Results 1-20 of 20 for data protection speaker:Victor Boyhan

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: ...some comments. I know representatives of the IFA are here and I have no doubt others are tuned in. I have a few comments and questions before I elaborate. Balanced analysis of water quality data is required to formulate national policy. The EPA report will have a profound impact on agriculture. We need to take an holistic approach to agriculture. We talk about sustainability,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Dereliction and Vacancy: Discussion (15 Jun 2023)

Victor Boyhan: ...that it can be community space on the ground floor. The collaboration with LEO and the fact that we keep our ground-floor units for commercial or community use is important. We also have to protect the built heritage fabric these little villages and towns and that is important. At the moment, they are building social housing units over a shop in Dún Laoghaire in a place that you...

Seanad: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: We have discussed this proposal previously. It seeks to introduce a new section relating to protected monuments. It will require planning authorities to refer to the protected monuments in their city or county development plans in both their written statement and their development plan. This is not new; it reflects the current situation. At our previous debate on the Bill, I brought in...

Seanad: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (1 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I move amendment No. 15: In page 41, between lines 3 and 4, to insert the following: "Planning Authority’s Record of Protected Structures 19.(1) It will be a requirement to include the register of monuments in the city and county development plans in an appendix. (2) Councils or local authorities shall be required to include an index of the register of monuments in city and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: ...a very high level engagement with our planning processes. It is certainly up at a very high level in respect of engagement with appeals and with An Bord Pleanála, because there is a great number of protected structures there. If we just take protected structures as an example, the applicant will usually put five to seven sets of these very large boxes in to the local authority....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: ..., represents Dún Laoghaire, where I live. I acknowledge the work of Senator Malcolm Byrne and that of the Minister of State in addressing what needs to be done. I had major concerns about the data issue. The Bill contains a number of provisions, including general data protection regulation-compliant uses of technology such as CCTV for waste management. It will be a good Bill. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (27 Jan 2022)

Victor Boyhan: ...coming in. It has been a useful exercise and exchange of commentary. We have slightly erred and strayed into the area of built heritage. It is clearly a different strand and is reasonably well protected. We have the record of protected structures. People spoke about Mountjoy Square. We have architectural conservation areas to deal with that. We have city and county development plans...

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

Victor Boyhan: ...to authorise the installation and operation of surveillance devices for the purposes of deterring, preventing, detecting and prosecuting certain offences, to provide for exchange of certain data from third party data controllers to local authorities for the purposes of the performance of their functions in relation to such offences", and to provide for other related matters. The...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Sep 2021)

Victor Boyhan: ...other things are described in this article. The article goes on to attribute issues around the Workplace Relations Commission and to suggest “the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC), says it has no data in relation to the number of meat workers hired by agencies and sub-contractors” in this country. That surely has to be alarming. It is an horrific story. These are people...

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

Victor Boyhan: ...important. We need to know about defending against improper conduct, which can be an issue, particularly in the financial services industry. The issue relates to GDPR, people's rights and what protections they have.I am somewhat concerned about this. I am more concerned about the number of safeguards. The Central Bank will be obliged to notify the data subject. I had a glance over the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Victor Boyhan: ...be transparent. I am very familiar with the National Treatment Purchase Fund and how it had to tackle waiting lists because I was a director there. I consider that to be the same issue. It is about data, embracing technology and putting systems in place. Would the witnesses or the CCMA look at the possibility of adopting a standardised electronic process where once the application has...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I wish to raise three issues. The first is the annual report of the Data Protection Commissioner for 2017. The watchdog has clearly criticised Tusla over its record-keeping. I was particularly interested in reading an article about this today not because of Tusla, but because I was conscious and mindful of the Data Protection Bill that will come before us, which is a really important piece...

Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: ...having supervised access, knowledge, training and induction to social media and the power of the Internet. The reality is that is a powerful tool and we must live with that, but we do need to protect children. There are serious issues about the right to parenting, by which I mean guardianship and the different contexts around that. Senator McDowell referred to this earlier in relation...

Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: Second Stage (8 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: ...'s attention to two. Recommendation No. 14, on page 16, deals with administrative fines. It states: "The Committee recommends that fines be administered to public bodies in breach of the new data protection legislation, where appropriate, to encourage compliance with data protection provisions in the new legislation". The second recommendation to which I wish to refer is No. 15 which is...

Seanad: Vehicle Registration Data (Automated Searching and Exchange) Bill 2018: Second Stage (31 Jan 2018)

Victor Boyhan: ..., Deputy Ross, to the House. I thank him for taking us through this legislation in a comprehensive way. It is tricky enough to read, but it is very clear in its message. It is about sharing data and tackling national and international crime.It is about having knowledge about the movements of people within the Union or between Oslo and somewhere else. It is important that we have data...

Seanad: Report on Use of Section 12 of Child Care Act by An Garda Síochána: Statements (31 May 2017)

Victor Boyhan: ...I have heard all of this. I do not mean to be rude when I say that as politicians of both Houses, we are tired of having history lessons about An Garda Síochána and history lessons about child protection. The previous Minister who came into the Seanad was speaking about the protection of women and domestic violence in families, issues which dovetail in many ways with the issues...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2017)

Victor Boyhan: ...Leader to organise for the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Katherine Zaponne, to come to the House. I want to impress the importance of this today because of the report on child protection by Dr. Geoffrey Shannon, which was commissioned by An Garda Síochána and published yesterday. It is a damning report. It highlights really serious issues and grave concerns...

Seanad: Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Victor Boyhan: ...these lists? How can we put systems in place to produce one clear list? Is it not possible, when a patient is put on a list, that the patient can have an individual tracking number? The idea is that to overcome data protection issues, confidentiality and so forth the patient could access this tracking number and see where he or she is placed. The patient could have reasonable...

Seanad: Clarification on Statements made by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs: Statements (15 Feb 2017)

Victor Boyhan: ...children. This is totally unacceptable in any state. They were victims of rumour, innuendo and malicious falsehoods. Nobody can stand over that. Before I ask the Minister two questions about data protection issues, I want to deal with her statement. I thank for and commend her on the openness, clarity and consistency. I want to acknowledge that because it has been apparent to me as I...