Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 2:

In page 11, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following:

“Amendment of Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005

16.Section 242 of the Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following new subsections after subsection (9):“(10) No information or documentation furnished by a person under subsection (4) or (6) may be shared by the Minister, an officer of the Minister or a payment service provider with a specified body prior to Ireland’s implementation of General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679.

(11) Within 8 months of the passing of the Social Welfare Act 2017, the Minister shall publish and lay before both Houses of the Oireachtas a report on the compatibility of all measures and procedures relating to the recording, retention or further usage of information furnished by a person under subsection (4) or (6) with standards set out in the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679. Prior to the publication of such a report and being agreed by both Houses of the Oireachtas, no information furnished by a person under subsection (4) or (6) may be shared by the Minister, an officer of the Minister or a payment service provider with a specified body.”.”.