Results 1-20 of 35 for data protection speaker:Peter Burke

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (18 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: The latest data available from the Central Statistics Office shows that the price of wholesale electricity in February 2024 was 46.8% lower than in February 2023, with electricity prices falling by 15.3% between January 2024 and February 2024. Additionally, the Wholesale Price Indices for Energy Products – that is fuels purchased by manufacturing industry – fell by 37.2% over...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Poverty Data (18 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: The Minister for Social Protection has advised that the 2023 Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC), which is the official source of poverty statistics for Ireland, reported a reduction in consistent poverty, which is the national social target for poverty reduction, down from 4.9% in SILC 2022 to 3.6% in SILC 2023. This is the lowest rate of consistent poverty recorded since the...

Seanad: Cost of Doing Business: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: I thank all the Members for their interventions on a topic which is very important to our local economies in protecting our SME sector. We all know the economic activity they provide in our communities is very much valued by the Government. That is demonstrated by the policies we have put in place to support them in recent years. First, I will raise the increased cost of doing business...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Management (25 Jan 2024)

Peter Burke: ...will be taken from the €1.3 billion that is available for flood risk management measures right throughout the country. It is important that funding is in place, that a very significant amount of data and evidence has been gathered already on the path flows and the pressures of flooding in the area, and if any alternative work can be done or carried out in the meantime to give...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Management (25 Jan 2024)

Peter Burke: ...programme. Cork County Council is leading the design of the scheme and in 2017 appointed engineering and environmental consultants. Designing any flood relief scheme is complex and requires data on the flood sources and their associated risks. Today some 100 schemes are at design and construction stages. Midleton has proven to be one of the most complex schemes. It has flood risks...

Seanad: Civil Defence Bill 2023: Second Stage (18 May 2023)

Peter Burke: ...to the successful operation of Civil Defence, is truly inspiring. Civil Defence has played an integral role in the response to the Covid-19 pandemic and to the provision of support to Ukrainians seeking protection in Ireland. During the Covid-19 pandemic, Civil Defence volunteers played a significant role within their communities in every county. I know at first hand that in Westmeath,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Provision (9 Nov 2022)

Peter Burke: ...of people accessing emergency accommodation and the situation is proving very challenging. The Government, local authorities and those in the NGO sector are making every effort to prevent and protect those at risk of homelessness. Resources and funding are not an obstacle to the urgent efforts required. Budget 2023 provided more than €215 million, which is an increase of 10% on...

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Oct 2022)

Peter Burke: ...of the Bill. I have listened to colleagues intently in what has been quite a detailed debate. Overall, I am confident the House will agree to pass this Bill today to quickly put in place enhanced protections for tenants immediately upon its enactment until the winter is over, and until 18 June for some tenancies. The broad consensus of Deputies across the Opposition is that five...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (11 Oct 2022)

Peter Burke: .... Standing orders may require that no cameras or any kind or recording equipment may be used at meetings of the Council without the prior approval of the Council. In addition the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018, which are under the remit of my colleague, the Minister for Justice, confers rights on individuals in relation to the privacy of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rental Sector (23 Jun 2022)

Peter Burke: ...;4,000 or up to six months in prison. The RTB is gaining information from a focused review it conducted, members of the public, its own investigations and sanctions unit and the Department of Social Protection, with which the RTB shares a significant amount of data. Finally, in respect of action 2.5 in Housing for All, Revenue will share data with the RTB in order to see instances of...

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Second Stage (21 Jun 2022)

Peter Burke: ...in force at the time of commencement will remain in force to be updated. Section 86 provides that the Minister may, by regulation, designate a single registration authority to establish, manage and maintain a shared database for use by all registration authorities. Each local authority will remain responsible for its own register. Section 88 provides for the data-sharing framework that...

Seanad: Media Report on Governance in Local Authorities: Statements (12 May 2022)

Peter Burke: ...Audit Service, as well as the National Oversight and Audit Commission, NOAC, which provides that service. Senator Cummins raised issues relating to timing. One of the challenges relates to when the data are certified and ready. I refer to linking or mirroring Departments having their accounts done with local authorities having the end-of-year figures certified. As an accountant, I know...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Quality (6 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: I thank the Deputy for her ongoing interest in pursuing the very important issue of water quality in Dublin Bay. In order to protect water quality in the bay, work is under way to upgrade and enhance Irish Water's management of the city's wastewater networks and treatment plants. In addition, the Dublin local authorities are collaborating on projects to improve the management of surface...

Seanad: Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (30 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: ...of a robust, mandatory and statutory register is critical for the development of a culture of competence and compliance in the construction sector. Mandatory statutory regulation is necessary to protect the public from the risks posed by defective buildings as it is the only way to ensure that builders can only take on work in which they are competent and registered to undertake....

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: ...the register shall contain such information in order that the registration body can be satisfied that it processes all of this information and I intend to bring forward amendments to allow for this data sharing. We will also bring forward amendments on data processing and governance. These will be in line with the Data Protection Act 2018 and the Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019. ...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Wildlife Protection (24 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: ...answer some of the specific questions but I will refer them to the Minister of State. This is a very specific case. Emo Court is a neoclassical mansion designed by architect James Gandon and is a protected structure under RPS 412 of County Laois. It is recognised as one of Ireland's finest historical houses. Emo Court is a rare example of a late 18th century Irish Palladian mansion,...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Peter Burke: These amendments propose to deem the entire State a rent pressure zone, which has been debated numerous times and which I cannot accept. Having regard to the constitutionally protected property rights of landlords, including the right to receive an income from their properties, a blanket extension of the rent pressure zone rent predictability measure to rental properties across the entire...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Peter Burke: ...country where rents are highest and rising fast. The proposal in section 3 of this Bill for the rent increase cap of 2% per annum pro ratain a rent pressure zone if HICP inflation is higher has regard to the constitutionally protected rights of landlords and takes into account local rental market factors, providing certainty to tenants and landlords with the medium-term rent levels....

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (3 Dec 2021)

Peter Burke: ...were very clear they are voting for the Bill. At the outset that seems very strange. I refer specifically to Deputy Cian O'Callaghan's comments on the number of Bills we have introduced to protect renters, which I referenced in my opening statement. I indicated this has happened six times in the Thirty-third Dáil during the pandemic. The Deputy implied I was boasting about...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (3 Dec 2021)

Peter Burke: ...read a Second Time here, following its passing in the Seanad last week. I am asking the House to pass the Bill to enable its early enactment to provide for the transition to providing residential tenancy protections on the basis that any new tenancy that commences six months or more from the passing of this Bill shall continue as a Part 4 tenancy for an unlimited duration, unless...