Results 1-20 of 71 for data protection speaker:Thomas Pringle

Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: ...benefits by going through that whole assessment. The digest states that section 4(2): permits the Minister for Education and the HSE to disclose to each other, and process, certain personal data, where necessary and proportionate, for the purpose of providing the health services and supports comprising the enhanced medical card. Section 2 of the Bill clarifies that the phrases "personal...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2024)

Thomas Pringle: ...the algorithms the companies use. Putting age profiles and barriers on accounts is grand but the algorithms are the problem and they are what we should be targeting. If we were serious about protecting young people, that is what we would be doing. In his response, the Taoiseach mentioned the ban against harmful content and the online safety code. How many prosecutions have taken...

EU Police Co-operation: Motion (10 Apr 2024)

Thomas Pringle: ...migrant smuggling while, at the same time, MEPs are today voting on the EU migration pact to reform asylum policies, which multiple NGOs have said will make it much harder for refugees to seek protection in Europe and which will force more refugees to seek other methods, such as smuggling. This is nonsensical and completely inhumane. We are forcing people into these dire situations and...

Services for those Seeking Protection in Ireland: Statements (30 Jan 2024)

Thomas Pringle: It is important to acknowledge the dire circumstances many of those seeking protection in Ireland have experienced, both in their home countries and on their journeys here. We need to remember these are people seeking protection and safety. They have come to our country for help because it is too difficult or dangerous to stay in their own for many reasons, such as violence, war or extreme...

Increased Fossil Fuel Divestment: Motion [Private Members] (13 Dec 2023)

Thomas Pringle: ..., by removing the exclusionary clause within section 49A (1) of the National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Act 2014 (as amended by the Fossil Fuel Divestment Act 2018) regarding financial derivative instruments, exchange traded funds or hedge funds; — ensure meaningful steps are taken to protect the climate and our children's future, while acknowledging the significant...

Reversal of Planned Fuel Price Increases: Motion [Private Members] (26 Sep 2023)

Thomas Pringle: ...is to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and to prioritise decarbonisation in this country but there has to be a just transition. We have to ensure that people’s livelihoods, homes and well-being are protected in our attempts to combat climate change, protect biodiversity and shift towards sustainability. People deserve to live a life of dignity. They deserve to have a roof...

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: ...to be consulted with respect to changes that are made: (i) the Minister; (ii) the Policing Authority; (iii) the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission; (iv) the Garda Síochána Inspectorate; (v) the Data Protection Commission; (vi) the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, (c) may, where appropriate, consult with the Local Government Management Agency And...

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: I am sorry; that was my mistake. I will speak to the other three. On what the Minister has said with regard to oversight, the section actually says: A member of Garda personnel may utilise ANPR data to monitor the movements of a particular vehicle (in this section and section 18 referred to as “focussed monitoring”) only if that utilisation— (a) has been approved...

European Union Directive: Motion (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: ...the private and public sector, are in place. It is vitally important that such rules are in place for the European Commission and EU representatives too. One area of concern with the proposal is in regards to data protection. I echo the European Data Protection Supervisor's call to amend Article 3 of the proposal in order to establish a comprehensive legal basis under Union law for...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (5 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: I am concerned about the training of members of An Garda Síochána who will deal with this information. The 2019 report from the Data Protection Commissioner stated that "the Garda members operating the scheme were unaware of the full range of technical features of their own CCTV system". It also stated: "The members of An Garda Síochána operating a number of the schemes...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (5 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: Maybe I am being silly, but the way I read this, a Commissioner could tick all those organisations, including the Garda Síochána Inspectorate, the Data Protection Commission, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission and the Local Government Management Association, off the list by sending the code of practice to them and saying that is the consultation and good luck to the public.

Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)

Thomas Pringle: ...industries to oppose tobacco control measures, pre-empting strong legislation by pressing for the adoption of voluntary codes or weaker laws, and corrupting public officials. It is important that we protect public health policy from being influenced by industries that profit from harmful products, such as cigarettes and e-cigarettes. I would go even further by saying that public health...

European Union Directive: Motion (19 Apr 2023)

Thomas Pringle: ...issue. There has been a significant rise in human trafficking in Ireland and across the European Union. I welcome the attempt to address this. I particularly welcome the directive's intention of protecting victims but I hope it will not only be an intention. We need to be very careful in how we address trafficking in human beings. It is absolutely essential that any updating of the...

Environmental Protection Agency (Emergency Electricity Generation) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (7 Mar 2023)

Thomas Pringle: ...winter. I call on the Minister to be honest with the public about why this legislation is needed and why we are facing the supply risk. The truth is the legislation is not being introduced to protect ordinary citizens. The Government's real intention is to protect data centres, which consume more electricity than all of our rural homes put together. Figures show that all of Ireland's...

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Feb 2023)

Thomas Pringle: ...is the introduction of new equipment, such as body-worn cameras - for which we are not absolutely 100% sure of the need - at a financial cost to the State and with a cost to our citizens’ rights to privacy and data protection. I will start by referencing the Data Protection Commission, which has outlined that An Garda Síochána has an extremely poor record of how it uses...

Nationalisation of Energy System: Motion [Private Members] (14 Dec 2022)

Thomas Pringle: ...is far too important to be left in the hands of corporate greed, whose goal is to take at the expense of ordinary people. I also support the motion's call to ban the construction of any additional data centres and the connection of any more data centres to gas networks or the national grid. When we get offshore wind generation up and running we will have plenty of power to keep data...

Report of the Joint Committee on Justice on GDPR: Motion [Private Members] (6 Oct 2022)

Thomas Pringle: ...in 65% of cases is adequate. It seems to me that it may not be because that resolution rate is very low. There also appears to be confusion around the definition of resolution of a complaint. The Data Protection Commission says that it does not have to report a decision where a complaint is simply closed after a resolution has apparently been reached with no report issued, that is,...

Public Transport: Motion [Private Members] (5 Oct 2022)

Thomas Pringle: ...European Commission, continuous growth of transport demand, along with the increased traffic congestion, has negative consequences on the environment and on the economic competitiveness of member states. Providing an attractive and reliable public transport service is considered to be an important element in creating sustainable mobility. According to the Environmental Protection Agency,...

Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Sep 2022)

Thomas Pringle: ...20% rise in hate speech in the UK and the US. Shockingly, there is a vast and rapidly growing volume of child abuse material being created and shared online. Reports show that the UK's child abuse image database has 17 million unique images on it and it is growing by 500,000 images every two months, which is appalling. It is a problem that is only getting worse as time goes by and as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Data Protection Regulation Enforcement: Discussion (22 Sep 2022)

Thomas Pringle: ...better if we had this input when preparing the report because it gives a difference angle on it. Our report identifies problems but the problems appear to be with legislation rather than with the Data Protection Commission itself. Having looked back over committee correspondence, while I could be wrong, there does not appear to have been any correspondence from the Data Protection...