Results 1-20 of 48 for data protection speaker:Patrick Costello

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Protection of Children in the Use of Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Patrick Costello: ...to the special rapporteur for children's rights regarding legislative reform in this regard. Regulation needs enforcement at the same time. We have seen underregulation and underenforcement of data protection measures. The justice committee has spent a lot of time speaking about the challenges in this regard. The committee should look at this and make recommendations not only on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Appointments (4 Jul 2023)

Patrick Costello: 441. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the process of appointing two further commissioners to the Data Protection Commission; the date upon which they will be in position; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32748/23]

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (9 May 2023)

Patrick Costello: I move amendment No. 21: In page 28, line 38, after “management” to insert “, data protection”. The amendment relates to expertise and recommendations for appointment as members of the board. Section 16(3)(b) talks about "organisational governance, management or public administration". I seek to put in "data protection" as a very explicit consideration....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with All-Ireland Cancer Research Institute (23 Feb 2023)

Patrick Costello: ...right. The witness spoke quite disturbingly about the impact of Brexit and how it just seems to be missing from the thinking around the protocol. One of the things I have been thinking about is data sharing. Data sharing is a key component of the research. While the UK has an adequacy decision from the European Union in terms of general data protection regulation, GDPR, and data...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: European Council Rule of Law Report 2022 and Rule of Law Situation in Ireland: Engagement with Ms Vra Jourová (11 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: ...problem and the fact we are hearing it in here more is concerning. As Ms Jourová said, this is a general problem across the Union. The fundamental rights of European citizens are absolutely worth protecting but the challenge is that, quite often, we need to see greater enforcement. In this committee, we have spoken a lot about GDPR and in regard to data protection. There are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: European Council Rule of Law Report 2022 and Rule of Law Situation in Ireland: Engagement with Ms Vra Jourová (11 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: ...a juicy quote in his decision in this regard. That is an interesting precedent, the consequences of which are yet to play out, particularly in terms of all those judicial bodies, complaints boards and the Data Protection Commission. I believe that it will also start something in respect of civil legal aid. I stress that when it comes to civil legal aid, it is not just the issue of...

Report of the Joint Committee on Justice on GDPR: Motion [Private Members] (6 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: ...I can. I acknowledge the work of the committee secretariat in compiling this report and the support they have given committee members. It is also important to acknowledge the role of the GDPR in protecting civil rights and our fundamental freedoms. If we look at the issues of real-time bidding and the use of these things in disinformation, misinformation, the manipulation of society and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Enforcement of Road Traffic Offences: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Patrick Costello: ...representatives mentioned in their submission about section 81 of the Road Traffic Act. We have lots of cameras. We have 14 cameras on Dublin Bus. I will admit, given my constant talking about data protection and the general data protection regulation, GDPR, I would prefer a system where a driver has to trigger it instead of constant passive surveillance by Dublin Bus, which is slightly...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Data Protection Regulation Enforcement: Discussion (22 Sep 2022)

Patrick Costello: I will start with Ms Sippel's question about what is next, which jumps off into a lot of places. One of the recommendations we made was that there should be a review of the Data Protection Commission's policies, procedures and processes. It is of fundamental importance that this is an independent review. I note the DPC commissioned a review recently but it is important that it is done by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (30 Jun 2022)

Patrick Costello: ...Court of Human Rights, ECHR, jurisprudence, if the current form is not compliant and if we have not really complied with the mandatory consultation with the DPC in the context of the general data protection regulation, GDPR, are we simply setting ourselves up to be in the exact same place in a few years' time? Will this legislation be thrown out by the CJEU in the context of another...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (30 Jun 2022)

Patrick Costello: ...future". I came across those words in Mr. Justice Hardiman's decision in DPP v. JC. His introduction to that judgment is very apt now. He was concerned about the force publiqueand the need to actively protect fundamental freedoms. That is ultimately the background to what we are considering today. The legislation was struck down on the grounds that it did not sit with the EU Charter...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (30 Jun 2022)

Patrick Costello: It is about the issue that was just raised. Given that there is a history of breaches of data protection and so on, and we are handing over such extensive new powers, is the assistant commissioner satisfied there is sufficient internal oversight to prevent misuse of these powers?

Consumer Rights Bill 2022: Second Stage (11 May 2022)

Patrick Costello: ...all international laws and norms. However, I will leave that for the moment. There is much to celebrate and welcome in this Bill, particularly with regard to enhanced digital services and enhanced protection in respect of digital services. There is a bewildering array of services and ways to engage with these services. Many people pride themselves on being digital natives, but there are...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (8 Mar 2022)

Patrick Costello: 453. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 595 and 596 of 1 March 2022, if she will instruct the Irish Prison Service to record data on protection prisoners broken down by ethnicity in view of the need to collect data for equality purposes given the overrepresentation of ethnic minorities, such as the Travelling Community, in the...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 – Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 – Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2022)

Patrick Costello: ...the Chair. This is a very important issue. As has been said, we are the lead supervising authority, but to be honest, our European friends have been very open and clear in their criticism of the Data Protection Commissioner here, so much so that they are trying to find ways around the role of Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner as the lead supervisory authority. They are trying to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Powers) Bill 2021 (8 Dec 2021)

Patrick Costello: ...to undermine the due process rights of the accused and the general citizen. I stand by my earlier comments and those of other Deputies. I have a quick question for Mr. Sunderland about the data we are talking about. The debate about extracting disaggregated data such as a person's ethnicity and other demographic data is being made somewhat complex because of the general data...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Patrick Costello: ...of being last so many of my questions have already been asked. I thank Mr. Logue and Mr. McGarr for their input. They both spoke about weak enforcement. Is there something we can do to help the Data Protection Commission? What should the Data Protection Commission do differently regarding the difficult role it has been placed in that involves mediating between the Government and the...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Patrick Costello: While it may seem slightly beyond the scope of the legislation and the issue we are talking about here, if the issue we are talking about is ultimately the fundamental rights of people to their data, as Mr. McGarr said, they need an effective remedy so the effectiveness of the Data Protection Commissioner ties in directly with the effectiveness of the support for these individual rights...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Oct 2021)

Patrick Costello: The recent budget provided a welcome increase of just over 20% for the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner. We have seen problems with the administration of the general data protection regulation, GDPR, regime here. Data protection authorities in other countries have tried to sidestep us. The Data Protection Commission has been called out for being a roadblock in the enforcement of...