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Seanad: Digital Services Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Feb 2024)

Dara Calleary: As the Senator said, the Bill currently provides that the Minister of the day may prescribe suitable and specific measures for processing special categories of personal data. Amendment No. 41 proposes that the provision be modified to oblige the Minister within 12 months of the passing of the DSA, to prescribe specific measures for the processing of special categories of personal data....

Seanad: Digital Services Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Feb 2024)

Alice-Mary Higgins: ...made by other member state competent authorities in respect of similar or comparable investigations. It is important to acknowledge and learn as we move forward. I was very active when our data protection legislation was brought forward in 2018. A significant responsibility was placed on Ireland because we were, in effect, the main point of implementation in respect of the data...

Seanad: Digital Services Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Feb 2024)

Dara Calleary: I will speak to the amendment but the Data Protection Commission is in a different Department, obviously. I have had engagement with it in my Ministry. It has developed significant robustness in recent years, with a record fine of €1.2 billion imposed on Meta. I wish Ms Helen Dixon well in her new role.In addition to preparing the Bill, however, we have ensured that Coimisiún...

Seanad: Digital Services Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Feb 2024)

Alice-Mary Higgins: ...to seize the nettle but, unfortunately, we did not do so. An ICCL analysis found that 75% of the decisions of the DPC in a five-year period ended up being overruled in some way by the European Data Protection Board. The Minister of State referred to different legal contexts but they are not different legal contexts. Ultimately, they are different legal contexts but it is the same law....