Results 1-16 of 16 for data protection speaker:Kathleen Funchion

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Mar 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: I move amendment No. 147: In page 20, after line 37, to insert the following: "Data controllers to provide personal data on application by relevant person aged 16 years or over 11.(1) A relevant person who has attained the age of 16 years may apply to a data controller for the provision by the data controller to him or her of all of the relevant person’s personal data that is held...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: ..., are a series of amendments related to genetic relative information. The definition of "early life information" is problematic as it currently denies access to information about a person's siblings, despite general data protection regulation, GDPR defining "personal data" as any information relating to a person. Many adopted people and their siblings, whether adopted or not, are eager...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: ...attempts to participate in the meeting from outside the precincts will be refused. Members participating in the meeting from the committee room are asked to exercise personal responsibility in protecting themselves and others from the risk of Covid-19. They are strongly advised to practise good hand hygiene. They will notice that every second seat has been removed to facilitate social...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: I welcome from the Data Protection Commission, DPC, Mr. Dale Sunderland, deputy commissioner and Mr. David Murphy, assistant commissioner. Once again I note that the purpose of this meeting is to engage with witnesses on the pre-legislative scrutiny of the birth information and tracing Bill 2021 and on any GDPR concerns with the provisions of the Bill. I acknowledge that this is the...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: ...from outside the precincts will be refused. The committee is resuming pre-legislative scrutiny of the birth information and tracing Bill 2021. I sincerely welcome the representatives from the Data Protection Commission, DPC, who will address the committee virtually via Microsoft Teams. The meeting today will comprise two sessions, each of one hour's duration. Members will engage with...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: ...look at, particularly if there are other reports or analyses that would be revealed, by then and while we are still discussing this topic. In general, I imagine that we will be engaging with the Data Protection Commission. We look forward to that. I sincerely thank the witnesses. I can give them one or two minutes if there is anything they did not get to say or any concluding remarks...

Civil Registration (Right of Adoptees to Information) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Mar 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: ...is a human right and one I have always taken for granted. The impact of the obstacles, legislative or otherwise, used by the State and its agencies to impede attempts by adopted people to access their personal data has been devastating for adopted persons and it must stop now. I recently spoke to a lady who was adopted. She was born in a regional hospital and then sent to a mother...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (3 Mar 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: 605. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way Tusla handled data protection applications from January 2014 to May 2018, including but not limited to applications from adopted persons, from persons who had been boarded out or from any person whose files and personal information were now in the possession of the agency. [11919/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (3 Mar 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: ...agency since GDPR regulations came into force from 23 October 2020 to date when the previous advice from the Attorney General on GDPR rights not being applicable to those persons was refuted by the Data Protection Commissioner. [11921/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (3 Mar 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: ...whose files and personal information were now in the possession of the agency since GDPR regulations came into force from 23 October 2020 to date since their GDPR rights have been vindicated by the Data Protection Commission, the Attorney General and other legal experts. [11922/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Data Protection (2 Dec 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: ...from the Clann Project, dated 23 November 2020; his further views in particular on the recommendation that Government seeks independent advise from experts working in the area of international data protection law to guarantee that Ireland implements GDPR in relation to institutional, adoption and care-related records and their suggestions on access to records legislation; and if he will...

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (21 Oct 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: ...debate, these were not homes; they were detention centres. That was an excellent point. Innocent women were subjected to cruel practices. A home is supposed to where someone feels safe, loved and protected, not a place where someone is tortured, imprisoned and forced to give birth in the most appalling conditions, often without medical support or even basic pain relief. One survivor...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: I move amendment No. 23: In page 10, line 22, after “subsection (1)” to insert the following: “, which reasons must relate to the Data Protection Regulation and/or the Data Protection Act 2018 and/or legal professional privilege.”.

Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (27 Jun 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this issue because this is probably the last week for something like this to be raised. It concerns a situation in a school, the new general data protection regulation, GDPR, and application form 3 for assistive technology. Because of the new rules introduced by the GDPR, the form has been taken off the website of the Department of Education and...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Support Bill 2017: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: I move amendment No. 29:In page 21, line 24, after “purpose” to insert the following: “and shall be in compliance with Irish and European data protection regulations as they exist at that time”. We feel it is important to ensure that all data are used in accordance with European and Irish data protection laws, which are constantly evolving. Perhaps there is such...