Results 81-100 of 257 for data protection speaker:Regina Doherty

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (21 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...within the public sector, such as the free travel pass and the social services card of this Department, and to make it easy for providers of public services to verify the identity of customers. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect on 25th May 2018. The Regulation and the Data Protection Acts confer rights on individuals in relation to the privacy of their personal...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Water Services Data (8 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...PPS Number and payment method details, to my Department. This information was collected by my Department from August 2015 to November 2015. It is important to point out that at no stage was any data that was collected by my Department transferred to Irish Water. The provisions contained in section 11 of the Water Services Act 2014 to remove the company from the list of specified bodies...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Poverty Data (18 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: The material deprivation rate is an indicator derived from Eurostat EU-SILC data that expresses the inability to afford some items considered by most people to be desirable, or even necessary, to lead an adequate life.  The indicator distinguishes between individuals who cannot afford a certain good or service, and those who do not have this good or service for another reason...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Functions (10 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...who wished to contact customers in relation to their pension entitlements was temporarily suspended, pending legal advice being obtained regarding compliance with the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).   Following further legal advice and the carrying out of a Data Privacy Impact Assessment, as provided for under the GDPR, the service has...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child Benefit Payments (4 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: I have already outlined the legal and data protection issues with regard to sharing data that prohibit doing what the Deputy has suggested, which was originally suggested in the programme for Government. I can absolutely assure the Deputy that we take a proactive approach to ensuring that child benefit is paid only to people who are entitled to it. The fraud and error surveys the Department...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child Benefit Payments (4 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...school attendance monitoring systems, currently run by the Department of Education and Skills and Tusla, in order to address poor school attendance within some families.  Considerable legal, technical and data protection issues are presented by the exchange of information between schools and my Department.  There are particular issues concerning the disclosure of sensitive...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Data (2 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...need arises as a consequence of a particular contingency - be that illness/disability, unemployment or caring.  The means test for Carer's Allowance is one of the most generous in the social protection system in that €332.50 of gross weekly income is disregarded in the calculation of means for a single person; the equivalent for someone who is married, in a civil...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...the Revised Estimates for the Department. Our officials have provided committee members with detailed briefing material for use at the meeting, which includes comprehensive financial and recipient data. This briefing also provides updates on the Department's performance on its output targets for 2018. On foot of the observations made by the Chairman at last year's meeting, the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Labour Activation Programmes Data (26 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: My Department collects and holds large volumes of personal data and is very aware of the need to have adequate data protection policies, procedures and structures in place in line with current data protection legislation. My Department’s contracts with the JobPath providers are in compliance with all relevant legislation and any information shared is contractually based and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (26 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: My Department is committed to providing the highest quality of service at all times.  The scale of the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection is very significant; it deals with over 70 separate schemes and services. In 2017 it processed 82.2 million individual payments, with an average of 1.6 million weekly social welfare payments being made...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (13 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...Card customer satisfaction survey, as with every research survey conducted on behalf of my Department by a contracted survey research company, was conducted in full compliance with national and EU Data Protection legislation. In line with these requirements, the survey process was as follows: 1. The Department's Chief Statistician, a senior member of the Irish Government Statistical...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card Authentication (12 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...registration process. A standard photograph is captured during this process and is inputted into and stored in the facial image matching software. It is then searched against the Department’s photo database to ensure that the person in the photograph has not already been registered using a different identity. While the PSC does store a person’s photograph, it does not...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Poverty Data (12 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...by household type - Single Person with dependent children Year 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Ireland 26.2% 18.0% 10.0% 10.9% 8.9% 10.5% 11.8% 14.0% 20.3% 20.8% Source: EU-SILC Data Budget 2019 raised the weekly rates of payment for working age schemes and also increased the income disregard for one-parent family payment and jobseeker’s transition payment...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...section will only be required in the event of a no-deal Brexit. As is clear in section 83, the power to make such regulations is already subject to the circumstances as and when the transfer of data is required, and crucially only when the circumstances set out in that section arise. I can also assure Members that any regulations, should they be made, will comply with the requirements of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff (5 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: Article 38 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) deals with the position of the Data Protection Officer (DPO). All public authorities and bodies including Government Departments are required to designate a DPO. My Department has assigned the DPO role to a senior manager at Principal level and has also assigned considerable staff resources to support the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (5 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...Services has responsibility for SAFE registration, which may result in a Public Services Card being issued. Client Identity Services is based in Shannon Lodge, Carrick on Shannon, Co. Leitrim. The Data Protection Officer is also based in the Department’s offices in Carrick on Shannon as are a range of other services of the Department. I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...the two countries since 1924. This is underpinned by the principle of equal treatment so that Irish citizens enjoy the same benefits as UK citizens and vice versa. These rules are designed to protect people moving and working between each State and to minimise any disadvantages they might otherwise experience. From a social welfare perspective, maintenance of the status quois of critical...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff Data (26 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...outlined below my Department’s record of staff attendances at conferences in the period 2017- 2019, supporting staff engaged in areas of key business importance including audit, communications, data protection, FOI, governance, health and safety, human resources, IT and digital services, pensions and procurement. Staff attendances at Conferences Year 2017 2018 2019 Cost €...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Data Protection (20 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 234 and 237 together. Articles 37, 38 and 39 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) deal with the appointment and role of a Data Protection Officer (DPO). All public authorities and bodies including Government Departments are required to designate a DPO. My Department has assigned the DPO role to a senior manager at Principal level and also...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (20 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...two countries since 1924. That reciprocity is underpinned by the principle of equal treatment so that Irish citizens enjoy the same benefits as UK citizens and vice versa. These rules are designed to protect people moving and working between each State and to minimise any disadvantages they might experience. From a social welfare perspective, maintenance of this status quothrough...