Results 1-20 of 38 for data protection speaker:Seán Canney

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (21 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: 1111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will commission a fully independent review of how to strengthen and reform the Data Protection Commission to ensure that it is fit for purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13814/23]

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: ...;18,000. We have it secured now and it is right but we could not get anybody for the littering because we could not find the name of anybody on any bag and could not use CCTV footage given it would breach data protection rules. In the same way, we have had a spate of robberies in rural houses in my area in north Galway over the past number of months. Data protection is of no comfort...

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jan 2022)

Seán Canney: ...have been discounted. No legislation is better than bad legislation that ends up in judicial review proceedings in the domestic courts or in international courts. Concerns relating to the general data protection regulation and data protection rights have been expressed by advocacy groups involved. It is incumbent on all of us to work to ensure that the legislation enacted is robust and...

Environmental Impact of Quarries and Incinerators: Motion [Private Members] (4 Dec 2019)

Seán Canney: ...Minister of State in the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy English, will deal with the planning and quarrying related aspects of the motion later. The Environmental Protection Agency undertakes a range of regulatory tasks relating to the licensing, permitting, consenting or certification of activities that could have an impact on the environment or on human...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fishing Industry (9 Oct 2019)

Seán Canney: ...Technical Expert Group on Salmon (TEGOS), comprising scientists from a range of organisations. IFI also has to have regard to EU legislation, most notably the Habitats Directive under which salmon are protected. Scientific and management assessments use an average of the 5 years of data to estimate expected returns to ensure that a good or bad year does not have a disproportionate...

Select Committee on Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Further Revised) (3 Apr 2019)

Seán Canney: The regulator is independent in its functions and we, as public representatives, cannot discuss its decisions. The issue of data protection also arises, which means the person who has an issue is the only person who can discuss it. I have come across this issue. Data protection may be the reason for the answer the Deputy received.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries Stocks (2 Apr 2019)

Seán Canney: ...Expert Group on Salmon (TEGOS), comprising scientists from a range of organisations. IFI also has to have regard to EU legislation, most notably the Habitats Directive under which salmon habitats are protected. Scientific and management assessments of each of the distinct salmon stocks, including the River Inney's stock, are carried out every year with IFI engaged in extensive stock...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Further Revised) (2 Apr 2019)

Seán Canney: ..., hydrocarbon and other geological resources in a sustainable and productive manner. Funding under this programme allows my Department to provide reliable geoscience support for environmental protection and the sustainable development of Ireland's natural resources and to address the health and safety implications of certain historical mining sites. Funding of €2.75 million is...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fisheries Protection (19 Feb 2019)

Seán Canney: ...Standing Scientific Committee (SSC), comprising scientists from a range of organisations. IFI also has to have regard EU legislation, particularly the Habitats Directive under which salmon habitats are protected. Scientific and management assessments of each of the distinct stocks are carried out every year with IFI engaged in extensive stock monitoring which feeds into the Scientific...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Salmon Management Report (19 Feb 2019)

Seán Canney: ...Expert Group on Salmon (TEGOS), comprising scientists from a range of organisations. IFI also has to have regard to EU legislation, particularly the Habitats Directive under which salmon habitats are protected. In that regard, given the established scientific advice, the issue of further review does not arise. Scientific and management assessments of each of the distinct stocks, including...

No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 Jan 2019)

Seán Canney: On behalf of the Government, I also offer my sympathy to those affected by that tragedy. The Government is opposing this Bill because it does nothing to strengthen consumer protection while it would cause severe damage to the mortgage market with potentially major impacts on financial stability and ultimately on the economy. The apparent logic behind Deputy Pearse Doherty's Bill is that...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries Stocks (15 Jan 2019)

Seán Canney: ...Standing Scientific Committee (SSC), comprising scientists from a range of organisations. IFI also has to have regard EU legislation, most notably the Habitats Directive under which salmon habitats are protected. Scientific and management assessments of each of the distinct stocks, including the river Shannon, are carried out every year with IFI engaged in extensive stock monitoring...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Inland Fisheries (18 Dec 2018)

Seán Canney: Inland Fisheries Ireland, IFI, is the State agency responsible for the conservation, protection, management and development of Ireland’s inland fisheries and sea angling resources. It manages salmon stocks on an individual river basis as each of Ireland’s 147 salmon rivers, including river sections and estuaries, has its own genetically unique stock of salmon. It is supported...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Food Waste (18 Dec 2018)

Seán Canney: ...of food waste, their influence across the supply chain from farm to fork makes them central actors in combating our national food waste problem. Recognising this, my Department and the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, sought to involve major supermarkets in our efforts to reduce food waste. Aldi, BWG Foods, Lidl, Musgrave and Tesco have all participated in my Department’s...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Exploration Licences (11 Dec 2018)

Seán Canney: ...Sea comparison retains potential, two new possibilities have also emerged. Successful exploration off the Atlantic coasts of Africa and South America has stimulated new interest in the prospectivity of the Atlantic margins, with new data, analysis and targets. Research on the Newfoundland-Ireland conjugate margins has demonstrated the potential for Ireland to replicate the oil and gas...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flooding Data (23 May 2017)

Seán Canney: Fit for the future? The reform of flood insurance in Ireland: resolving the data controversy and supporting climate change adaptation is an independent research paper on the issue of flood insurance in Ireland with the main focus on the establishment of a flood risk database than can be accessed by a wide array of stakeholders. It is part of a wider research project conducted jointly by...

Topical Issue Debate: Forest Fires (10 May 2017)

Seán Canney: ...on privately owned commonage, which was developed jointly by Sligo County Council and the Sligo Leader programme. In respect of my own office, under the minor flood mitigation works and coastal protection scheme, referred to by Deputy MacSharry, the Office of Public Works provides funding to local authorities to undertake minor flood mitigation measures costing less than...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (4 May 2017)

Seán Canney: ..., Ballinasloe. Further schemes are currently underway at Kings Island in Limerick, Foynes, Athlone, Ennis Lower and Ennis South. The OPW introduced the Minor Flood Mitigation Works & Coastal Protection Scheme in 2009, following the flood events experienced in many parts of the country. The purpose of the scheme is to provide funding to Local Authorities to undertake minor flood...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Insurance Cover Provision (2 May 2017)

Seán Canney: ...to take into account all information provided by OPW when assessing exposure to flood risk within these areas. The Memorandum came into effect on 1 June, 2014 with an initial tranche of data provided by the OPW to II in respect of 12 completed flood defence schemes and showing the design, extent and nature of the protection offered by these works. A further tranche of data was...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (7 Mar 2017)

Seán Canney: ...to take into account all information provided by OPW when assessing exposure to flood risk within these areas. The Memorandum came into effect on 1 June, 2014 with an initial tranche of data provided by the OPW to II in respect of 12 completed flood defence schemes and showing the design, extent and nature of the protection offered by these works. A further tranche of data was...