Results 1-18 of 18 for data protection speaker:Martin Kenny

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Regulatory Bodies (25 Jan 2024)

Martin Kenny: ...recently; my own electricity only came back yesterday so we understand what it is like when we have vital services like this under attack. Most of the systems are computerised and based on data. We need to have an efficient and effective force in place to ensure that we can protect the organisations and that there is oversight to ensure those protection mechanisms are in place. It has a...

Taisceadán (Valuable Property Register) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Mar 2023)

Martin Kenny: ...or what anyone looks at anywhere in the world, GDPR is thrown up as the reason we cannot do it or cannot look at it. That is the world we live in and we must, of course, be conscious of people's data. That said, we also have to protect people and there needs to be some way of developing the Garda property app we have at the moment to make it more appropriate for people to access and use,...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 20 - An 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) (14 Feb 2023)

Martin Kenny: This is an issue for which we in Ireland have a particular responsibility because the headquarters of many of the large multinational data centres are located here. This is their home address, whether or not all their activity happens here. This puts a huge onus on the State, in a European context and probably in a worldwide context as well, to act appropriately on this issue. My...

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Feb 2023)

Martin Kenny: ..., where we see people being attacked and all of that sort of thing. One of the lessons that brings to us is that the very technology we are talking about has exposed some of those kinds of incidents. The protection of the public is one of the reasons I feel that, in particular, body cameras and other technology of that nature is appropriate. Of course, it is also about the protection...

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

Martin Kenny: ...instruments to get this right. We have to recognise the development of all of these technologies and the whole sphere of how the Internet has reached into people's lives and how many of these data companies have huge power is something that is evolving all the time. We are going to need to have flexibility. What we can do here or in Europe today may be out of date in two years' time....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (28 Jun 2022)

Martin Kenny: 711. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of GDPR and data protection training for at least two members of An Garda Síochána per district headquarters. [34052/22]

European Union Regulation: Motion (5 Apr 2022)

Martin Kenny: ...good to know that information. This is a collaboration on a digital platform. We heard this morning from the European Court of Justice, which has made it clear that there is an issue regarding how data has been collected from mobile phones in Ireland. This will have an impact. That is also a transnational issue. Every country in Europe will be looking at that. While all that is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Antisocial Behaviour: Discussion (22 Feb 2022)

Martin Kenny: First, I will go back to the restorative justice, which is an interesting topic. The data from the IPRT mentions the very high levels of reoffending, particularly among younger people, in Ireland. I wonder is there any comparative data for people who have engaged in the restorative justice process in respect of that. I suspect that there would be a much lower rate of reoffending because of...

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)

Martin Kenny: I echo some of what Deputy Costello and, indeed, the Chairman said in respect of this. It is an important area. Because we headquarter so many of the big corporate centres of data and have a lot of data storage in the country, it is obviously something we must take very seriously. Even in the engagements we had when we were preparing the report, we recognised there were issues that...

EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement: Motion (21 Sep 2021)

Martin Kenny: ...said, there is a lot of work going on dealing with various jurisdictions across Europe with regard to criminal justice. It is quite ironic that the UK was the largest user of some of the crime databases administered by the EU and now finds itself outside of that. I hope it is time for pause and reflection on the part of the people in the British Administration who have brought us to this...

Consumer Protection (Regulation of Retail Credit and Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2021: Second Stage (8 Jul 2021)

Martin Kenny: ...issue the Bill seeks to address is that while certain agreements, such as hire purchase agreements, are regulated, the credit provider is not. As a result, they cannot be subject to the consumer protection code. The legislation comes on the back of numerous reports published in 2018 on the regulation of personal contract plans and the PCP market. These reports were by Michael Tutty...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Mar 2021)

Martin Kenny: I was delighted to hear the Tánaiste's reply a few moments ago on the "RTÉ Investigates" programme last night. We all believed GDPR would protect people's identity and data, yet we find it is now being used to deny them their data. It is about time that we did something about this. I have been in contact with constituents who have been told they were adopted, but nothing else....

Criminal Records (Exchange of Information) Bill 2019: Second Stage (25 Sep 2019)

Martin Kenny: ...Deputy O'Callaghan highlighted an issue in the context of Brexit that will need to be addressed. Currently, all EU member states are in ECRIS. In circumstances where the UK leaves the EU without a deal, the data passed to the British authorities since 2012, which is covered by EU data protection legislation, will no longer enjoy that protection in the British jurisdiction. This means...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Statements (18 Sep 2019)

Martin Kenny: ...service that is not available here. One of the issues they have at the moment is that the contracts that are in place are based on overarching EU contracts. For instance, the whole issue around data protection and patient confidentiality is uncertain in this regard in the event of a hard Brexit, which is only a few weeks away. These are real things which affect real people's lives here....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (19 Jun 2018)

Martin Kenny: ...time we are left with a certain underspend under GLAS because farmers will not receive the amount of money they expected to receive. I acknowledge that there is an overlap with the rural environmental protection scheme, REPS, and the agri-environment options scheme, AEOS. There are approximately 2,000 farmers still in the AEOS which will run out very soon and for a time they will be in...

Report of the Fennelly Commission: Statements (12 Apr 2017)

Martin Kenny: ...damning findings about the lack of evidence, oversight and procedures within An Garda Síochána over a lengthy period. Commissioner Nóirín O'Sullivan has been at the very head of An Garda Síochána for a lengthy period. The truth is those at the very top who are being protected by the Government are the ones who are the problem and the Taoiseach and the...

Garda Commissioner: Motion [Private Members] (12 Apr 2017)

Martin Kenny: ..., yet all the people in the higher echelons of An Garda Síochána come up through the ranks. They were once inspectors, superintendents and chief superintendents and many of them had responsibilities for communications and data collection in all the Garda districts around the country. Did they not know about this? It is just unbelievable that this situation continues. Who...

Agriculture and Fisheries Council Meeting: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Martin Kenny: ...livelihoods were destroyed but they do not qualify under the schemes put in place. There are many such instances throughout the country. Another scheme which is an absolute disaster is the beef data genomics scheme which seems designed to be the least farmer-friendly scheme in existence. It has made access so difficult that many farmers are in despair and many who are part of it want...