Results 1-13 of 13 for data protection speaker:Rose Conway-Walsh

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - the Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 -the Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: ...As the Minister said, it is the way forward, particularly in a competitive labour environment. On public procurement and Vote 39, the committee heard recently from the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, CCPC, on the issue of bid rigging in public procurement contracts. There have been a number of high-profile public cases in Europe that have been discussed. The CCPC...

Protection of Children (Online Pornographic Material) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Nov 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Sinn Féin is in favour of any measures which will contribute to the safety and protection of children in online spaces. We worked hard on ensuring additional measures for online safety, particularly for children, in our work on the Online Safety and Media Regulation Act. For example, we worked with other Members of the Houses and a large number of children's charities and advocacy...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: ...the winter is going to be. Every year, a Christmas bonus is announced as if it is some type of gift. People who rely on State pensions, disability payments or any other payment deserve certainty. Many are struggling to get by. That is why Sinn Féin set out a proposal to invest €1.7 billion in social protection. Sinn Féin would increase child benefit and would really...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (9 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 407. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total amount stored in the Social Insurance Fund investment account; the amount stored in NTMA-issued Exchequer notes for the most recent five years for which data is available, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21381/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Banking Sector (24 Jan 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: ...in the context of the rising interest rates, which we are seeing more of today. For those who are having repayment difficulties, this is becoming more and more prevalent. There is limited data on the type of restructures that take place between the lender and borrower. The data shows that the longer a mortgage is in arrears, the more difficult it is to get a restructure, with the...

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (9 Feb 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: ...to tackle a wide range of white-collar crimes. As somebody who sat on the finance committee and who was involved in the scrutiny of insurance prices, what was happening in that market, the protection of raw data and how things were used against the consumer, who was fleeced with insurance costs, I really welcome this. The Bill is a good beginning and will go at least some way towards...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (15 Jun 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 868. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expenditure on the back to education allowance for each year for which data is available; if this cost covers fees and-or the student contribution charge; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30989/21]

Insurance (Restriction on Differential Pricing and Profiling) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Feb 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: ...to shop around. They are depending on us to stand up for them by demanding transparency and fairness in the insurance industry. They are depending on us to end the rip-off and wrestle the raw data from those who have fought so hard to protect the system that enables insatiable greed to run riot. When I was on the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, I remember...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Engagement with Trade Unions on Keeping Schools Open: Discussion (19 Nov 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Exactly. As a committee we can support Mr. Christie in this. I suggest the committee should write to the Minister for Health and ask for that data to be furnished so we can do our job responsibly. I am really concerned about the Minister and the Department ignoring the HPSC's advice on the use of personal protective equipment, PPE, and the requirements for ventilation. Mr. Pike and Mr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Key Priorities and the Effects of Covid-19 on the Education System: Department of Education (17 Nov 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: ...secrecy within the schools is putting principals, parents and teachers in an impossible situation. I ask that the Minister look at that to see if there is a better way of doing it, notwithstanding data protection and the protection of the individual students involved. We need to look again at how it is done.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (4 Nov 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he has met with the Attorney General to discuss the position held by the Data Protection Commission as expressed in its observation on the data protection impact assessment commissioned on the legislation on mother and baby homes. [33529/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (4 Nov 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: ...2018 GDPR legislation and the Commissions of Investigation Act 2004 to take custody of the whole of the archive and all the records gathered and created by the commission, including all personal data in those archives. Under the GDPR, archiving purposes in the public interest are lawful grounds for processing personal data. Why was this not considered before the legislation was rushed...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (Resumed) (2 Sep 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: ...do anything else. The Minister has said, however, that the appeals process will not examine the accuracy of the teachers' or schools' judgment in awarding grades but will simply check the accuracy of the data. We do not know what the data are. I will ask the Minister a very specific question. Why will she not tell us what data are being used? Why will she not tell us what model is...