Results 1-19 of 19 for data protection speaker:Neale Richmond

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (27 Feb 2024)

Neale Richmond: ...more than 2billion downloads since its founding in 2016. In Ireland, TikTok established in 2020 and currently employs over 3,000 staff across a range of business functions including Trust and Safety; Data Protection and Privacy; and SMB (Small and Medium Business) Europe. Following a period of extremely rapid growth over the last 3-4 years, TikTok has confirmed that it is implementing...

Investment Funds Trading in the Residential Property Market: Motion [Private Members] (17 Jan 2024)

Neale Richmond: ...4 per cent increase on the same three months of 2022; — a record 22,443 homes completed in the first nine months of 2023, an 8.9 per cent increase on the same period in 2022 and the highest number of completions recorded for the first three quarters of any year since the Central Statistics Office data series began in 2011; — that 9,662 dwelling units were granted planning...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (7 Nov 2023)

Neale Richmond: ...at the solution design stage. A number of processes and IT improvements are in progress, not least the deployment in 2024 of a replacement Employment Permits IT system which will result in enhanced data collection and quality as well as dual employer/employee access, alignment between the DETE and Immigration Service Delivery (ISD) online information. The purpose of these changes –...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Redundancy Payments (7 Nov 2023)

Neale Richmond: Section 12 of the Protection of Employment Act 1977 provides that employers proposing a collective redundancy must notify the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment of the proposed collective redundancy. Collective redundancies arise where, during any period of 30 consecutive days, the employees being made redundant are:5 employees where 21-49 are employed,10 employees where 50-99 are...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (24 Oct 2023)

Neale Richmond: ...for outsourcings for specific regulated financial service providers. National and EU law regulates certain general elements of outsourcing in areas such as transfer of employees as well as data protection and intellectual property rights. The European Communities (Protection of Employees on Transfer of Undertakings) Regulations 2003 (S.I. No. 131 of 2003) safeguards the rights of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Information and Communications Technology (29 Jun 2023)

Neale Richmond: ...Priority Action Plan, which is led by the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer. As the Deputy will know, statutory regulation of technical surveillance in the workplace falls under the terms of General Data Protection Regulation and the 2018 Data Protection Act, which have significantly increased employers' obligations and responsibilities in relation to how they collect,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (13 Jun 2023)

Neale Richmond: ...bodies under agreed protocols. The MODOS Training Programme, which is a joint initiative of Dublin City Council and the Eastern-Midlands Regional Waste Management Planning Office, is funded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This training programme is promoted by LEO Dublin City on behalf of Dublin City Council’s Economic Development Unit and is an example of the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (30 May 2023)

Neale Richmond: ...instruments which the State has ratified and which it is, therefore, bound to uphold under international law. Employees have a right under the Constitution to be in a trade union which protects the rights and interests of its members. Under Irish law, an employee cannot be discriminated against or dismissed from their job because they are a member of a union. Statutory regulation of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Unions (11 May 2023)

Neale Richmond: ...instruments which the State has ratified and which it is, therefore, bound to uphold under international law. Employees have a right under the Constitution to be in a trade union which protects the rights and interests of its members. Under Irish law, an employee cannot be discriminated against or dismissed from their job because they are a member of a union. Statutory regulation of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (3 May 2023)

Neale Richmond: Ireland has a robust suite of employment rights legislation, which offers extensive protections to workers. My Department has not carried out research into the profiling of workers’ electronic equipment by employers. My understanding is that when an employer collects, uses or stores information about an employee, they must comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Wage Levels (23 Feb 2023)

Neale Richmond: According to CSO data, average weekly earnings in the private sector increased by 4.5% in 2022 Q3 compared to the same period a year earlier, and were up 10.6% compared to the same period in 2020. The Government has no role in the wage bargaining process for private sector workers which is a matter for individual employers and employees. However, the Government has been proactive in...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Company Closures (21 Feb 2023)

Neale Richmond: ...off €47,013,327.16 of equity investments in 257 of their clients due to those businesses being dissolved, entering receivership or being liquidated. The following Table provides the relevant data sought but under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), it is not considered possible to provide individual company names. Year No of Companies Amount...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Defence Forces (8 Feb 2023)

Neale Richmond: ...behalf. Senator O'Reilly knows that I have a particular interest in the Reserve Defence Force, and the Defence Forces more generally, as well as the ongoing work my Department is doing with the RDF to protect the employment status of its members. I will endeavour the questions raised by Senator as I best I can. The military authorities have confirmed that there are 15 premises at various...

Screening of Third Country Transactions Bill 2022: Second Stage (21 Sep 2022)

Neale Richmond: ...in turn, transposing the related directive we will further reinforce Ireland's reputation as a wonderful place to do business, invest and recruit top-quality staff. Obviously, this legislation is protecting the State, the European Union and the wider Single Market but it is also protecting our reputation. That is why I encourage the Minister of State and colleagues in this House and the...

Recent Developments in Northern Ireland: Statements (25 May 2022)

Neale Richmond: ...is a reference to: ... a comprehensive and reasonable solution to deliver on our shared objectives... Our 'green channel' proposal would be backed by a trusted trader scheme to provide the EU with real time commercial data and robust enforcement... The whole problem is that since the agreement came into force, the EU has not had effective access to data-sharing agreements. With a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (29 Mar 2022)

Neale Richmond: ...manner as possible, with assistance, I hope, not just from all Members on the Government benches but across this House and, indeed, the Seanad. This is a vitally important issue that goes to the very basic need, not just of protecting members of An Garda Síochána as they go about their daily work to protect us, but also of protecting members of society. The introduction of...

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

Neale Richmond: ...particularly for those of us on this island, but this particular motion and the decision of the European Council show the importance it has in terms of our crime prevention, crime detection and the protection of our society. Crime does not know any borders. It certainly does not recognise the border on this island, let alone anywhere across the European Union. In recent years, we have...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Standards in Public Office Commission (14 Jan 2021)

Neale Richmond: ...with the relevant bodies at Irish and EU level with regard to the group's domain name registration and its accounts and status with the Revenue Commissioners, and crucially around the storage of data. This organisation has access to data of tens of thousands of individuals in the United Kingdom and beyond, and it must be ensured that these data are stored in a way that is compliant with...

Seanad: Social Protection: Statements (12 Jul 2016)

Neale Richmond: ...and bad administrative practice coupled with increased pressure on the Department have helped push up the appeals rate. While I acknowledge that much has been done by the Department of Social Protection to tidy up this whole area, it is clear to me that much more can still be done and I would ask the Minister to prioritise this work. The JobBridge scheme was a good scheme that worked...