Results 21-40 of 74 for data protection speaker:Malcolm Noonan

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Wildlife Conservation (7 Mar 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: ...-year plans running from 2022 to 2027. The soil and spoil pathway action plan is still in draft. A full plan and synopsis brochure for these plans have been published on the National Biodiversity Data Centre website: Pathway Action Plans - Invasives.ie. These pathway action plans are aimed at preventing the introduction of invasive alien species and promoting and providing practical...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Money Advice and Budgeting Service (7 Mar 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: ...to those arrears that will, wherever possible, enable the borrower to remain in their own home. It is a non-statutory service, jointly funded and overseen by the Departments of Justice and Social Protection. It is implemented by MABS, which acts as the gateway for advice and support to borrowers, working with the Insolvency Service of Ireland, Legal Aid Board, Courts Service and Citizens...

Seanad: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Feb 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: ...level, perhaps the most important level of all, our heritage has created and maintained entire communities and it can provide individuals with a powerful feeling of belonging. This is why the laws protecting our heritage are so important and I support the need for legislative reform in this area that has long been acknowledged. The principal purpose of the Bill is to help protect and...

Housing and Evictions: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: ...and housing projection model as part of the first revision of the national planning framework, which is commencing shortly. This will inform the updating of targets and will commence following the publication of the final census data later this year. The motion calls for an expansion of the tenant in situ scheme, as raised by a number of Deputies. The Government is already acting in this...

Emergency Housing Measures: Motion [Private Members] (9 Feb 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: ...rental sector, to take account of the significant regulatory changes over the past several years and secure an efficient, affordable, safe, and secure framework for landlords and tenants, and will be completed by the end of June 2023; — tenancy protections have been enhanced, with increased rent caps in Rent Pressure Zones (RPZs), restricted deposit amounts, extended notice...

Forestry Strategy: Statements (26 Jan 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: ...back to healthy peatland, native woodland and riparian habitat where natural processes are the drivers of change. At the national level we are almost finished a scoping study to map, monitor and protect Ireland's ancient long-established native woodlands, which is a vital step towards a full national inventory of these amazing habitats. We also continue to manage deer hunting...

Dublin Bay Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Dec 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: ...across the House to try to do that. A number of issues were raised, particularly by Deputy Andrews, with regard to the Ringsend wastewater treatment plant. Separately, a recent Environmental Protection Agency report about the impact of dog faeces on the beach indicated that this is actually impacting on the water quality where people are swimming. In terms of the positives, there...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (29 Nov 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: ...bird but a portion of the Irish population nests inland in freshwater environments. A breeding survey, including Ireland’s inland waterways system, was conducted in recent years. The data is summarised in a National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) Irish Wildlife Manual, publicly available on the NPWS website www.npws.ie at the following link:...

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on Reform of Insurance for Thatched Heritage Buildings: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: ...the problem. Both Heritage Ireland 2030, the new national heritage plan, and A Living Tradition, the new vernacular built heritage strategy, contain actions to address the issue of insurance on protected structures including thatched buildings. On 10 December 2021, I launched A Living Tradition, a strategy to enhance the understanding, minding and handling of our built vernacular...

Seanad: Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: This amendment is not accepted as the Environmental Protection Agency will be subject to data protection law - the Data Protection Acts 1998 to 2018, the Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019 and the general data protection regulation, GDPR. Only the appropriate non-personal information relating to the abstraction will ever be published by the agency. This is similar to what the EPA does...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Election Management System (15 Nov 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: Voter.ie is an initiative of the Dublin local authorities that offers online registration via MyGovID on its front end portal and a shared back-end database within which each Dublin local authority continues to manage the electoral register for its own administrative area. The public Voter.ie portal went live in 2019 and the Dublin authorities have since run a number of awareness...

Water Policy: Statements (9 Nov 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: ...and oversight arrangements are in operation, with economic regulation undertaken by the Commission for Regulation of Utilities, CRU, and environmental regulation overseen by the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, while An Fóram Uisce fulfils its important statutory public engagement and advisory function. While we have relatively good water quality, we face broad and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (25 Oct 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: My role as Minister of State with responsibility for Heritage in regard to the protection and management of our architectural heritage is set out in the provisions of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended), as are the roles of local authorities and the responsibilities of owners. Part IV of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, gives primary responsibility to...

Water Services (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Second Stage (15 Sep 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: ...Water has largely been operating as a separate stand-alone utility while remaining subject to overall governance by the Ervia board. This operational separation included the transfer and assignment of employees from Ervia to Irish Water with the full transfer to be completed on legal separation as well as the separation of the existing IT applications, integrations, data, infrastructure...

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: ...representations that are made by the chief executive under this subsection be recorded. I do not propose to accept this amendment, as the proposed amendment does not set out for how long such a record should be retained. The data retention policy of an coimisiún, which is prepared in consideration of its statutory data protection obligations, will set out how the records should be...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (23 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: ...to “review the remit, status and funding of the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS), to ensure that it is playing an effective role in delivering its overall mandate and enforcement role in the protection of wildlife”. In March 2021 my Department launched a public consultation with a number of stakeholders as part of the Review of the National Parks and Wildlife...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Protection (16 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: ...other important pollinators. I would like to acknowledge the important role of the Heritage Council in facilitating this collaboration between the two Departments and the National Biodiversity Data Centre, who are responsible for coordinating implementation of the AIPP. Objective 2 of the AIPP is to make public land more pollinator friendly. The AIPP advocates prioritising the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Local Authorities (31 May 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: ...to light, as the Deputy has brought forward tonight. I do not have county breakdowns but under the previous Rebuilding Ireland home loan 2,700 home loans were drawn down from 2018 to 2021. The data on draw downs is not yet available for the local authority home loan, which commenced on 4 January this year. The underwriters for the home loan have reported that 26 Rebuilding Ireland home...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Animal Welfare (26 May 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: The Irish Hare is protected under the Irish Wildlife Acts and is also listed on Annex V of EU Directive 92/43/EEC (the Habitats Directive). This listing requires member states to manage the species’ sustainably. The Habitats Directive also requires Ireland to make a detailed report every six years on the conservation status of all listed species, including the Irish hare. ...

National Parks and Wildlife Service Strategic Plan: Statements (19 May 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: ...who were getting on with the jobs of engaging the public and raising awareness, managing a vast network of trails and visitor amenities, out on the ground rewetting bogs, establishing native woodlands, protecting endangered species such as the curlew, corncrake and natterjack toad, working with farmers to implement farm plans, tackling wildlife crime, literally putting out fires across the...