Lynn Ruane (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 1:

In page 26, line 6, after “collect” to insert “relevant”

I welcome the Minister of State to the Chamber. Amendment No. 1 seeks to insert the word "relevant", in respect of personal data which can be collected by relevant persons for relevant immigration and social welfare enactments. The purpose of the amendment is to ensure that not only data which are relevant to an immigration or social welfare enactment are collected. While I acknowledge that what constitutes relevant data is unclear, in the context of my amendment, it is important that we are explicit about the specific types of data which will be collected under the Bill. Following engagement with Department officials, I know and welcome that no new data will be collected under this Bill. I am seeking clarification that no new data will be collected under this Bill that cannot already be collected under other Acts. I am seeking to clarify that information.

Amendment No. 2 seeks to delete "special categories of personal data". Amendments Nos. 2 and 3 seek to delete references in Part 5 of the Bill to the collection and processing of special categories of personal data. Following engagement with Department officials on this matter this week, I will not move amendments Nos. 2 and 3, with the leave of the House, considering that special categories of data, for the purposes of this Bill, are provided for in existing legislation.

Amendment No. 4 seeks to insert an explicit reference to the undertaking of a "data protection impact assessment", prior to the processing and sharing of personal data under the Bill. I thank the Department for engagement ahead of Committee Stage, from which I have learned that a data protection impact assessment will be undertaken prior to the enactment of the review. I would welcome confirmation from the Minister of State, on the record, in this respect.