Results 1-20 of 31 for data protection speaker:Fintan Warfield

Seanad: Cybersecurity and Data Protection: Statements (22 Jun 2023)

Fintan Warfield: ...of State have anything to say about the State purchasing such cameras without any legislative provision or safeguards? I also want to talk about the public services card. The Department of Social Protection has been building a biometric photo and template database of more than 3 million people. There is no legal basis for collecting these data in exchange for services that people are...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2023)

Fintan Warfield: I want to talk about the public services card. The Department of Social Protection has been building a biometric photo and template database of 3.2 million people. There is no legal basis for collecting these data in exchange for services people are legally entitled to. Through a freedom of information request, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, ICCL, and Digital Rights Ireland have...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jun 2023)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the inclusion of data protection statements next week. This is something that Sinn Féin and others have called for in this House and it is long overdue. In July last year, the Minister for Justice, Deputy McEntee, made a commitment to appoint two additional data protection commissioners. These posts have still not been advertised, let alone filled. We were told by the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (24 May 2023)

Fintan Warfield: I too welcome our friends from Malawi. I wish them a céad míle fáilte. While the fine of €1.2 billion for Facebook is the largest fine ever imposed under the general data protection regulation, GDPR, the size of the fine masks a number of issues with GDPR itself and with the Irish Data Protection Commission, DPC. The Irish Council for Civil Liberties, ICCL, has said...

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (31 Jan 2023)

Fintan Warfield: ..., especially when coupled with the unpaid nature of the leave. It must also be considered whether supplying medical information on a third party to an employer is consistent with the general data protection regulation, GDPR.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Disinformation and Media Literacy: Ms Frances Haugen (23 Feb 2022)

Fintan Warfield: ...governments being able to keep pace with big tech? Will we ever be a match for it or will that be done by citizens taking action such as boycotting various platforms, choosing email providers that protect our data and messaging Apps that value our privacy? Can we keep apace with regulation?

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Second Stage (22 Feb 2022)

Fintan Warfield: ...tell us what the Government's plan is for the future of media in this country. I will turn to the individual complaints mechanism. The Internet brings risk. This Bill has identified the loss of personal data, exposure to harmful content, cyberbullying, negative effects on health and mental health, online grooming and extortion. There is a scheme in the Bill for nominated bodies that...

Seanad: Local Government (Surveillance Powers in Relation to Certain Offences) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Jan 2022)

Fintan Warfield: ...to allow councillors to use fixed CCTV, mobile CCTV and drones for relevant offences specified under the Waste Management Act 1996 and the Litter Pollution Act 1997, and to allow processing of data as per the Data Protection Act, ensuring that the surveillance is necessary, proportionate and specific in its purpose. There has been some conversation about that. It seems there are enough...

Seanad: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2021)

Fintan Warfield: ...one month following the passing of this Act, the Minister shall commence and carry out a review of the existing NMPF to— (a) review its compliance with the MSP Directive, (b) provide for interim protections for the marine environment, and (c) in respect of the inclusion of relevant projects in the existing NMPF— (i) to specifically review the compatibility of the...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by An Taoiseach (18 Nov 2021)

Fintan Warfield: ...I welcome the Taoiseach to the House. The private rental market is broken. It is dysfunctional and everybody knows it. People are paying sky-high rents and in return they are getting absolutely no protection. Renters have no protection if the home is sold, if the landlord decides to move in, or if a family member of the landlord decides to move in. These cases amounted to 70% of all...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (17 Nov 2021)

Fintan Warfield: ...a tenant. This combined with the sale of property accounts for 70% of evictions. Renters will not be impressed when they realise that these so-called "tenancies of indefinite duration" give them zero protection. "But I thought your man introduced tenancies of indefinite duration", they will say. "Sorry, it does not cover you", they will be told, as the property is being sold or the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Nov 2021)

Fintan Warfield: ...of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and officials of the Department. We all know that Government needs to get tough on social media companies. It needs to stand up for the interests of citizens, the protection of data, the protection of people's well-being online and for our democracy as well. That Facebook was granted confidentiality by a Minister of State prior to a discussion on...

Seanad: Science Week: Statements (11 Nov 2021)

Fintan Warfield: ...reopened on 22 October and it is featuring its 50th free exhibition, called "Bias: Built this Way", which interrogates fairness, the ethics of artificial intelligence, AI, machine learning and data processing in humans and algorithms. I suggest that in the month when Facebook launches its metaverse, and apparently we are all now in the meta, the importance of such exhibitions, which is...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Nov 2021)

Fintan Warfield: ...for the big designated online platforms. We have also called for an online safety commissioner to be explicitly included in the legislation, and for children's navigation of online spaces to be protected so as not to render children vulnerable to data profiling or harmful advertisements. This work is crucial to a democratic and pluralistic society. I commend Senators Hoey, Carrigy and...

Seanad: Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2021: Second Stage (14 Jun 2021)

Fintan Warfield: ...as equal pay for equal work. Paying men and women differently for the same role is illegal, and gender is one of the nine grounds provided for in the Employment Equality Acts 1998 to 2015 that protect women's entitlement to be treated equally in regard to work and jobs. There are several causes of the gender pay gap. When the lower-paid jobs are taken up by women and few are in...

Seanad: Education (Leaving Certificate Examinations) (Accredited Grades) Bill 2021: Second Stage (7 May 2021)

Fintan Warfield: ...strain many of them face. Some aspects of the Bill need to be tightened up, however, because any lack of detail will result in unnecessary anxiety. We welcome the publication of legislation that protects teachers from unwelcome or unwarranted pressure regarding assessment. Teachers live in our communities. They should be free to train football teams, go to the shops or spend time with...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill (13 Apr 2021)

Fintan Warfield: ...in an awful lot of consultation. In one of her first contributions, Ms Quill informed Deputy Munster that the Future of Media Commission would need to grow quickly in size and mentioned the Data Protection Commission's 180 staff. As it stands, the BAI does not have a fundamental understanding of this space. Why would it? Could it be hiring staff now? Perhaps someone could begin...

Seanad: Data Protection Regulations: Motion (6 Nov 2020)

Fintan Warfield: ..., it does nothing more than correct an indentation error made in the printing process in the regulations that came into effect in October last year. The regulations themselves apply to personal data in respect of which the Central Bank is the controller and which are processed by the Central Bank in pursuit of what is defined as a relevant objective and pursued by the Central Bank in...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2020)

Fintan Warfield: Sinn Féin has put its name to amendment No. 22 and I wish to add my voice. Under the general data protection regulation, GDPR, and the Commissions of Investigation Act 2004, the Minister can take custody of all records gathered and created by the commission, including all personal data in those archives. Section 43 of the 2004 Act states "all evidence received by and all documents...