Results 1-9 of 9 for data protection speaker:Paul Donnelly

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flexible Work Practices (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Donnelly: ...review the use of remote hubs and whether usage is increasing, with more people signing up to them and using them regularly. That will give an indication of how strong the legislation is to protect workers and to enable them to work from the remote hubs or if they wish to work from home. I think there will be a mixture, as we go forward, of people working from home, in hubs and in their...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Data Protection (7 Nov 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 731. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way her Department would handle personal data disclosed during the Green Paper on Disability Reform: A Public Consultation to Reform Disability Payments in Ireland (details supplied). [47844/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Report on Participation Income for Family Carers: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Paul Donnelly: ...the process. It absolutely needs to be addressed. I have questions relating to the report. What is the overall cost of the means testing? That cost includes those employed by the Department of Social Protection to do all this work. What is the overall cost? There is another important aspect we need to look at which really upsets people. One section of the report refers to the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Cybersecurity Policy (25 Apr 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 74. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department will fund projects where needed to upgrade and protect the IT systems of not-for-profit organisations against ransomware attacks, in view of reports that Irish non-profit organisations have been put at risk following a ransomware attack on a data management company in Northern Ireland. [19263/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Sector Staff (27 Sep 2022)

Paul Donnelly: 395. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the recruitment campaign for the recently announced additional Data Protection Commissioner’s posts will be advertised outside of the State or just within the State. [46829/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Paul Donnelly: ...Act, it is unclear what other office of the company applies here that would bring a company secretary into charity trustee status. If, for example, a company's secretary also fulfils the role of a data protection officer, will that trigger the trustee's status? It is not believed that was intended but the current wording could be interpreted that way. Does that make sense?

Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Feb 2022)

Paul Donnelly: I welcome the legislation in respect of protected disclosures. My experience of the process has been shocking, to be honest. I have been dealing with a case in which, one year later, the person making a protected disclosure is still waiting for anything to happen. Complaints were made to the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council, the HSE, the Health and Safety Authority, public health and...

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jan 2022)

Paul Donnelly: ...emotive subject. I have already outlined in the Chamber my family's personal experiences in regard to this, in that my wife was adopted. I understand the Department has to work within general data protection regulations, but it is important that we make it accessible to all and let the Department deal with individuals on a compassionate basis. Let us heal the hurt as best we can. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Discussion (7 Oct 2020)

Paul Donnelly: ...what some people see as the most draconian legislation that has ever been seen for the use of murder, rape and sexual assault by British state security services. I am deeply concerned. What protections do we have to ensure any data or that type of information being passed over on individuals from the Twenty-six Counties do not get into the hands of the British state security services?