Results 1-8 of 8 for data protection speaker:Michael McNamara

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 May 2024)

Michael McNamara: ...advised that the Applicant had been convicted on an offence [...] in the UK and was in consequence registered as a sex offender. It appears that this information had been redacted by reason of data protection concerns before being placed on [his] immigration file. It also states: an "alert" was subsequently created on the 14th of January, 2022 on Applicant A's file [...] on the...

Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Instruction to Committee (24 Nov 2022)

Michael McNamara: ...political situation within the third country in question, in particular whether or not there is democratic or legislative oversight, including an independent judiciary, in place, and whether or not data protection or security agreements exist between the European Union and the third country in question If the Minister has concerns about a lack of judicial oversight, judicial...

National Driver Licence Service: Motion [Private Members] (2 Mar 2022)

Michael McNamara: ...on a part-time basis, over An Post which has a network of 950 post offices; — a verified MyGovlD account, which requires a Public Services Card (PSC), is needed to avail of the online service despite a previous Data Protection Commission investigation into the legality of the PSC which found that there was no lawful basis for a person to be told they needed the card for anything...

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (9 Feb 2022)

Michael McNamara: ...a former Dáil. There is a degree to which the CCPC has demonstrated a lack of awareness of how the sector operates. Deputy Bruton talked about the capacity to introduce sanctions for the abuse of personal data. In the beef sector, the processors have all the data. They know how many cattle are in Ireland right now. They know how many cattle aged 21, 28, 29, 30 or 34 months are in...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response Final Report: Motion (19 Nov 2020)

Michael McNamara: ...to section 7 of the Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Act 2013)’..." into the operation of meat processing plants, including "the use of agents to procure workers, to include the State’s response in terms of protecting workers, [and] ensuring necessary food supplies to the general population, as well as ensuring fairness for primary producers"....

Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 - Part 5: Motion (22 Oct 2020)

Michael McNamara: ...change the information that we have now but we can make sure that we are not in this position again. During the lockdown the national self-harm registry stopped collecting and collating data. Staff started collecting the data again fully at the end of August, having started before that, and is now collecting the information both now and retrospectively. The registry stopped because...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (28 Jul 2020)

Michael McNamara: I thank Mr. Gray. I have a brief follow-up. Mr. Gray told Deputy Hourigan repeatedly that he had no personal knowledge of what the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection were doing and he said the same thing to Deputy Darren O'Rourke. Mr. Gray is not here in a personal capacity but as a representative of the DAA. Does the DAA have knowledge of what data the Department is...

Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report Stage (27 Nov 2014)

Michael McNamara: ..., the Minister is in favour of some degree of public access to and inspection of the register. If that is the case, is there any reason not to insert that provision in the legislation? The Minister referred to data protection sensibilities and commercial sensitivities but this provision is good enough for the UK, which has a shipping industry that is vastly larger than ours and is one of...