Results 1-11 of 11 for data protection speaker:Vincent P Martin

Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (14 Feb 2024)

Vincent P Martin: ...need for legislative change proposed in this area is important. This context was succinctly pointed out today by solicitor, Keith Walsh, senior counsel, and co-author with Sonya Dixon BL, of the upcoming book Domestic Violence: Law and Practice in Ireland. He informed legislators that in 2022 more than 10,000 domestic violence protective orders were made. Some 5,000 of these orders were...

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Sep 2023)

Vincent P Martin: ...and will be done, as is proposed in the legislation, in a transparent way. The Bill will also involve the current legislative framework for the installation and operation of CCTV in public places in line with Data Protection Commissioner recommendations. It is possible that the next generation of legislators will return to revise legislation in an area that is all the time evolving and...

Seanad: Courts Bill 2023: Second Stage (10 May 2023)

Vincent P Martin: ...look after all those cases, with specialised training and knowledge, is needed. For instance, there might have then been bankruptcy and insolvency, which hit a high at one stage after the Celtic tiger bust. There was then data protection. One that is here to stay is planning and environmental law. I welcome the fact that we are streamlining this as a separate division of the High...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Rule of Law Report: Engagement with European Commissioner for Justice (24 Nov 2022)

Vincent P Martin: ...day and we need to double down and ratchet up on sanctions. I accept that they are biting but it is slow. What are the next plans the Commissioner will lead? Finally, the Commissioner spoke about data protection. I believe that it is an unintended consequence and he may know that member states now have to follow EU law and destroy vital evidence that could be used in criminal cases...

Seanad: Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (11 Jul 2022)

Vincent P Martin: ...remarks, the Minister said: On 5 April this year, the Court of Justice delivered its ruling. In essence, the court confirmed that general and indiscriminate retention of traffic and location data is permissible for the purposes of safeguarding national security only. Such retention is not [I repeat, "is not" and the Minister was very frank with us] permitted for the prevention,...

Seanad: Defence Forces (Evidence) Bill 2019: Second Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Vincent P Martin: ...provide for members of the Military Police to take and use DNA samples and other evidence for the purposes of their investigations. It will provide for the establishment of a Military Police DNA database system to be administered by Forensic Science Ireland to hold DNA profiles generated from DNA samples taken from persons under this Act. It is the opinion of the commission that robust...

Seanad: Protection of the Native Irish Honey Bee Bill 2021: Second Stage (2 Jun 2022)

Vincent P Martin: ...to develop jurisprudence here and this approach may be judge-led and created, where there is positive discrimination in favour of ambition and of giving the bounce of the ball to being proactive to protect our climate and our biodiversity, if it is the case that this protection does not come through legislation. I foresee that because the EU is a changed place. It is no longer a cold...

Seanad: Automated Data Exchange for Police Co-operation: Motion (26 Apr 2022)

Vincent P Martin: ...I welcome to the Chamber, in her contribution. The advantages clearly outweigh the disadvantages. I understand there might be an immediate, instinctive reaction from some quarters who zealously protect data, but we have to assure them that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. We must place the common good first. Balances and checks are contained in this motion and in the Attorney...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Jul 2021)

Vincent P Martin: ...10% of bee and butterfly species nearing extinction. The loss of wild pollinators is a cause of concern because 80% of crops depend in part on pollination. According to the National Biodiversity Data Centre, one third of the wild bee population is facing the threat of extinction. At Castletown House in my home county, in the constituency of Kildare North, the people there have done...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies Bill 2021: Second Stage (26 Mar 2021)

Vincent P Martin: .... We are legislators and are here to constructively criticise, and I hope the Minister of State will take the following points on board. At the end of the day, the Government's move here is to protect family dwellings to ensure families are safe. Dispensing with pre-legislative scrutiny should be used on the most rare of occasions but this legislation might well justify it. Many months...

Seanad: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (26 Jan 2021)

Vincent P Martin: ...the issue should not be politicised, but an east-west approach and two islands working together on implementation of a zero Covid strategy would provide us all with incredible freedom, liberation and protection. In regard to the Border region, we manage it in the same way as we would manage any other county. Where there are high case numbers, they must be contained. We follow the...