Results 1-14 of 14 for data protection speaker:Matt Carthy

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (28 Nov 2023)

Matt Carthy: ...Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 113 of 28 September 2023, if he has reverted to the Local Government Management Agency with feedback on the draft Codes of Practice and Data Protection Impact Assessments in order to permit local authorities to install CCTV cameras in the vicinity of bottle banks and other waste collection locations; and if he will make a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Engagement with the National Cyber Security Centre (23 May 2023)

Matt Carthy: ...it possible that similar advice will follow for other social media apps and platforms? We have seen the fine levied against what is probably the most widely used social media company in respect of data protection. When do data protection concerns become wider cybersecurity concerns?

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2023: Committee Stage (29 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: ...page 10, line 38, after “persons” to insert “, following notification to the prescription holder”." We recognise that he Minister has gone some way to addressing the farmers in respect of data processing. They tell us that concerns remain, however. The power invested in the Minister under section 7 is quite broad. The section outlines the persons with whom...

Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: ...been suggested and brought forward by stakeholders. Now, it seems on the face of it that the Minister and Department have accepted to some degree that the role of responsible persons does need to be protected. This is clearly in line with the recommendations of the Oireachtas committee because responsible persons are well-educated and well-qualified in the field in which they ply their...

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Second Stage (19 Jan 2023)

Matt Carthy: ...and his officials. The establishment of a food regulator has been a long-standing demand of Sinn Féin and many farm organisations. I have regularly stated that an enforcement authority that protects farmers and communities against the stranglehold of dominant processors, particularly meat factories and multinational retailers, must be a central plank in delivering a fair price to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Nature Restoration Target and General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: ...now the responsible person and not just the vets themselves had the opportunity to dispense. Is that important to the members of the organisations represented here? I ask for more detail on the data protection concerns, particularly the sharing of data with Bord Bia and the quality assurance audits. We may need to engage with Bord Bia to try to get clarification.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: Can I ask a question on Head 10? Some colleagues already asked whether five members are sufficient for the board. In respect of the Data Protection Commission and the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission there is provision in legislation for the appointment of additional members if workloads increase. I am wondering why such a provision is not embedded in this Bill and whether the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: ...conviction on indictment of €500,000 might appear to be a large sum, but it is not for some of the operators. The transposition of the ECN+ directive this year gave the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, CCPC, power to issue fines of up to €10 million or 10% of turnover. The general data protection regulation, GDPR, provides for fines of €20 million or...

Regulations for the Sale and Distribution of Turf: Motion [Private Members] (5 May 2022)

Matt Carthy: ...is damaging the environment. There has been an attempt to portray the debate that surrounded the Government's mishandling of the turf ban in binary terms. It has been portrayed that the protection of peatlands is good therefore anyone who opposes any measure, regardless of how harebrained or unworkable, that has that as its stated aspiration is portrayed as a narrow-minded and...

Home Heating Fuels: Motion [Private Members] (26 Apr 2022)

Matt Carthy: For the purposes of clarification, let me be clear that Sinn Féin supports measures that protect public health. We support measures that protect our environment and deliver climate action. Where we differ from the Government is that we insist that such measures are fair, workable and credible, concepts that are alien to this coalition. In fact, at the heart of this Government's...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Management of Social Welfare Appeals
Chapter 11 - Controls Over the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (9 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: ...slot as I had to attend oral questions in the Dáil. I thank Mr. McKeon and his colleagues for being here. I have a brief question on the public services card. I note that at the time the Data Protection Commission published its renowned report that the cost up until 2019 were declared as being €67.8 million within the ten years existence of the card. However, the recent...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Management of Social Welfare Appeals
Chapter 11 - Controls Over the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (9 Dec 2021)

Matt Carthy: Mr. McKeon might come back on that and on the annual cost for 2020 and perhaps 2021 seeing as we are in its latter stage. According to the decision made by the Data Protection Commission, the card is illegal when made compulsory for accessing non-welfare services. This matter is being challenged through the courts so I will not say anything that will prejudice the case. In the event that...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Feb 2021)

Matt Carthy: ...to find out when it is estimated that they will be connected to the national broadband to a page on the Fine Gael website. I would like to ask the Tánaiste if he or his party have consulted with the Data Protection Commissioner as to the legality of this. This is clearly a data harvesting project on the part of Fine Gael. They are using information that is freely available on a...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2021)

Matt Carthy: I apologise for being late. On the Revenue correspondence, particularly the report on the use of data access requests to telecommunications companies, we see that in 2017 there were 40 such requests. That dropped to 26 in 2018 and according to the correspondence we received from Revenue, there have been no requests since then. Could the committee write to Revenue seeking clarification as...