Results 1-20 of 23 for data protection speaker:Frances Black

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Dec 2023)

Frances Black: ...care. The right to access medical care freely and without fear must be vindicated by the law and enforced by the Garda. It is as simple as that. We also must ensure that all hospital staff are protected and allowed to do their jobs without interference or intimidation. Since the passage of the 2018 Act, those seeking and providing abortion healthcare and the facilities in which they...

Seanad: Housing: Statements (29 Mar 2023)

Frances Black: ...that have treated housing as a commodity and as an investment vehicle rather than as a human right and essential public infrastructure have compounded it to bring us to this point. We have hard data from the Residential Tenancies Board showing that 3,500 notices to quit were issued during the moratorium period and will be kicking in over the next few months. That is at least 3,500 people...

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2023)

Frances Black: ...for the retention of such records, they shall be destroyed when employment ceases, whichever occurs earlier. As such records are likely to contain sensitive information, it is important from a data protection viewpoint that sensitive information on former employees is not retained. Amendment No. 39 seeks to include, as part of the proposed amendments to section 29 of the principal Act,...

Seanad: Remuneration Information and Pay Transparency Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: ...of their previous jobs. This practice reinforces existing disparities in income and frustrates efforts to create a more equitable labour market. This legislation will provide important safeguards to protect workers from being exploited. I would like to understand the reason the Bill's provisions will only apply to employers with 50 or more employees. The CSO data from 2021 show that...

Seanad: Welfare and Safety of Workers in the Public Health Service: Motion (22 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: ...time they had no on-site security presence. It is truly hard to comprehend. Workers are being left to fend for themselves. It is not fair and I do not think it is good enough. According the data from the Health and Safety Authority, HSE staff members made 4,796 reports of workplace physical, verbal or sexual assaults in 2021. These are absolutely staggering figures. The same data...

Seanad: Moving Towards Zero Tolerance of Violence against Women: Statements (9 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: ..., to the Minister without Portfolio, Deputy McEntee, and the Government in general for advancing a number of laws that aim to improve the position of women in society and provide them with greater protections against violence. That is fantastic and these include the sections of the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022 covering domestic violence leave and the sections...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: ...security service, meaning that at any given time they had no on-site security presence.This is truly shocking. Workers are being left to fend for themselves at 2 a.m., 3 a.m. and 4 a.m. According to data from the Health and Safety Authority, HSE staff made 4,796 reports of workplace physical, verbal or sexual assaults in 2021. These are absolutely staggering figures. The same data show...

Seanad: Private Nursing Home Sector: Statements (16 Nov 2022)

Frances Black: We must also speak about the protection and empowerment of older people living in nursing homes. People living in residential care communities often need support in asserting their autonomy and expressing their desires and concerns. This requires robust regulatory, advocacy and decision support frameworks to operate in tandem with one another. It is vital that the Assisted Decision-Making...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 May 2022)

Frances Black: ...take action against harmful advertising with the public health interests of children in mind. This legislation already contains that brilliant language that gives due weight to the importance of protecting children's health. This amendment is a rather modest one which seeks to replicate the Bill’s already effective language in the section that covers digital media. I hope the...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2021: Motion (6 Oct 2021)

Frances Black: ...the Minister on the work he has done in taking on that role as Minister during a very difficult period in the history of the State. Not only did he have to deal with the pandemic but with all of the data issues as well. At times during the pandemic, it seemed as if normal life, or at least a version of it, might never resume. Thanks to the sacrifices and the sensible decisions made by...

Seanad: Living with Covid-19: Statements (29 Mar 2021)

Frances Black: ...way. I have seen through my own work as a therapist and through my ongoing work on the Joint Committee on Health. I want to use this opportunity today to highlight those who need more support and protection, and this includes vulnerable adults and those suffering with mental health difficulties. The Covid-19 pandemic has served to amplify existing concerns about the protection and human...

Seanad: Local Government (Use of CCTV in Prosecution of Offences) Bill 2021: Second Stage (5 Mar 2021)

Frances Black: ...for the purposes of "facilitating the deterrence, prevention, detection and prosecution of offences". This area also comes under the GDPR, the law enforcement directive, LED, and section 41(b) of the Data Protection Act 2018. Another point to note is that many of the purposes for which councils are using CCTV do not constitute offences and therefore fall outside the scope of the LED and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Jan 2021)

Frances Black: ...institutionalisation, that the Government must prove how far we have involved not only with words, but we must now prioritise and honour the experience of the survivors and adequate legislative protection, redress and access to relevant data and adoptive files among other supports. The recommendations proposed by the Clann Project in collaboration with the Adoption Rights Alliance, Justice...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Implications for Ireland of the Withdrawal of the UK from the EU in Regard to the Education and Research Sector (9 Oct 2019)

Frances Black: No, they will not be cancelled. Vert well. On the general data protection regulation, GDPR, if the UK becomes a third country after Brexit, how will that work in terms of transferring research data from UK universities to Irish universities? I am greatly concerned about the impact it will have on students. It is great that the memorandum of understanding agreed in May 2019 covers the...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Second Stage (14 May 2019)

Frances Black: ...rising homelessness, but I acknowledge that this Bill is a necessary, positive step in the right direction. It moves the balance slightly away from landlords and towards tenants, ensuring greater protection in renting. This is vital if we want to stop the number of people being evicted into homelessness and tackle the precarious situation so many families are facing. I am happy to see an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations: Minister for Justice and Equality (10 Apr 2019)

Frances Black: I thank the Minister for coming before the committee today. I wish to highlight the fact that we spent much of the past year discussing data protection and privacy. Could the Minister put on record that he believes the proposal is fully consistent with the general data protection regulation?

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015: Statements (29 Nov 2017)

Frances Black: ...that Ireland has the worst climate performance record in the EU.The climate change performance index, CCPI, ranks Ireland 46th of 57 countries. My colleague, Senator Bacik, mentioned the latest data from the EPA. According to it, our emissions increased by a shocking 3.5% last year, a steep rise that was matched in 2015 and is likely to be matched again in 2017. We are going in the...

Seanad: Northern Ireland: Statements (11 Oct 2017)

Frances Black: ...North. It could also pose a real danger to the peace process. It is essential that we work hard to avoid a hard border. I know that the Minister knows all of this.It is absolutely vital. CSO data show that approximately 15,000 people cross the Border every single day, and we have to ensure that this is not disrupted. We are talking about people’s lives - relationships,...

Seanad: Report of Seanad Special Select Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Motion (12 Jul 2017)

Frances Black: ...has been very well documented, as many researchers have outlined. It is very important that we be prepared, but trade is not the only issue. As I do not think matters such as environmental protection had received enough attention previously, I am delighted that they are included so strongly in the report. I am very passionate and adamant about the need to avoid a hard border, which is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Data Protection Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2017)

Frances Black: ..., I feel that somebody else is being a voice for children and families who have been impacted and devastated by alcohol and Ireland's unhealthy relationship with alcohol. To refer back to the data protection legislation, we must highlight the way young people are targeted by certain industries such as the alcohol, gambling and sex industries. It is shocking. The subliminal messages...