Results 1-20 of 454 for data protection speaker:Paschal Donohoe

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Budget Targets (2 May 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: ...in public services and infrastructure. As outlined in the stability programme update published last week, the Government is providing investment of €97 billion across the public service to protect living standards, improve public services and safeguard our future through enhanced capital investment. Managing the delivery of such public services and public capital investment within...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: European Union (30 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The information requested by the Deputy in respect of my Department from 20 February 2020 to date is set out in the table below. 2020 S.I. No. 367/2020 - Protected Disclosures Act 2014 (Disclosure to Prescribed Persons) Order 2020 2021 S.I. No. 376/2021 - European Union (Open Data and Re-use of Public Sector Information) Regulations 2021 ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Funding (20 Mar 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: ..., with the amount of funding set out in the table below. My Department has funded Transparency International Ireland since 2013 to support the Department’s role in the implementation of the Protected Disclosures Act. My Department provides this funding in order to help workers raise concerns regarding potential wrongdoing that has come to their attention in the workplace. My...

Estimates for Public Services 2024 (14 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: ...Estimate)That a sum not exceeding €14,495,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2024, for the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Ombudsman, the Office of the Commission for Public Service Appointments, the Office of the Protected Disclosures Commissioner, the Standards in Public Office...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Reviews (14 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I am informed by the National Shared Services Office (NSSO) that to ensure compliance with Data Protection they cannot comment publicly on an individual case. However, I am informed that the NSSO has reviewed the case and is contacting the individual in question as well as the related HR unit.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (8 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: ...of the evaluation work undertaken across Departments. This process involves individual Departments choosing an expenditure or policy area to review and conducting analysis that improves our knowledge of and the data around that policy or programme with the aim of making it more effective and efficient. From 2017 the formal evaluation process, through the foundation of the Spending Review,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (8 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The latest data available from Eurostat, the European Union’s statistical office, relates to 2021. According to Eurostat, in 2021 35.2% of General Government Expenditure in Ireland was on the Social Protection function, 21.2% was on the Health Function and 12% was on the Education function. This compares to an equivalent EU average of 39.9% on the Social Protection Function, 15.8% on...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (17 Jan 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I am informed by the National Shared Services Office (NSSO) that due to Data Protection the NSSO cannot comment in public on an individual’s personal pension entitlements. However, the NSSO have advised that they have contacted the individual directly to advise them on this matter

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of the Ombudsman (14 Dec 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: ...of the Ombudsman (Vote 19). The activities of the Ombudsman represent one of the programmes making up the overall Vote (the others are Commission for Public Service Appointments, Office of the Protected Disclosures Commission, Office of the Information Commissioner, Commissioner for Environmental Information and the Standards in Public Office Commission). The table shows details of staff...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Policies (14 Dec 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: ...Spending Code to strengthen our approach to capital expenditure management. This included the introduction of the External Assurance Process (EAP) and Major Projects Advisory Group (MPAG).The commencement of the Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019.Leading on digital transformation including the publication of the National Artificial Intelligence strategy to drive digital adoption and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Policies (12 Dec 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: ...public spending and the negotiation and allocation of €95.9 billion of funding for 2023. Some of the main policy achievements this year include:The publication of the 2023 – 2027 Open Data Strategy to promote transparency and innovation in Ireland.The publication of the Better Public Services Strategy, a new Strategy to 2030 for the Public Service, and development of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Policies (6 Dec 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: ...public spending and the negotiation and allocation of €95.9 billion of funding for 2023. Some of the main policy achievements this year include; • The publication of the 2023 – 2027 Open Data Strategy to promote transparency and innovation in Ireland. • The publication of the Better Public Services Strategy, a new Strategy to 2030 for the Public Service, and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (28 Nov 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I am informed by the National Shared Services Office that due to Data Protection the NSSO cannot comment in public on an individual’s personal pension entitlements. However, the NSSO has contacted the individual directly to advise them on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Reform Review (28 Nov 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: ...to support better customer service and enhanced employee engagement and - Legislative and policy reform to enhance trust and transparency across government including Regulation of Lobbying, Protective Disclosures, Freedom of Information legislation and well as delivering the Open Government Partnership National Action Plan with Civil Society, the development of the Open Data Strategy,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (26 Oct 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: ...policy, the national eTenders platform and for sourcing common goods and services. The OGP engages with stakeholders on an ongoing basis and has engaged with the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, CCPC, which is the statutory body responsible for promoting compliance with and enforcing competition and consumer protection law in Ireland, on a range of issues. The OGP's...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: ...to tackle crime and antisocial behaviour, leading to stronger high-visibility policing in our cities, towns and communities. This budget will provide for additional staffing in our Courts Service, our Prison Service, the Data Protection Commission and the Policing Authority, as well as an increase in a range of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence initiatives and an extension of the...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: ...in electric and hybrid-electric buses and the essential infrastructure required for new bus and rail fleets such as the electrification of bus and rail depots, as well as €1.35 billion for the development, protection and renewal of our roads network. As part of the cost of living package, eligibility for the young adult card is being extended to cover adults aged 19 to 25. In...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Proposed Legislation (4 Oct 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: ...is set out in the table below. General Schemes referred to an Oireachtas Committee for pre-legislative scrutiny since 2016 Date Referred Date Published Data Sharing and Governance Bill 24 March, 2017 14 July, 2017 Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 4 May, 2018 26 November, 2018 ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Data Protection (3 Oct 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy will be aware that the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect on 25 May, 2018. To prepare for this critical date, my Department agreed a range of new internal data protection policies including a formal data breach management policy, the objective of which is to ensure that any data breaches are dealt with as required under Articles 33-34 of the GDPR. Since...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Data (11 Jul 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: ...moneys are provided. Gifting of salary is a personal matter for individual taxpayers and gifts are accepted by the Minister for Finance. Tax affairs of individual taxpayers cannot be disclosed due to the obligation to protect taxpayer confidentiality as provided for by section 851A of the Taxes Consolidation Act, 1997. Furthermore, I understand that there are considerations under General...