Results 1-13 of 13 for data protection speaker:Marie Sherlock

Seanad: Digital Services Bill 2023: Second Stage (31 Jan 2024)

Marie Sherlock: ..., Middle East and Africa, EMEA, headquarters for some of the biggest ISPs across the European Union. The challenge that Coimisiún na Meán will have is nothing short of enormous. We saw the difficulties the Data Protection Commission encountered in this and indeed the reputational issues for this country when the Data Protection Commission was very much under-resourced to do the...

Seanad: Vacant and Derelict Buildings: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2023)

Marie Sherlock: ...amenities, childcare, artist's spaces and other uses in our communities. We have these figures because An Post's subsidiary GeoDirectory and Tailte Éireann go to lengths to ensure that the data exclude the categories I spoke about there. Why do we have this situation? Why is the Government tolerating this when we know there are nearly 13,000 people in emergency accommodation? We...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employee Experiences of Technological Surveillance in the Financial Services Sector: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I will pick up on the other legislative changes required. We spoke about how data protection is really important. Health and safety is perhaps an area of concern as well. Are there other legislative areas we need to look at here? I am thinking of, for instance, how this discussion touches on the growth of platform work. We have seen the enormous use of AI to facilitate the growth of...

Seanad: Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (15 Jun 2022)

Marie Sherlock: ...with regard to how the Government is proposing to deal with the myriad insurance issues in the country at the moment. Sections 3, 4 and 6, which form the bulk of the Bill, are effectively about data collection. There seems to be a hope that data collection will shine a light and bring transparency into some of the insurance companies' practices. We cannot depend on hope. We have to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2022)

Marie Sherlock: ...was two months ago and we have yet to see any detail on that. We are conscious that not every worker can work remotely. In the Labour Party Bill, we referred to the grounds for refusal relating to data protection and confidentiality, because there is an issue with regards to security, a minimal level of Internet connectivity and the work space, because not every person's home is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Discussion (30 Mar 2022)

Marie Sherlock: ...is taking the claim and while, with good reason, there is a very significant concern about fraud and those who are taking repeated claims, on the other side of that we need to ensure that we fully protect those who are coming forward and have a legitimate injury. What protections are they afforded in the mediation process and what supports are they given? I see here that they are allowed...

Seanad: Consumer Protection (Regulation of Retail Credit and Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2021: Second Stage (24 Mar 2022)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the Chamber today for this debate. The Labour Party very much welcomes the Consumer Protection (Regulation of Retail Credit and Credit Servicing Firms) Bill. I wish to begin by paying tribute to the work of Mr. Michael Tutty, the former official in the Department of Finance who put together the aforementioned report. The report was published in...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Second Stage (22 Feb 2022)

Marie Sherlock: ..., ISPCC, all having concerns that failure to have an individual complaints mechanism will perpetuate the harm online and, in particular, will leave children and other vulnerable persons exposed and unprotected by this Bill. While I recognise that there is a provision for expert groups and NGOs to report, unless there is a direct recourse for individuals then this Bill will be failing in...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jan 2022)

Marie Sherlock: ...about the primacy of the contract of employment. For many who took up work prior to March 2020, the contract stipulates the office as the place of work. When the Leader was Minister for Social Protection, she introduced the Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2018, which recognised that there can be a difference between what is in the contract of employment and the reality of...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2021)

Marie Sherlock: ...part and parcel of life for young people and older people. In particular, an increasing number of those facing into retirement are now renting and have no prospect of buying anytime soon. It is vital that we get the protections for renters right. Amendment No. 6 intends for the whole country to be declared a rent pressure zone. As I understand it, there are two criteria to designate an...

Seanad: Remote Working Strategy: Motion (15 Feb 2021)

Marie Sherlock: ...working is not new, we are all fairly certain that it is going to become more widespread after this pandemic. The motion refers to the national remote work strategy and the need for additional data. We need to pay tribute to the Central Statistics Office, which has worked hard at putting together data as to who is and is not working from home, as well as what type of work people have...

Seanad: Data Protection Regulations: Motion (6 Nov 2020)

Marie Sherlock: ...of the regulations. As was so eloquently articulated by Senators Byrne and Boyhan, there are very real concerns with regard to the appropriate safeguards put in place and the resourcing of the Data Protection Commissioner. In order to restrict individual access rights under GDPR, which is a very serious undertaking and matter, there needs to be a proportionate response by the Government...

Seanad: Statutory Right to Sick Leave Pay: Motion (7 Oct 2020)

Marie Sherlock: ..., and at €350 a week, represents less than half the average private sector weekly wage; - the comments made by An Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, the Minister for Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands, the Minister for Justice and other Government Ministers that the lack of paid sick leave provisions in this jurisdiction...