Results 1-20 of 80 for data protection speaker:Brendan Smith

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Security (20 Feb 2024)

Brendan Smith: ...October showed that more than 70% of Irish businesses suffered cyberattacks in the previous 12 months, and that represented an increase of more than 20% on the previous year. Cybersecurity and protection of IT systems, data systems and communication networks are vitally important to the economy and all of society. The trend towards an increase in the use of digital and cloud...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (1 Jun 2023)

Brendan Smith: Cybersecurity and the protection of IT systems, data systems and communication networks are vitally important to the economy and all of society. The trend towards an increase in the use of digital and cloud technologies in both the public and private sectors has been under way for some time. As we all know, however, Covid-19 has accelerated this trend, transforming much of how we live and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (9 Nov 2022)

Brendan Smith: 90. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address the concerns outlined in detail in relation to the pension entitlement of a person (details supplied); if she will have the decision to reduce the pension payment reviewed as a matter of urgency, taking into account all of the relevant data; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55716/22]

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (11 Nov 2020)

Brendan Smith: ...should they lose that facility when Britain exits on 1 January next. It continues the financial support for Irish third level students in British colleges. It maintains continuity of social protection arrangements in the common travel area. It protects employees in Ireland of a company that has been made insolvent in Britain. It enables extradition between Ireland and Britain when...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ministerial Responsibilities (21 Jul 2020)

Brendan Smith: 564. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Minister with responsibility for data protection. [17358/20]

Brexit: Statements (7 May 2020)

Brendan Smith: ...nor identity. I understand that contact tracing applications are being developed here by the HSE and by the NHS in Northern Ireland on the basis of different models. We will have the added problem of data transfers to and from Britain after its departure from the EU on 31 December. If there is no extension to the transition period, Britain will then become a third country in the...

Brexit: Statements (7 May 2020)

Brendan Smith: That is okay. Under the general data protection regulation, the transfer of personal data will be prohibited once Britain becomes a third country. That includes personal health data. The North and the South are very interdependent and need key health tools, such as those applications, to speak to each other in the best interests of the citizens on all of this island. Let tracing...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Public Services Card (18 Sep 2019)

Brendan Smith: ...for Children and Youth Affairs if it is still a requirement for parents to use a public services card to register for the national childcare scheme in view of the recent determination of the Data Protection Commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37941/19]

EU-UK Relations: Statements (21 Apr 2016)

Brendan Smith: ...this movement of labour. The common travel area established in the 1920s is of particular importance to both countries. In effect, we have a special relationship, including passport-free travel and the sharing of immigration data between both countries' immigration authorities. Brexit could entirely change these relationships which date back almost a century. There would be adverse...

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Feb 2015)

Brendan Smith: ...that families are far more complex today than existing legislation recognises. There is an imperative to change legislation in that respect and, indeed, many non-traditional, loving family units are not protected or supported by current laws. I sincerely hope the enactment of this legislation, with some considered amendments, will provide that support and protection for all family units....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Priorities of Latvian Presidency of European Council: Latvian Ambassador to Ireland (11 Feb 2015)

Brendan Smith: ...important for all member states of the EU and its citizens that we boost smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. I welcome that Latvia hopes to advance the formulation of a proper framework for data protection, which is important in this era in which we are living. Reducing telecommunications costs is an issue particularly for people who travel a good deal and for somebody like myself...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Data Protection (7 Oct 2014)

Brendan Smith: 114. To ask the Taoiseach if he has considered the way the Minister of State with special responsibility for European affairs and data protection at his Department will exercise his very specific responsibility for data protection issues in view of the fact that the Minister of State with special responsibility for European affairs and data protection has not been assigned as a Minister of...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Data Protection (7 Oct 2014)

Brendan Smith: 116. To ask the Taoiseach if the Minister of State with special responsibility for European affairs and data protection at his Department will exercise responsibility for data protection in view of the fact that he has not been assigned as a Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality, which is the Department responsible for data protection legislation; if he proposes to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: European Council Meetings (1 Oct 2014)

Brendan Smith: ...Department since the start of 2014; the number and dates of DAPIX meetings attended by officials in her Department since the start of 2014 where there were discussions on the proposed EU general data protection regulation; the progress that has been made in finalising the regulation since the last Irish EU Presidency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37338/14]

Finance Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2013)

Brendan Smith: ...work and effort in achieving this deal. I also take the opportunity to remind Ministers that there is always a risk associated with announcing a budget, even in draft form, in October when the economic data for that year are not available. I am sure the Department of Finance and the Minister, Deputy Noonan, are more conscious than any of us of the importance of November in regard to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Presidency: Discussion with Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (23 Jan 2013)

Brendan Smith: ...xe1;naiste been talking to his British counterpart about these proposals and how they might work? Will the Tánaiste indicate how the talks on a US-EU trade deal can be progressed when the European Union is considering a data protection regulation that could make it more difficult and costly for businesses to transfer data between the European Union and the United States? Has this...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (18 Sep 2012)

Brendan Smith: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a register of all pension schemes approved by the Revenue Commissioners exists; and if so, the statutory agency with which such a register is held; if the relevant legislation covering this can be referred to; the Department that is currently responsible for same; and if the register is available to the public and the information headings under...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (9 Feb 2012)

Brendan Smith: Question 113: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will clarify the view or perception that some self-employed persons, for example, tradesmen, mobile repair persons and others who need and use commercially taxed and insured vehicles to operate, are claiming jobseeker's allowance while working and thus defrauding the system; if there is any sharing of data between the Departments...

Twenty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 3) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2011)

Brendan Smith: ...Children and Youth Affairs last night that the Fianna Fáil approach is flawed and piecemeal. Our approach is constructive and it will add incrementally to the necessary progress in ensuring we protect and improve children's rights. I served as Minister of State with responsibility for children in late 2007 and early 2008 and I brought the proposal to the Government to establish the...

Written Answers — Aquaculture Licences: Aquaculture Licences (19 Jan 2011)

Brendan Smith: Kinvara Bay is a designated Special Area of Conservation under the EU Habitats Directive and a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive (Natura 2000 site). In the case of aquaculture sites located within Natura 2000 areas my Department, in conjunction with the Marine Institute and the National Parks and Wildlife Service of the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local...