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Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Gary Gannon: ...in the High Court. I want to be clear about why I think they are important. There is a lot in this Bill that deserves support, such as the anti-SLAPP measures, which are welcome and necessary. Protecting people who speak out in the public interest is a step in the right direction, but a provision in Part 3 is very serious, namely, the decision to scrap juries in defamation trials...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Cybersecurity Policy (2 Jul 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...also indicated issues in respect of private sector companies. They all have an obligation to ensure, particularly if they are providing services to the public at large, that they have measures and protections in place so that, be they banks, communications providers or other agencies, their customers are protected in this respect. One of the reasons Ireland is an attractive location for...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Heritage Council (2 Jul 2025)

John Cummins: ...a whole can continue to deliver for all sections of Irish society. The Act provides that the function of the Heritage Council shall be to propose policies and priorities "for the identification, protection, preservation and enhancement of [our] national heritage”. It specifies that the national heritage should be understood to include “monuments, archaeological objects,...

Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Niall Collins: I thank the Senators for their contributions again. I refer to the recent Women's Aid report and acknowledge that it makes for very distressing reading. The data is very stark. The work being done by Women's Aid in this space helps victims of domestic violence to speak up and ensure they feel supported when they do so. The volume speaks to both the scale and the challenge, but also to a...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Consumer Protection (2 Jul 2025)

Niamh Smyth: The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission CCPC is the competent authority for the Platform to Business Regulation (P2B). This Regulation aims to provide a fair, transparent and predictable business environment for businesses who use platforms to conclude a contract with their consumers online. This may include property websites. The P2B Regulation includes requirements that...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Artists' Remuneration (2 Jul 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...of the Basic Income support for artists, which is why last week I announced that Government had agreed to my proposal to an extension of six months to allow for further evaluation of the pilot data. This will also give sufficient time to engage in stakeholder consultation and to evaluate the data which will provide the evidence base for Government to make decisions on the next steps. ...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: National Security (2 Jul 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: ..., Tourism and Employment in considering this proposal. This has also necessitated considerable engagement with the Office of the Attorney General on complex legal issues and a review of our applicable data protection obligations in this regard. This work is ongoing at present.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (2 Jul 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...does not accept DSGBV or the attitudes which underpin these crimes. An Garda Síochána prioritise and proactively respond to incidents of domestic abuse. The nationwide roll out of Divisional Protective Service Units (DPSUs) ensures that when victims of crimes such as domestic abuse and sexual violence present to Gardaí, they are met with a consistently high standard of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (2 Jul 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: Further to Parliamentary Question of 25 June 2025, the State is providing accommodation to almost 33,000 people who have applied for international protection, in over 320 centres nationwide. Over 90% of this accommodation is commercially provided at this time, and the State is actively working to shift this balance away from commercial accommodation, toward more State-owned provision. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Consultations (2 Jul 2025)

James Lawless: ...were commenced on 1 September 2024. This Act provides the legislative underpinning for a range of new statutory functions under the remit of Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) including a new Protection of Enrolled Learners (PEL) scheme underpinned by the establishment of a Learner Protection Fund (LPF). This commencement was accompanied by two Ministerial Regulations detailing the...

Seanad: Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Jul 2025)

Helen McEntee: ...with the intention behind the first amendment. The reason I am not accepting it is that it is already provided for in law. Section 18, in particular, provides for the transfer of a certain set of data from the Residential Institutions Redress Board to the Department, specifically the name, address and the date of birth of each person who received redress from the board back when it was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jul 2025) See 4 other results from this debate

Garret Ahearn: Can Mr. Ó Coigligh confirm if the Department has written to the Data Protection Commission about an alleged significant data breach?

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Review of Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...the penalty system and the list of infringements, from a fisheries management perspective I can understand why each of the infringements is listed. They range from not filling out catch-related data to using incorrect gear to fishing in areas where people are not allowed to do so. To me it seems necessary to monitor and enforce the infringements because historically we have had problems...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Scheme of the Guardianship of Infants (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Mr. David French: Yes. I am not sure the initiative should be solely with Tusla to go from the criminal courts down to the family courts and literally just move a piece of data, concerning a verdict having happened, across from one court to the other so it can act on it. That is literally just transmitting one piece of information concerning someone having been charged and found guilty....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Data Centres (1 Jul 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: The Environmental Protection Agency have provided estimates of the annual emissions generated by all existing data centres currently operating in the State in each of the past ten years, in tabular form (available in the attached excel table). These estimates are based on the latest information available to the Environmental Protection Agency which are from two sources:EU Emission Trading...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (1 Jul 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: ...(Solvency II Directive). Insurance Ireland, the industry representative for the insurance industry in Ireland, has informed the Department that its members use a variety of different flood data models (both internally developed models and flood models procured from third party vendors), when assessing flood risk. Insurers will generally utilise (i) flood risk maps licensed from a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (1 Jul 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: .... The Central Bank has indicated that this was true as rates were rising and it also notes that this is also the case as ECB policy rates move lower. However, in general, recent Central Bank data indicates that the average interest rate on outstanding mortgages held by bank and ‘non-bank’ regulated entities has declined over the past year. This is welcome and, from a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (1 Jul 2025)

Helen McEntee: ...5 - Student Teacher. The qualification requirements for each route are set out in the Schedule. The Teaching Council is the regulator of the teaching profession in Ireland. Its role is to protect the public by promoting and regulating the professional standards in teaching. It does this through statutory registration of teachers, ensuring that a highly qualified profession, whose...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Basic Income for the Arts (1 Jul 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...of the Basic Income support for artists, which is why last week I announced that Cabinet had agreed to my proposal to an extension of six months to allow for further evaluation of the pilot data. This will also give sufficient time to engage in stakeholder consultation and to evaluate the data which will provide the evidence base for Government to make decisions on the next steps. The...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Budgets (1 Jul 2025)

Dara Calleary: ...required for eligibility. Foster carers who have cared for an incapacitated dependent or dependents for over 20 years also benefit from this provision. The Department does not hold data on the number of foster carers who would have sufficient social insurance contributions to qualify for the State Pension (Contributory), credited contributions and other related information. It...