Results 1-20 of 25 for data protection speaker:Michael Collins

Immigration: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)

Michael Collins: ...not legally required to accept unlimited numbers. The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth reports a significant 37% increase in non-Ukrainian residents in international protection accommodation services, IPAS, in 2023, reaching a total of 26,092 by 26 November 2023. Currently, there are more than 26,092 IPAS residents in more than 200 centres across...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Michael Collins: ...of fishing opportunities states the waters surrounding Ireland contain some of the most productive fishing grounds in the EU and that we have a duty of care and a national self-interest to protect our biological riches and, as such, they must be managed responsibly and sustainably. No one will argue with that. The problem is that we have not managed that in respect of Irish fishermen....

Driving Test Waiting Times: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2023)

Michael Collins: ...That Dáil Éireann: acknowledges that: — motorists in certain regions of the country are currently facing waiting times of nearly a year to sit their driving tests, as reported in the latest data from the Road Safety Authority (RSA); — figures released at the end of August highlight significant delays in nearly every driving test centre nationwide, primarily due...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Mar 2023)

Michael Collins: ...rejection to their offers one after another. In 2022, a receiver was appointed who sent a representative to one of the clothing shop premises belonging to the O'Donovans, in full breach of the general data protection regulation, GDPR, and in front of customers and staff. The man, who did not identify himself, demanded that people would have to leave the building as it was in...

Protection of Cash as Legal Tender: Motion [Private Members] (8 Mar 2023)

Michael Collins: .../debit card for their own private and personal reasons; — people on a low income or in debt tend to find cash easier to manage; — a potential disadvantage of a cashless society revolves around security concerns, as online fraud, data and cybersecurity issues are a justifiable concern; — cash allows people to make purchases anonymously, and without cash people would...

Inshore Fishing: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: ...million, and has the objective of providing resources to mitigate the impact of the cost-of-living crisis and the war in Ukraine, through socio-economic development and support for coastal communities; - the fisheries data for 2021-2022, published in the first of what is expected to be an annual fisheries report produced by Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), documents the threat posed by rising...

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Jan 2023)

Michael Collins: ...and reporting function. The regulator will bring greater transparency to the agriculture and food supply chain by carrying out analysis and regularly publishing reports on price and market data, enhancing understanding and enforcement of agrifood unfair trading law, including being designated as the national enforcement authority for the unfair trading practices directive, EU Directive...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff (5 Jul 2022)

Michael Collins: 410. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will release to a person (details supplied) the records relating to his transfer from the Department of Social Protection to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine on secondment, as he has requested under freedom of information and general data protection regulation legislation (details supplied); and if...

Journalists in Conflicts across the World: Statements (24 May 2022)

Michael Collins: ...public. This debate should serve as an opportunity to celebrate their vital contribution and draw attention to the increasing pressures, threats and attacks they face while also calling for the protection of all journalists by ensuring they are supported to ensure freedom, independence and pluralism of the media generally. The death of nine journalists and media workers in Ukraine since...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Michael Collins: Are the data held by the SFPA not subject to the laws on the confidentiality of data and data protection of both Ireland and the EU?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Michael Collins: Various data that come before the SFPA. Are they protected such that they do not get out to the general public?

Eurojust: Motion (4 May 2022)

Michael Collins: ...in these areas, for example, transport. The proposal outlined in this motion will allow Eurojust to collect, analyse and preserve evidence relating to core international crimes and to process data, such as videos, audio recordings and satellite images, and share such evidence with the relevant national and international authorities, including the International Criminal Court. The...

Seafood Taskforce Final Report: Statements (9 Dec 2021)

Michael Collins: ...being discussed at such fisheries meetings. Further meetings attended by the Minister on 27 November and 15 and 16 December, at which the Brexit fisheries elements were discussed, point to the Minister acting as a protector of European quota interests rather than a protector of the Irish share of the quota. This new information serves to illustrate the complete blindness with which the...

Rising Costs and Supply Security for Fuel and Energy: Motion [Private Members] (10 Nov 2021)

Michael Collins: ...I discuss this very important motion, I thank Máirín McGrath and Brian Ó Domhnaill, who have helped us to put it together. I also wish Deputy Mattie McGrath, our group leader, the very best. He continues to recuperate from a recent illness. Please God he will be back with us soon. Some 94% of voters are concerned about the rising cost of living. Consumers are facing...

Prime Time Investigates Programme on Department of Health: Statements (1 Apr 2021)

Michael Collins: ...from the private clinical consultations of families who were preparing legal action against the State in respect of the insufficient educational support provided for their children. Highly sensitive data pertaining to these children's medical and educational records informed the content of these dossiers and those data were gathered without the families' knowledge or consent. Instead of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Mar 2021)

Michael Collins: .... Further meetings attended by our Minister on 27 November and 15 and 16 December, at which the fisheries element of the Brexit negotiations was discussed, point to the Minister acting as a protector of European quota interests rather than the protector of the Irish share of the quota. All in all, this new information about the Minister's and the Government's activities in protecting...

Flood Prevention Policies: Motion [Private Members] (4 Nov 2020)

Michael Collins: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes: — that the Programme for Government contains a commitment to maintain a multiannual investment programme in flood relief measures to protect flood risk communities; — that the objective of the European Union (EU) Floods Directive (2007/60/EU) is to establish a framework for the assessment and management of flood risks to reduce...

Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 4) Regulations 2020: Motion [Private Members] (9 Sep 2020)

Michael Collins: ...that it seems to her that the provision involves the use of a sledgehammer to crack a nut. Why did 110 Deputies not see what others saw? Why were they so blinded that they supported such a brutal law? Where is the general data protection regulation, GDPR, now? It is something that is being used to hide behind everything nowadays. For 28 days, our personal information is to lie in...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2018)

Michael Collins: .... Now we seem to be running away from them. What are we scared of? What are we trying to cover up? I have mentioned women having eight abortions. I am not one bit ashamed to do so because I am protecting women by doing so. Right across the world, where there are multiple abortions, there are many horrific reasons for them. The woman could be abused in such a situation and this needs...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2018)

Michael Collins: The collection of data will be vital. It seems likely that abortion will be introduced in Ireland in the coming weeks. Efforts have been made to get the Bill through the Dáil by hook or by crook. Last week, I spoke on the large numbers of women in the United Kingdom who undergo as many as eight abortions. I and many experts are highly suspicious that there is a strong possibility...