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

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...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Data Protection (21 Jul 2020)

Patrick Costello: ..., foreign direct investment and foreign trade. Quite simply, on foot of this judgment, the EU-US privacy shield has been declared invalid. As such, there is no safe and legal way to transfer data from a European Union citizen to the United States. Any company carrying out such data transfers is doing so at significant risk. This case started in June 2013, seven years ago. Hopefully...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Data Protection (21 Jul 2020)

Patrick Costello: The reality is that although the SCCs were not struck down in the judgment, they are only valid where it is considered that the data protection controls in place in the third-party country meet the adequacy standard. American data protection standards do not meet that adequacy standard, as we have seen in the context of Safe Harbor and now the EU-US privacy shield. There is no way that...

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...

Estimates for Public Services 2020 (Resumed) (9 Jul 2020)

Patrick Costello: Like everyone else, I congratulate the Minister and Minister of State on their recent appointments and wish them luck in the years ahead. I will start by talking about the national protective services, the district protection units. These are really positive initiatives on the part of An Garda Síochána and they can help to address many of the issues Members have been talking...

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...

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 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...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Data Protection (20 May 2021)

Patrick Costello: ...Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the US Senate is considering a draft Bill that targets jurisdictions with inadequate enforcement of data protection law (details supplied); his views on the situation; and if he regards the prospect of EU data export controls as a threat to the digital services sector. [27184/21]

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...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff (24 Nov 2020)

Patrick Costello: 543. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the grade at which the chief data protection officer in her Department is employed. [37922/20]

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...

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...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (11 Nov 2020)

Patrick Costello: ...security and prosperity will ultimately be guaranteed by working more closely together and resisting such international fragmentation. This Bill is an incredibly important part of ensuring that we can protect ourselves in the face of the fragmentation that Brexit will cause. The Bill's sheer volume and the breadth of the issues it seeks to take in show how important and how...

Covid-19 (Justice and Equality): Statements (13 May 2020)

Patrick Costello: ...many of us are working from home and given the roll-out of the Covid-19 tracing application as part of easing the lockdown. Later this month, we will mark the two-year anniversary of the general data protection regulation, GDPR. Part of that regulation requires us to provide our Data Protection Commission with all the resources it needs to investigate and prosecute any breaches of the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff (24 Nov 2020)

Patrick Costello: 143. To ask the Taoiseach the grade at which the chief data protection officer in his Department is employed. [37911/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Departmental Staff (24 Nov 2020)

Patrick Costello: 159. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the grade at which the chief data protection officer in his Department is employed. [37912/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Staff (24 Nov 2020)

Patrick Costello: 183. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the grade at which the chief data protection officer in his Department is employed. [37913/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Staff (24 Nov 2020)

Patrick Costello: 226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the grade at which the chief data protection officer in his Department is employed. [37914/20]