Results 1-20 of 121 for data protection speaker:Brendan Howlin

Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Jul 2022)

Brendan Howlin: ...under subsection (2), the Minister— (a) may consult with such other persons or bodies as he or she considers appropriate, and (b) shall consult with and seek the advice and recommendations of— (i) the Data Protection Commission, (ii) the Law Reform Commission, (iii) the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, and (iv) the Criminal Law Codification Advisory...

Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (5 Jul 2022)

Brendan Howlin: She has done so. Presumably then there will be a collective view that maybe the issue should be readdressed recognising the fundamental importance of not only matters that go to protection of the integrity of the State but also matters that go to prosecuting serious crimes that are by nature ones that threaten the viability of the State anyway if we cannot prosecute murderers or if child...

Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (5 Jul 2022)

Brendan Howlin: ...personal freedoms in the context of not having our movements monitored and details of them collated and reported to any authority. It needs to strike that balance between the right of the State to protect its citizens, to prosecute serious crime and to ensure that the perpetrators of serious crime are brought to justice, using whatever technologies we have. Having said that and while I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (30 Jun 2022)

Brendan Howlin: ...days ago and the updated Bill 24 hours ago. Does Mr. Kelleher think that is adequate? That is my first question. I have a related question on complying with Article 35 of the general directive on data protection. There is a requirement under that for a data protection impact assessment. Has that been complied with in the presentation of this Bill? My third question relates to a...

Journalists in Conflicts across the World: Statements (24 May 2022)

Brendan Howlin: ...zone put their lives at risk so that the rest of us might get the real picture of unfolding events. Democratic governments and parliaments must afford those journalists doing that job the best protection they can in carrying out this most difficult task. I began by saying that the truth is often the first casualty of war. The capacity to disseminate information was never greater than...

Prüm II Proposal: Motion (26 Apr 2022)

Brendan Howlin: ...Garda's persistence and dedication to the task. Before us for approval is a new regulation for updating the existing code of practice, adding to DNA, fingerprint, palm print and vehicle registration data capacity facial recognition and police record data. Only facial images of suspected or convicted criminals could be exchanged. The Minister of State has underscored that today. It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Cybersecurity Strategy: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Brendan Howlin: ..., democrats and civil society across Europe and the integrity of our democratic system. We have seen interference and hacking in various elections internationally. There are a lot of data and we have seen inquiries into the matter in the United States. There are grave suspicions of interference in referendums in the United Kingdom. How focused is the European Union at Parliament and...

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (30 Jun 2021)

Brendan Howlin: ...of the 60- to 69-year-old age cohort have received only one dose to date. That is a fact. Three quarters of those in that vulnerable age group have received only one dose and are consequently only 30% protected against the Delta variant. That is a fundamental failure of Government policy. The US Centre for Disease Control, CDC, in data published on 24 June, set out the ratio of...

European Council Meeting: Statements (5 Mar 2020)

Brendan Howlin: ...weeks before, on 30 January last. As others have stated, there is a crisis of leadership in the democratic world. The European Union needs to present solutions to the rise of the xenophobia, protectionism and backward-looking nationalism that is all too visible in Britain and the United States, and on Europe's eastern borders. It also needs to provide leadership on the challenges of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (25 Sep 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 45. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to proceed with the second generation of the public services card in view of the recent report by the Data Protection Commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38880/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Policy Reviews (17 Sep 2019)

Brendan Howlin: ...we urgently need an online safety commissioner to act in the public interest and it is essential that such a commissioner would be adequately resourced. Currently, at least one third of the EU's data is being managed in Ireland and yet the Data Protection Commissioner has only €15 million of funding. We must have the confidence of all of Europe that Ireland can do this job...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cyber Security Policy (17 Sep 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Cybersecurity is a major issue for every citizen as well as for the State itself. The Taoiseach indicated to the House previously that the report of the Data Protection Commission on the public services card would be published today despite calls by the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection during the summer for it to be suppressed. I am glad that this decision has been...

Business of Dáil (9 May 2018)

Brendan Howlin: Can I make a point of order before we start Taoiseach's Questions? It is one addressed to the Leas-Cheann Comhairle or the Ceann Comhairle. It arises out of the data protection legislation that was referenced during the course of questions. We had a briefing for all the individual Members and staff in the House on the implications for Members of the House of the new data protection regime....

Ceisteanna - Questions: General Data Protection Regulation (1 May 2018)

Brendan Howlin: ...that the digital age of consent be 16 years and are committed to moving amendments in that regard. Will the Government give further consideration to the appropriate digital age of consent because the protection of young people is more frequently in the minds of all citizens when we see to what young people are being required to sign up? Children younger than 16 years should be protected...

Ceisteanna - Questions: General Data Protection Regulation (1 May 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the data protection unit in his Department; and the work under way on the general data protection regulation. [18780/18]

Genuine Progress Indicators and National Distributional Accounts Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Mar 2018)

Brendan Howlin: ...that I know only too well. It is left to smaller-scale inequality studies to focus on the distribution of growth, and we do not do that in a particularly successful way. These studies, surveys and tax data are often not the most comprehensive way of doing this. As policymakers, we need accurate information to answer questions such as what fraction of economic growth at present accrues...

Ireland's Stability Programme Update April 2016: Statements (27 Apr 2016)

Brendan Howlin: ...of the State in society and on social cohesion. In Ireland, in implementing painful expenditure reductions, the Government's priority was to ensure a balanced and targeted approach was adopted in order to protect key public services and social supports to the greatest extent possible at a time of increasing demand often driven by demographic pressures. This national approach to essential...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Services Provision (19 Jan 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Following a period of retrenchment, staffing levels in the Public Service are increasing, and have been since December 2013.   Latest data shows that public service staff numbers increased by just under 5,000 in the first nine months of 2015, on foot of the 2015 Budget decisions, which also included a removal of the Moratorium on Public Service...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Services Investment (19 Jan 2016)

Brendan Howlin: ..., additional funding was made available through Supplementary Estimates of €1.4 billion to support key services and social supports. This brought gross current expenditure in the key areas of Health, Social Protection and Education to over 81% of all gross current expenditure for 2015, reflecting the Government's priority to protect key public services and social supports. As...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform Plan Update (13 Jan 2016)

Brendan Howlin: ....   Separately, public consultations have taken place on a range of services and advisory groups are established where it is considered appropriate to assist in policy development.  Some examples in my own Department include consultations on Open Data Initiatives, Data Sharing, Accountability proposals and Corporate Governance arrangements for the Civil Service and just...