Results 1-20 of 42 for data protection speaker:Ciarán Cannon

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Apr 2012)

Ciarán Cannon: ...voting purposes. It would be premature at this stage to extend the use of PPS numbers to this area without first examining the range of important issues involved. Given the range of privacy and data protection issues to be considered before a public sector body or agency can be permitted to use PPS numbers for the purpose of transacting with customers, that body or agency must first be...

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (20 May 2009)

Ciarán Cannon: ...47, to insert the following: "(vii) the constitutional rights of the company or the holder of the information, and (viii) the rights of any person, who is the subject of the information, under the Data Protection Acts 1988 to 2003.". This amendment attempts to award some protection to company directors, to the entity that is the company itself and to any person whose personal information...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (17 Jun 2014)

Ciarán Cannon: ...Nos. 214 and 267 together. The VTOS programme is for unemployed adults aged 21 and over therefore there are no learners under 21 enrolled on the programme. My Department does not collect data on the age cohorts in VTOS in the format requested by the Deputy. However, statistics at the end of December 2012, which is the latest available data on learners in VTOS, show that 1,018 learners...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (16 Jun 2020)

Ciarán Cannon: ...the public record. This has been done to demonstrate accountability and transparency in the administration of the roster. As the 2019-2023 roster exists within the framework of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Department has given detailed consideration to the legal basis for publishing the names. The Department has consulted with the Data Protection...

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (20 May 2009)

Ciarán Cannon: Subparagraph (viii) of the amendment holds more importance for me. In the event that personal data are stored within company records, the Data Protection Acts should take precedence over this legislation. That is the most important provision of the amendment. I would like clarification on that.

Written Answers — European Globalisation Fund: European Globalisation Fund (14 Feb 2012)

Ciarán Cannon: I am precluded by the provisions of the Data Protection Acts from supplying the data sought by the Deputy.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Schools Building Projects Status (29 May 2014)

Ciarán Cannon: First, I should identify how the Department identifies areas that are undergoing significant demographic challenge. It uses a combination of CSO data - the most recent census data - and data from the Department of Social Protection - children's allowance data - to generate a very accurate picture of what the demographic demand is now and what it will be in the next five to six years. Using...

Topical Issue Debate: Site Acquisitions (26 Feb 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: ...to the case being made by the Deputy about the growth in demand for school places in Tralee. The school building unit of the Department of Education and Skills in Tullamore is using very scientific data to establish where there is demand, now and in the future. The Department uses two distinct sources of data, the census data from the CSO and data for children's allowance from the...

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (9 Jun 2009)

Ciarán Cannon: I move amendment No. 4: In page 6, after line 47, to insert the following: "(vii) the rights of any person who is the subject of the information under the Data Protection Acts 1988 to 2003.". The issue of concern to the Fine Gael Party is that sensitive data held within company records could inadvertently find its way into the public domain. On Committee Stage, the Tánaiste undertook to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Waste Disposal (16 Oct 2018)

Ciarán Cannon: ...average annual cost of disposing of medical incontinence products. Unfortunately, this process has taken far longer than originally envisaged. This delay is due to a number of issues. In particular, data protection issues have arisen since the introduction of the general data protection regulation, GDPR. The proposal relates to persons with lifelong or long-term medical incontinence....

Written Answers — European Globalisation Fund: European Globalisation Fund (14 Feb 2012)

Ciarán Cannon: I am precluded by the provisions of the Data Protection Acts from releasing the specific personal information sought by the Deputy. A redundant worker who meets the criteria of the EGF Regulations and who is included in an EGF application which is subsequently approved by the EU budgetary authorities, may avail of the measures provided under the approved EGF programme even where such a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (12 Feb 2019)

Ciarán Cannon: ...overseas, organised in the main by the EU and the OSCE. A new roster was put in place in January 2019. This followed a Call for Volunteers which issued in July 2018. Under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Department cannot disclose the personal data of any member of the election observation roster without their specific, informed, unambiguous and freely-given...

Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (29 Jan 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: ...school system will increase by approximately 75,000 between now and 2017. When the Department is determining where exactly the demographic challenges will arise, it is able to avail of excellent data from the CSO and the children's allowance records of the Department of Social Protection. Very scientific and ongoing research is taking place to ensure these demographic challenges will be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme Numbers (16 Jul 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: ...are funded by my Department. People participating in VTOS who are in receipt of a Disability Allowance or One Parent Family Payment continue to receive their payment from the Department of Social Protection. In 2010, there were 5,702 learners enrolled on the VTOS programme, 4,251 of whom were in receipt of a VTOS training allowance from VECs. In 2011, there were 5,650 learners enrolled...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (10 Jul 2018)

Ciarán Cannon: ...Roster Member as to whether they are selected to participate on the EOM. This information is not circulated to the full Roster as there are important concerns about the release of personal data in terms of legislation and security to third parties. Circulating such information about individual observers would require the consent of observers and doing so without their consent may be in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Information and Communications Technology (9 May 2023)

Ciarán Cannon: 385. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if officials from her Department are using an application (details supplied) to conduct business; if her Department has had official meetings regarding the use of the application by officials; if her Department has assessed the risk of using the application by Department officials and the input of Government-related data...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (5 Mar 2020)

Ciarán Cannon: ...January 2019. Throughout 2019 the persons shortlisted to that roster underwent training and security vetting.  Subject to pending clarification of the Department's obligations under the EU General Data Protection Regulation GDPR., it is my intention that the list of names of members of the new roster will be attached to the public record.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (3 Jun 2020)

Ciarán Cannon: ...in place in January 2019. Throughout 2019 the persons shortlisted to that roster underwent training and security vetting.  My Department is clarifying its relevant obligations under the EU General Data Protection Regulation GDPR, so that the list of names of members of the new roster will be attached to the public record in due course.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Waste Disposal (16 Oct 2018)

Ciarán Cannon: ...National Disability Authority, the National Waste Collection Permit Office, the regional waste management offices, the Irish Waste Management Association, the Department of Health, the HSE, and the Data Protection Commission. All the stakeholders, including the Department, wish to progress this issue as a matter of urgency. I understand the Department is committed to introducing the...

Written Answers — European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (10 May 2012)

Ciarán Cannon: ...financing assistance may be made for affected workers in a number of ways. The primary EGF related redundancy monitoring system used by the Department is the statutory notification procedure under Protection of Employment legislation. This requires the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to be notified by employers of certain proposed collective redundancies. In addition, my...