Results 1-20 of 40 for data protection speaker:Mattie McGrath

Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Sep 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ...Kerry and Tipperary the next day. Where are the customs officials? Where are the VAT inspectors? Every day of the week, we come upon RSA inspectors on the road. There is the Garda, the RSA, Revenue and the Department of Social Protection. There is a whole clutter of them. Why are these people not being flagged? This fuel is being brought in here illegally and it is wiping sole...

Criminal Justice (Engagement of Children in Criminal Activity) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ...a much simpler time when they were brought up in their homes with the meitheal. They did not have the Internet and we did not have these perpetrators of heinous crimes. I welcome this legislation to try to protect our children from predators and people who try to use them for drug trafficking or traffic them in any way, shape or form. It is obviously necessary. It is grand to come in...

European Union Directive: Motion (19 Apr 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ...demand reduction by making it a criminal offence for people knowingly to use the services provided by victims of trafficking. This is also very welcome and important. There will also be EU-wide annual data collection on trafficking in human beings, to be published by EUROSTAT. Like everyone else, I welcome this legislation. The context of the directive provides for the...

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ...in the area, wrote an open letter to the Minister for Justice in November noting the use of facial recognition technology also raises serious and challenging issues concerning individual privacy and data rights, in a world where population-level mass surveillance is no longer a dystopian fiction but an easy thing to implement. What we need are bodies, not body cams, because the force is...

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ...and facility with which gardaí could locate and identify suspects. We would all welcome that. It would be great if it happened. These proposals, however, have been the subject of significant criticism from data protection and human rights perspectives, notwithstanding that they include a number of safeguards. For example, rigorous human rights and data protection impact...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Second Stage (6 Dec 2022)

Mattie McGrath: ...is what I fear is what happens. They are like a flu the way they expanding. They are mushrooming. The regulatory authority will mandate safeguards to counter problem gambling and ensure the protection of children. Most importantly, it will establish powers to regulate gambling advertising and provide the authority with enforcement powers in addition to licensing activities. The...

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (3 Dec 2021)

Mattie McGrath: ...question from Deputy Tóibín, we know 26 new outbreaks have taken place in our nursing homes, 81 in hospital settings and 27 in residential care for people with disabilities. These are places we need to protect and have not protected. There have been seven in refuges and places of respite for women. However, once again we are picking on hospitality. It is an easy group to pick...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Nov 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 391. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person in receipt of or who is applying for a social welfare payment is obliged to get a Public Services Card given that an investigation is currently underway by the Data Protection Office which is focusing on the use of the public service identity dataset and other systems linked to the card such as single customer...

Lifting of Covid-19 Restrictions: Motion [Private Members] (14 Jul 2021)

Mattie McGrath: .... That is quite clear. Covid passports would represent digital identity cards by the back door. It is quite obvious what is happening. We are giving public authorities, such as the Garda, access to biometric and healthcare data. This is the thin end of the wedge, particularly given that the public authorities in Ireland have not always graced themselves with glory concerning records....

European Union Regulation: Motion (29 Apr 2021)

Mattie McGrath: ...last was sizeable covers many issues. The purpose is to enable Europe to co-operate effectively with private parties. We are all for that. It will also enable Europol to process large, complex data sets and strengthen Europe's role in research and innovation. These are all noble aims but I have concerns. I agree fully that we must be able to deal with criminals, sophisticated...

Judicial Appointments Process: Statements (26 Nov 2020)

Mattie McGrath: ...They are being sacrificed to the wolves for the sake of naked greed, power and luxury. We see it every day here the disdain when we ask questions about what is going on. We cannot get information or the figures and data on Covid counts. We cannot get the science. The Taoiseach will be protected no matter what happens. God, if a tsunami came, one he could swim over, he would stay and...

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (15 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: .... I stood up yesterday in this House to speak about the situation following Deputy Cowen's statement to the Dáil last week. I have just received a text message indicating that the Garda Síochána has contacted the Data Protection Commissioner to investigate the leak of information relating to Deputy Cowen. This is a very serious situation and it is why I did not support...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Dec 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I am glad that both the Taoiseach and Minister for Justice and Equality are here. The implementation of the general data protection regulation, GDPR, has gone stark raving mad. There are situations in Tipperary, in Clonmel town, Fethard, and many other towns which have funding approved for, or in some cases have, state-of-the-art for CCTV cameras. It is a very effective tool in protecting...

Finance Bill 2019: Second Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: .... We had a situation where a 74 year old woman was knocked off a trolley by a drunk. Something has to be done about these people, who are drunk, on drugs or whatever, causing mayhem and bedlam. We have to pay security to try to protect our front-line staff who must be protected. We will have to consider taking those people elsewhere. I have an idea where I would send them,...

Defence Forces (Evidence) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: ...members of the military police to take and use DNA samples, primarily from members of the Defence Forces. It also provides for the establishment, management and oversight of a DNA military police database system operated by Forensic Science Ireland. Ar an gcéad dul síos, ba mhaith liom mo bhuíochas a ghabháil leis na military police a bhíonn anseo go...

Public Services Card: Statements (25 Sep 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I do not burn them, unless I have to, although I might burn a few around you, Minister. This issue raises fundamental challenges in important areas such as data protection, privacy, the proper or improper use of public money and the very credibility of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner. The Data Protection Commissioner has been clear, however, that it is a misunderstanding to...

Vulnerable Persons Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 Oct 2018)

Mattie McGrath: ...autonomy and the control of a person’s own finances is under threat, and where it involves brute physical, emotional or psychological pain, the State must become involved to vindicate and protect such rights. It has been clear for well over a decade that elderly people who are perhaps experiencing the onset of dementia also experience a very real pressure to transfer over...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Budget Statement 2019 (9 Oct 2018)

Mattie McGrath: ...and that it has significant potential to play a further role in Ireland’s economic renewal. In 2016, tourism was responsible for overseas earnings, which are very important, of €4.5 billion. Combining the data from the domestic market and international visitors, total tourism revenue for the economy is estimated to be around €7.8 billion. The tourism sector supports...

Civil Liability and Courts (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (2 Oct 2018)

Mattie McGrath: ...would have done. That was passing the buck and diluting it further, so nothing came out of it. Who is going to challenge these people or these organisations when they submit highly misleading data on the nature of the risks they face in order to squeeze the last drop of financial blood from young drivers or from those seeking to renew their insurance cover? It is a cartel. If it looks...

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Mattie McGrath: ...been reprimanded? Who has been disciplined? I asked all Departments about the number of staff who have been disciplined or sacked. The only reply I got was from the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Deputy Regina Doherty. She informed me 13 people had been dismissed from her Department for a failure to act in the public good over a certain period. Has anyone in...