Results 1-12 of 12 for data protection speaker:Joe O'Reilly

Seanad: Smartphone and Social Media Use: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Joe O'Reilly: ...easy to police, administer and legislate but it is a worthy exercise. We do it with cigarettes and drink and we should do it with smartphones. As legislators, we must take decisive action to protect the well-being of our youth in the digital age. The concerns raised in this motion are very similar to the findings in the recent report I did. As you know, Acting Chair, I have been a...

Seanad: Civil Defence Bill 2023: Second Stage (18 May 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: ...and there must be a process. The register of serving volunteers is to be maintained in electronic form, and the Minister of State went to a lot of trouble to point out that is in keeping with data protection legislation, and that is how it should be. There should not be access to those records by any marketing companies or groups of people who have no right to be involved with that...

Seanad: Teachtaireacht ó Chomhchoiste - Message from Joint Committee (26 Oct 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: The Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment has completed its consideration of the following regulations: the Data Protection Act 2018 (Section 60(6)) (Competition and Consumer Protection Commission) Regulations 2022; the Data Protection Act 2018 (Section 60(6)) (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Regulations 2022; and the Data Protection Act 2018 (Section 60(6)) (Irish Auditing and...

Seanad: Matters Arising from the Withdrawal of the UK from the EU: Statements (29 Mar 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: ...clearance. The trade and co-operation agreement is working well but needs to be built on and made to work in a very practical sense. Another issue of concern is the mutual recognition of EU and UK data protection rules. An agreement is in place in this regard that runs until July 2021 but there could be a lot of difficulties after that date at borders and on an east-west basis. I urge...

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Statements (6 Nov 2018)

Joe O'Reilly: ...were outlawed, although this may not have been perfectly achieved in the period since the emergence of the Good Friday Agreement. After 2010, the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights further enhanced the protection of children, workers, the environment and data. Thankfully, in the British-EU negotiation joint report of 8 December 2017, the UK Government committed to protecting the Good...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Influence of Social Media on Elections and Referenda: Discussion (17 Apr 2018)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome the witnesses. The commercial premise on which social media are based is to get the names of people and their data and advertise to them. This is how they get a commercial return. Given this is the case, obviously the onus on their side is to make the data available and attractive and use it as effectively as possible and attract advertisers. In this context, will Ms Dixon go...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Online Advertising and Social Media (Transparency) Bill 2017 and the Influence of Social Media: Discussion (17 Apr 2018)

Joe O'Reilly: ...feel. It is a very serious issue. My questions will be comments as well as questions, but they are nonetheless relevant. None of us should fail to express this important view today. The use of data to manipulate or distort democracy has horrendous consequences. We can see the failure or breakdown of democracy, the shocking things it has led to in recent times in Europe and the absence...

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (11 Jun 2015)

Joe O'Reilly: ...anxious to be reassured on that score. I thank the Acting Chairman for allowing me to address the question. We have to modernise our country by introducing a postcode system. We must ensure data protection and efficiency in the way private data are dealt with and, in the process, protect and enhance our post offices.

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (11 Jun 2015)

Joe O'Reilly: ...are discussing is a follow-up consolidation and amendment of the Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Act 2011. It will achieve a number of fundamental objectives. It will ensure personal data is fully protected during and after the implementation and licensing of the new national postcode system. The Bill will provide a statutory footing for specified legitimate postcode...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council Meeting and European Parliament Elections: Minister of State for European Affairs (6 May 2014)

Joe O'Reilly: ...risks of such an agreement is that it could damage our agricultural sector. I would be interested to hear the Minister of State's comment on that and what steps he might be able to take to help us protect that sector in the face of a trade agreement. That is very important to the people I represent and for our economy. Second, the Minister of State rightly cited the situation in...

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)

Joe O'Reilly: ...approximately 15,000 people employed directly from them, giving us an income from farming of €74 million a year. This is something that we should be very proud of and do everything we can to support, protect and encourage. Several schemes under Pillar 2 of the CAP will provide a major new injection of funding into the rural economy and the small towns of rural Ireland. Young...

Seanad: National Marine Mapping Programme: Motion (21 Oct 2009)

Joe O'Reilly: ...work being carried out under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, whereby Ireland has been successful in extended continental shelf submissions, to which Senator Keaveney alluded. Use of the data also includes the simulation of tides which is useful for aquaculture and coastal protection engineers, as well a production of maps on the nature of the seabed, whether mud, sand, rock or...