of the general debate that should be taking place around medical services. Data protection was mentioned but to what extent does it impede or assist the delivery of maternity services? Maybe the witnesses could give an example. I will not go over the question raised...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information and Patient Safety Bill: Discussion (14 Dec 2016)

Bernard Durkan: The first objective of the Bill is to support the development of better information systems, information capacity, data quality and the e-health agenda. To what extent do we compare with other jurisdictions under each of the aforementioned headings? What information has been requested from other jurisdictions in terms of how they have progressed in this area? Are we up to speed? Have we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information and Patient Safety Bill: Discussion (14 Dec 2016)

Bernard Durkan: ...that mechanism worked in practise in the past and, in Mr. Lennon's opinion, is it likely to work well in the future given the submissions made by HIQA and given our experiences with HIQA and the Data Protection Commissioner in the past, of which there have been many?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information and Patient Safety Bill: Discussion (14 Dec 2016)

Bernard Durkan: ...order that benefits accrue to the general population. There is always a tendency to forgo information that might be available because there might be ethical questions about it. That is where the Data Protection Commissioner and HIQA will have to lock horns in the future. I would appreciate the witnesses' comments.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information and Patient Safety Bill: Discussion (14 Dec 2016)

Bernard Durkan: This is an area we all have an interest in because in the course of our business as public representatives we generally come across issues pertaining to HIQA and data protection on a daily basis. On HIQA, I agree entirely with the two previous speakers with regard to the decongregation model. I do not agree with it in any situation. It seems to have taken on a life of its own and, like it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information and Patient Safety Bill: Discussion (14 Dec 2016)

Bernard Durkan: ...I go into an institution I am often asked whether I have the permission of those whom I represent to speak on their behalf. My response to that is that I have already got prior permission. The Data Protection Commissioner has issued a document to indicate that when the inquirer has already registered, by way of letter, informing the body to whom he or she is inquiring what they are...

Topical Issue Matters (1 Oct 2014)

Bernard Durkan: ...advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 27A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett - the potential data protection issues arising out of Irish Water's requests for PPS numbers; (2) Deputy Michael Moynihan - the need to compensate farmers whose lands have been rendered worthless by EU...

Child Sex Offenders (Information And Monitoring) Bill 2012: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: ...to anyone. We have seen many such cases. I do not know how to deal with this problem beyond having a vigilant social service system. I am uncertain about the extent to which the question of data protection would be of assistance, as it obstructs public representatives from getting or reporting information. One should always be careful not to report something unless there are solid...

Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: ...without any difficulty at all and information that is available outside of that by whatever means should be equally readily available to us. However, there are increasing instances of where the Data Protection Commissioner appears on the scene and states that a Member cannot ask a question, needs permission from the constituent to ask it or needs permission from the body to ask it, and...