Results 1-20 of 41 for data protection speaker:Mary Seery Kearney

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Apr 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: Last year, the Data Protection Commission published a report on an investigation it had launched into the Department of Health keeping dossiers on families who were taking cases against the State over the provision of services to their children with disabilities. There was an outcome to the report, which resulted from a whistleblower’s actions two years earlier. The Department was...

Seanad: Smartphone and Social Media Use: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: ...;ireann: acknowledges that: - the Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022, and the establishment of the online safety and media regulator, Coimisiún na Meán, is a key Government strategy in the protection of children online; - Coimisiún na Meán is developing Ireland’s online safety framework, through binding online safety codes in its capacity as...

Seanad: Smartphone and Social Media Use: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: ...for a ban on smartphone device ownership for people who under 13 years of age. We also call for the enforcement of the digital age of consent, on which there was a lot of debate concerning the Data Protection Act, the GDPR implementation Act. There was a lot of consideration of the digital age of consent which is 16 years of age yet we have social media accounts permitted from 13 years...

Seanad: Smartphone and Social Media Use: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: ...issue. It was not believed and cases were taken. We then brought in and led the way on no smoking at work, and we then had to legislate for no smoking in cars. Now it would be seen anathema to any child protection that there would be smoking in the face or around children. Social media and the ownership of smartphones is exactly the same. We are talking about the mental health of...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Protection of Children in the Use of Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Feb 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: ...I said last week, when I first came into the Oireachtas, I had been in the GDPR space for a few years, had seen when it went terribly wrong and had to address it for companies when that happened. The Data Protection Commission is fantastic. Whatever about its critics, it has done an amazing job in a short space of time. It had significant pressure on it in Ireland. In a way, our guests...

Seanad: Cybersecurity and Data Protection: Statements (22 Jun 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: ...and competence in cybersecurity at a national level and at the level of critical infrastructure. The Minister of State has done well. A great deal of work is being done. While cybersecurity and data protection are inextricably linked, it is the area of data protection that I will talk about a little. I am not sure that we understand data in the way that we should. On my personal...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Possible Enhancement of Child Protection Powers of Tusla: Discussion (25 Apr 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: I thank the delegation for their answers. It defies belief that any organisation or individual engaging with children at this moment would not have a culture of child protection first and foremost. I am shocked that we need to discuss this matter in terms of any organisations in existence since the 1980s. It is mind-blowing that organisations would not go to such a place. Great...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability Proofing and Data: Discussion (16 Feb 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: ...with great interest through the filter of the publication this week by the committee on children of its report on assessments of need. I constantly query how many of the gaps here relate to the data that were available in planning. That planning needs to go back to subjects taken in secondary school, options for college, the number of places in college and the appropriateness of college...

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Dec 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: ...inconsistencies with the Carer's Leave Act in this regard. Something that strikes me, and I will explore it further on Committee Stage, is that under employment equality law we have family status protection that would consider aspects of caring. Therefore, there is a protected status for someone with a child or another member of the family with a disability or an impairment. There is...

Seanad: Budget 2023 (Public Expenditure and Reform): Statements (27 Sep 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: I congratulate the Minister of State for arguing for the increased budget for the Data Protection Commission. The increased provisions are very good. We are the supervisory authority for many multinational companies and it is very important that we are on our game in the Data Protection Commission. I love this budget because those with babies in arms have provision for childcare and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Education with the UNCRPD (Resumed): Discussion (17 Feb 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: I appreciate the extent of Ms Prendeville's answer. I disagree that the NCSE cannot ask because of data protection. It is essential that the NCSE asks so that there can be proper planning for children. I welcome that Our Lady of Hope School was opened by the two Ministers. I acknowledge the ongoing incredible work by the Minister of State, Deputy Madigan. I also acknowledge her drive....

Seanad: Safe Access to Termination of Pregnancy Services Bill 2021: Committee Stage (10 Feb 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: ...of this case suggests there is political activism taking place, and that is unreasonable. It is not our place to hold a review but I am anxious to know - perhaps Senator Gavan knows - whether the Data Protection Commission is involved. Is there an active investigation. If not, there should be one? Has the commission been properly notified? It should investigate this matter. From my...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Oct 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: ...am also hearing an anxiety about the files. Clearly, there is access to the files to some degree, given that the witnesses can know the difference between them. I am assuming that is the general data protection regulation, GDPR. On what basis are the witnesses seeing the files? I know also from the GDPR that they have a right to amend and correct where there is wrongful content in the...

Seanad: Bullying and Sexual Harassment in Third Level Institutions: Motion (21 Sep 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: ...to gather metrics to educate us on how best to target supports and anti-bullying measures, but also gives us a measure of how the colleges themselves are engaging in the subject. From the general data protection regulation, GDPR, end of things, I have always felt that if you do not have a disclosure or complaint, you are not really managing the system properly. I laud the colleges that...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Rehabilitative Periods) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (28 Jun 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: ..., including those in the previous Seanad. I have no doubt all in the Civil Engagement Group played their part very well in supporting the Senator on the Bill. Wearing my employment lawyer and data protection officer hat, I have advised employers on Garda vetting and its implementation, particularly in the recruitment industry, which might supply carers and employees to many industries....

Seanad: Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2019: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: My points related to the GDPR aspect of it. The collection of data such as these would be very well done by a body such as IBEC or the Department on a collective where there is pseudonymisation and where people cannot be identified. The proportion of part-time employees in many employments is considerably lower than the proportion of full-time employees, so there is a possibility of...

Seanad: Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2019: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: ...is something that could be put into regulations without it being mandated here. In public procurement rules there is a requirement to comply with all sorts of provisions now, including the general data protection regulation, for example. There must be evidence of compliance in that regard. I have complete sympathy with the aspiration and I am at one with it but I am not sure it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (15 Jun 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: Has the existence of the data protection impact assessment, DPIA, changed the practice of redaction?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: I am mindful my time is short. There needs to be a clarification about data controllers. Today when we are talking about the national offices and national political parties, we are operating in an environment where the national party is the data controller of the information it holds. Each individual member, whether a candidate, a local representative or a representative at national level,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: That goes beyond the obligations under data protection and the principles of GDPR, namely, data minimisation and having restricted access. It goes way beyond that when one is disclosing the sort of information around hard, soft or strong opposition and when a person voted. There is clearly potential in the Abú system for analytics and statistics. There are clear options in it to go...