Results 1-20 of 54 for data protection speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh

Opt-in under Protocol No. 21: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...sa doiciméad seo. Ghlac mé leis nach rud mór a bhí i gceist agus tá an ceart ag an Aire Stáit sa mhéid a dúirt sé linn; nach ceist mór é. Fós féin, is ceart go mbeadh an díospóireacht ann. The debates are welcome to discuss EU proposals in certain areas. This is an important topic, albeit quite a minor amendment...

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...courts, the information would be held in a computer and can be accessed quickly. This would ensure we would not again have the chaos we had last year when people were ringing us up and telling us that a garda had certified their passport application but nobody could ring to check. It was a simple thing. The information should be in a central database, but that is not where it is. We...

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Feb 2023)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...buys a Wi-Fi bell that records footage. We do not know who controls those images. It is right that An Garda Síochána and local authorities work better together, which they have done quite well in my area. It is about the storage of this data, however. For how long will this be stored so that it is not never-ending? Who will oversee it and ensure there are no data breaches?...

Appropriation Bill 2021: Second Stage (14 Dec 2021)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...stated as zero; it does not exist. On the next page, it states that expenditure on pay and pensions does not exist. In that case, what the hell is the service and who supplies it? It is not for pay or pensions and we know it is not for capital expenditure. We know it is not supplied by An Garda Síochána, the Defence Forces, Revenue, the Department of Social Protection, or...

Loss of Biodiversity and Extinction of Species: Statements (29 May 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...restorative measures are put in place to mitigate the damage. Ireland is not immune to the extinction rates in both plant and wildlife species. We are poisoning and destroying many of our ecosystems. We need to take urgent action and to invest to protect what remains of the ecosystems. I heard the Minister talk earlier about the woodlands and what happened when the woods were cut down....

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Oct 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...woman who came to me in absolute distress. The Department was looking for €20,000 from her for overpayments for 13 years. She asked me whether I still had a document she gave me 13 years' ago. The data protection people here told me I should not have it and that it was in breach of data protection regulations. I had the document, which was from the Department and which stated...

Other Questions: Garda Vetting of Personnel (17 Nov 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...company has its own private system. The customer charter for Turas Nua does not seem to be as accessible online as the Seetec one and that should be corrected. There could be highly sensitive data about people who are long-time unemployed for a multitude of reasons. There could be a big file for each of them. For JobPath companies to properly understand the background and how to...

Other Questions: Garda Vetting of Personnel (17 Nov 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: This arises from a question we dealt with earlier, namely, the State out-sourcing those who are long-term unemployed to Seetec and Turas Nua under the JobPath scheme and to ensure that all the protections that currently hold to the Department of Social Protection also hold in regard to these companies, in particular Garda vetting, data protection and any other restrictions in terms of the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Data Protection (22 Sep 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 179. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the additional safeguards she has in place in her Department to safeguard against the illegal elicitation of personal data, in the wake of the recent revelations that a rogue private investigator is suspected of using illegal tactics to obtain data belonging to hundreds of credit union customers from officials in her Department....

One-Parent Family Payment Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...lone parents has been a rise in the number of lone parents households experiencing enforced deprivation to its current staggering rate of 63 per cent; — rejects the claims made by the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection, and others in Government, that the purpose of the latest impending cut to the One Parent Family Payment scheme is to encourage lone parents to take up...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Primary Online Database (30 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I do not know whether the Minister is aware that the Data Protection Commissioner's office confirmed only two weeks' ago that even after the changes she introduced in April to the primary online database, that it still might not be legal. Could the Minister confirm whether further legislation is required to underpin her proposals on the primary online database, if a further review is to take...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Primary Online Database (30 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I do not know whether that captures the concerns of the Data Protection Commissioner's office which were outlined on 18 June. Having investigated the primary online database, POD, the Data Protection Commissioner's office still had concerns, as did parents who had objected to the storage of sensitive data, that were valid even following the changes made in April. That is the key point....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Data (15 Apr 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 66. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if computerised data on the medical conditions giving rise to claims for disability allowance are stored, as recommended by the value-for money-review of the scheme, in order to better inform the planning and delivery of employment and training supports; and if so, the main diagnosis types associated with claims, and any relevant trends...

Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It is. It is also lowering pay and creating under-employment in this State. I will prove that with data from the Indecon report which the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection continuously quotes to me when I raise concerns about JobBridge and other schemes. The Indecon report found that 30% of employers said that they would create a job if JobBridge did not exist; that is...

Guerin Report: Statements (Resumed) (28 May 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ..., whether victims or relatives of those under investigation. This can cause major problems. The only possible source of much of the information provided is the PULSE system. It is most important for An Garda Síochána that the PULSE system is got right and that the data within it are protected. We must be very sure that as An Garda Síochána gets to grips with the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Data Protection (16 Apr 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 36. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she will take to tighten up on data protection protocols and procedures in her Department in view of the findings by the Data Protection Commissioner during his investigation of private investigators. [17648/14]

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (18 Dec 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Nether of our proposals complied with it, but one can extrapolate from the data the eventualities of this, that and the other. I have said that what the Minister has put forward is better than the existing model. However, it does not go far enough or as far as the Minister originally suggested in October 2011 when she said the issue would be dealt with. She could have gone much further to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Administration (2 Oct 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 186. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 101, 107 and 108 on 25 September 2013 in which she advised that 63% of all internships are completed early due to the intern securing paid employment, the proportion of these entered full-time employment and the way many entered permanent, fixed-term or zero hour contract posts respectively; if such data is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (27 Mar 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The petitioner has raised quite a number of issues on data protection. HIQA has published its own draft report entitled, Draft National Standard Demographic Dataset and Guidance for use in health and social care settings in Ireland, which is open for public consultation at the moment. It is a very tight timeframe because 12 April is the deadline for consideration and feedback. I suggest...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (16 Oct 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that rent supplement recipients are being told to get the Private Residential Tenancy Board to confirm if their landlord is registered with them, however the PRTB will not confirm this, citing data protection; and if she will confirm if this is a requirement for rent supplement. [44356/12]