Results 1-20 of 58 for data protection speaker:James Lawless

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Messages to Dáil and Seanad (30 Apr 2024)

James Lawless: ..., 2016, 28th October, 2020, 2nd August, 2016, and 2nd August, 2016 respectively: (i) Amended proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a common procedure for international protection in the Union and repealing Directive 2013/32/EU, (ii) Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on asylum and migration management,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Protection, Preservation of and Access to Data on Information Systems) Bill 2024: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)

James Lawless: ...Dockry, assistant principal officer in the criminal justice legislation unit at the Department. The purpose of this session is to have a briefing on the general scheme of the criminal justice (protection, preservation of and access to data on information systems) Bill 2024. I will invite the witnesses to make their opening statement but before I do I must deal with some procedural...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

James Lawless: ...event, we have noted the submission Safe Ireland has provided. It will be taken into account when we produce our report. I welcome the following witnesses: Mr. David Murphy, deputy commissioner of the Data Protection Commission, DPC; Mr. Andrew Carroll, assistant commissioner, DPC; Mr. Simon McGarr, solicitor with Digital Rights Ireland; Ms Olga Cronin, senior policy officer at the...

Consultative Forum on International Security Policy Report: Statements (22 Nov 2023)

James Lawless: ...an educated workforce, we are an EU member state, we are English speaking and they enjoy being located here. That offering is essential to our economic package and our economic prosperity. We must protect those intellectual assets, including the data. Some 40% of the EU's data sets are housed in Ireland, largely because the Data Protection Commissioner for Europe is here. We need to...

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

James Lawless: I share the Deputy's concern and I did not twig it when the Minister mentioned it. To alleviate that concern, would I be right in saying that this relates to processing in the context of a data processor as opposed to a data controller and that the data protection regime would therefore apply? Is that what she means?

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

James Lawless: I thank the Minister. On the broader point, I introduced drone regulation legislation in the previous Dáil. The DPC issued a guidance note on the operation of drones and the data protection implications. Deputy Costello mentioned unmanned aerial vehicles, UAVs, otherwise known as drones, and they are referred to in the amendment.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: EU Regulations (29 Jun 2023)

James Lawless: What measures are being taken to make Ireland a hub for EU technology regulation? There is a great opportunity there. We have already stepped into many areas, including data protection, but there are many other aspects we can embrace.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: EU Regulations (29 Jun 2023)

James Lawless: ...at one stage. Thankfully, now a multitude of regulation is coming down the track. I am thinking of the Digital Services Act, which the Minister of State mentioned, the Digital Markets Act, the Data Governance Act, the AI directive, which we discussed in the context of the previous question, and the AI liability directive that is coming hot on the heels of that. Later in 2024 or in 2025,...

Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (28 Jun 2023)

James Lawless: ...with me during the week regarding this amendment. There is general alarm. Before I get into the detail of the amendment, I note that, unfortunately, there has been a pattern in recent years of data protection legislation or amendments affecting the area coming through quickly. That is sometimes forced upon us by external factors such as decisions within Europe or of the Judiciary,...

Court Proceedings (Delays) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2023)

James Lawless: ...is badly needed. As cathaoirleach of the Joint Committee on Justice, one observation I make consistently is that almost every report that has come before our committee on a variety of topics, from data protection to gender-based violence to the family law courts and through to the coronial system, one of the recommendations made is that more judges are needed in the system, full stop....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (20 Oct 2022)

James Lawless: 57. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when additional commissioners will be appointed to the Data Protection Commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52426/22]

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

James Lawless: ...Europe. Some kind of consistency of approach to those categories would be helpful for all concerned. Some other findings of the committee perhaps did not get as much attention today. Under the Data Protection Acts that preceded the GDPR, the data protection website featured case studies that I found quite useful. People could look up a particular scenario if, for example, they owned a...

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

James Lawless: ...members of which work together productively and collaboratively. I am delighted one of our reports has found its way to a full formal debate in the Chamber. The report we are considering deals with the general data protection regulation, GDPR, which falls under the remit of the committee and the Department of Justice. The regulation is in its fourth year as applicable legislation and it...

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

James Lawless: ...of today's meeting is engagement with our colleagues who our representing the European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, LIBE, with a focus on the topic of general data protection regulation, GDPR, enforcement. This is a topic of great interest to the committee as well. Our visiting colleagues may or may not be aware we have produced our own reports on...

Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Jul 2022)

James Lawless: ...They helped cast a cold eye over this Bill. It is also worth noting the committee has a significant interest in this area. Indeed, we pre-empted some of this debate with our own elective modules on data protection legislation, data retention and other topics that members explored and produced reports on in the past. It was only right and proper that we would conduct that scrutiny and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (5 Jul 2022)

James Lawless: 12. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will be progressing the recommendations of the 2021 report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice on the general data protection regulation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35657/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (30 Jun 2022)

James Lawless: ...in the room. The purpose of this meeting is to have an engagement with a number of stakeholders as part of the committee's scrutiny of the general scheme of the communications (retention of data) (amendment) Bill 2022. Before I formally welcome the witnesses and get into the substance of the matter, I wish to point out that it is important that we have this meeting. This is the second...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (30 Jun 2022)

James Lawless: I thank Dr. McIntyre for his comments. This is why we wanted to hold these sessions. We share at least some of those concerns. The Data Protection Commission was mentioned in that contribution and Mr. Sunderland is up next. The deputy data protection commissioner is familiar with the committee and has been here before. Mr. Sunderland is very welcome and also has three minutes.

Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Apr 2022)

James Lawless: ...view as well, that autocracies and technocracies will become the predominant form of governance over and above democracies. That is a reality check to all of us in the democratic world. We need to protect freedom and protect democracy. Democracy begins at home and we are doing it today in this Bill. It is something that we cannot take for granted. I recently read a great book, Guns,...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 – Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 – Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2022)

James Lawless: ...has been convened to consider the Revised Estimates for Vote 20 - Garda Síochána; Vote 21 - Prisons; Vote 22 - Courts Service; Vote 24 - Justice; Vote 41 - Policing Authority; and Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission. I thank the Minister for Justice, Deputy McEntee and her officials for attending and assisting our consideration of these Revised Estimates and for the...