Results 141-160 of 302 for data protection speaker:Leo Varadkar

Appointment of Members of Government and Ministers of State (20 Jun 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...as Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach and at the Department of Defence with responsibility for defence; and Deputy Finian McGrath as Minister of State at the Department of Social Protection, the Department of Justice and Equality and the Department of Health with responsibility for disability issues; and that, today, on my nomination, the Government appointed the...

Other Questions: Social Welfare Schemes (31 May 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...of the programme and identify potentially suitable candidates. Information on selected participants is exchanged with the Defence Forces and the ETB only where necessary and in compliance with all data protection requirements. Candidates supply information directly to the Department of Defence, for example, in relation to Garda vetting and security clearance. A successful pilot with...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Construction Industry (31 May 2017)

Leo Varadkar: .... It was submitted by TASC to the interdepartmental group on disguised employment as part of its public consultation. The interdepartmental working group, comprising officials from the Department of Social Protection, the Department of Finance and the Revenue Commissioners, has been examining the issue of disguised employment. To inform the work of the group, a public consultation was...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance (31 May 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...and the resultant impact on a person’s capacity to work, and assesses to what extent these match with the statutory conditionality of the DA scheme. It would not be appropriate to have a system of social protection where there is a specific benefit for a specific medical condition. My Department keeps the data it collects under review to see how it might best serve the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Poverty Data (23 May 2017)

Leo Varadkar: The latest Eurostat European Statistics on Income and Living Conditions data show that the severe material deprivation rate for lone parent households was 22.6% in Ireland in 2015. This is the second successive year the rate reduced – representing a 9.7 percentage point reduction on the 2013 rate of 32.3%. The Irish rate compares to the EU average of 17.1% in 2015 (see Table 1...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud (23 May 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...system, allied to actions to deter fraudulent behaviour. The continued roll-out of the Public Services Card has considerably reduced the potential for identity fraud. Additional developments have seen the introduction of data analytics software and techniques, improved data-matching capacity and data-sharing arrangements, both internally and with the Revenue Commissioners and with other...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance Fund (11 May 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...the years 2014-2016 is outlined in the table below. Total expenditure on the schemes over the three years was €170 million. Total recoveries in the same period were €29 million. The Department of Social Protection liaises with the Insolvency Unit of the Revenue Commissioners in respect of insolvent companies. This liaison is governed by a Memorandum of Understanding between...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud Data (9 May 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...Síochána. These cases are at various stages of investigation. Successful prosecutions have been finalised in court in 21 cases, with 18 people receiving custodial sentences. The Department does not compile data on the number of persons reported and charged with making fraudulent claims for social protection payments by disguising their identity given that this does not impact...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud Data (3 May 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...that it will investigate and prosecute, where this is found to be warranted; and - Demonstrate that the Department is very conscious of its obligations, as one of the largest spending Departments in the State, and the importance of protecting the integrity of the social welfare system. The delivery of the campaign will achieve a balance of coverage across all demographics and regions and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Public Services Card Authentication (13 Apr 2017)

Leo Varadkar: The Department of Social Protection, in conjunction with a number of other Government Departments, has developed a rules based standard for establishing and authenticating an individual’s identity for the purposes of access to public services. This programme of work is known as the Standard Authentication Framework Environment or SAFE for short. Sections 241 and 247(C) of the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Public Services Card Authentication (11 Apr 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...process in the State and consequently provides a substantial assurance of a person’s identity. Successful registration leads to a verification of a person’s Public Services Identity (PSI) data (which includes elements such as a person’s PPS number, name, address, date of birth, place of birth, nationality, photograph, signature, etc.). It also results in the issue of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (11 Apr 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ..., Irish language compliance, customer service and customer feedback. Inspections may be notified or un-notified and will be conducted for the duration of the JobPath contract. The JobPath providers are registered with the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner and are subject to the provisions of data protection legislation. The providers are obliged to observe the principles of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Data Protection (11 Apr 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...may seek information from the JobPath service providers on behalf of an individual with that individual’s consent. The process to be followed by the provider in this instance is set out in the Data Protection Protocol issued to the service providers as part of the contract documentation. This process includes establishing that an inquirer is a public representative and is acting...

Money Advice and Budgeting Service and Citizens Information Centres: Motion (28 Mar 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...strategic plans of the board, including the current strategic plan for the period 2015 to 2018, which in accordance with governing legislative provisions was submitted to, and approved by, the Minister for Social Protection, and subsequently noted by Government and laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas in January 2016; further recognises the work carried out by the employed staff of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Data Protection (23 Mar 2017)

Leo Varadkar: The Department of Social Protection is registered as a data controller with the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner The Department takes its responsibilities in relation to data protection very seriously. Every effort is made to ensure that personal customer data are used solely for business purposes and that they are not compromised in any way. The Department has data protection...

Seanad: JobPath: Statements (21 Mar 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...poverty, achieve financial independence and have improved living standards. As a result of the improvement in the economy and the range of activation activities carried out by the Department of Social Protection, much progress has been made in helping people to return to employment and in helping some people to get jobs for the first time. We are continuing with a range of programmes...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Scheme (21 Mar 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...to and are now closed. 52 are in progress. The total number of complaints for Seetec is 81. The nature of these complaints is as follows: Customer Service 43; Clients reluctant to engage 27; Data Protection 4; Employer Recruitment Process 3; Travel Expenses 1; Transport Issues 1; Equal Status Act 1; and Irish Language 1. The total number of complaints for Turas Nua is 134. The nature...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Labour Activation Projects (7 Mar 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...,100 to 145,100 over this period. Irish unemployment is now significantly below the EU average. The total number of participants at end 2014, end 2015 and end 2016 from each Department of Social Protection activation scheme currently in operation is given in Table 1. Table 1 Live Register Activation Programmes (Number) by Type of Activation Programme and Year 2014 2015 2016 Back to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Guarantee (7 Mar 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...young unemployed to facilitate their return to employment. The quality of a job offer is retrospectively defined as a job offer that leads to sustainable employment. The Department of Social Protection participates in the EU-wide annual data collection to monitor progress on the Youth Guarantee, which includes tracking the employment outcomes of the young unemployed over 6, 12 and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Data (22 Feb 2017)

Leo Varadkar: Ireland’s Public Employment Service (PES) is managed by the Department of Social Protection (DSP) and delivered directly by its own Intreo service as well as by contracted private companies, such as JobPath, Local Employment Service (LES) and Job Club providers. It is the role of the staff of these services to provide Jobseekers with a range of practical supports and assistance to...