Results 1-20 of 78 for data protection speaker:Thomas Pringle

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Data Protection (3 Dec 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 561. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the assurances that can be given to those jobseekers' assigned to a UK company (details supplied) which stores private data in its head office in Hoxley, UK, that their personal data is fully protected; the way in which persons can be assured that this will be the case post-Brexit in view of the fact this private data will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Legal Cases (31 Mar 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 1168. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which a dossier of children with autism was permitted having regard to data protection considerations; if the Data Protection Commissioner was contacted regarding the dossiers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17412/21]

Data Protection Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2018)

Thomas Pringle: Privacy is sacred. It is a person's fundamental right to enjoy privacy. The extent of that enjoyment depends on the level of protection afforded to the individual's personal data to prevent exploitation or their misuse by the State, non-governmental organisations or the private sector. We are at an impasse as the digital revolution unfolds. Privacy is becoming more and more relevant as...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (5 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: I am concerned about the training of members of An Garda Síochána who will deal with this information. The 2019 report from the Data Protection Commissioner stated that "the Garda members operating the scheme were unaware of the full range of technical features of their own CCTV system". It also stated: "The members of An Garda Síochána operating a number of the schemes...

European Union Regulation: Motion (29 Apr 2021)

Thomas Pringle: This regulation relates to Europol, its cooperation with other parties, its data processing as part of criminal investigations and its role in innovation and research. These regulations and directives are technical, convoluted and designed to ostracize citizens around Europe. How inaccessible are the European Parliament and the Council in the business they conduct? There must be a better...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Data Protection (17 Jul 2014)

Thomas Pringle: 28. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way he will permit An Post to access TV subscription data for payment of the TV licence taking into consideration data protection concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31651/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Data Protection Regulation Enforcement: Discussion (22 Sep 2022)

Thomas Pringle: ...better if we had this input when preparing the report because it gives a difference angle on it. Our report identifies problems but the problems appear to be with legislation rather than with the Data Protection Commission itself. Having looked back over committee correspondence, while I could be wrong, there does not appear to have been any correspondence from the Data Protection...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Data Protection (10 Jun 2014)

Thomas Pringle: 95. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to ensure that her Department sufficiently protects the personal data of citizens; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24233/14]

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (21 Oct 2020)

Thomas Pringle: ...who contacted me, and indeed those who are watching closely for the outcome of this debate, that I hear them, I am listening and I respect the agency of every survivor and their right to access their own data, to share their story publicly, anonymously or otherwise, or indeed to not share their story again or at all. I am conscious of the retraumatisation that the media coverage and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Data Protection (20 May 2021)

Thomas Pringle: ...Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the US Senate is considering a draft Bill that targets jurisdictions with inadequate enforcement of data protection law (details supplied); her views on the situation; and his further views on whether the prospect of EU data export controls is a threat to the digital services sector. [27325/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Data Protection (20 May 2021)

Thomas Pringle: ...Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the US Senate is considering a draft Bill that targets jurisdictions with inadequate enforcement of data protection law (details supplied); his views on the situation; and his further views on whether the prospect of EU data export controls is a threat to the digital services sector. [27328/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Engagement with the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth (16 Feb 2021)

Thomas Pringle: ...the Commission to clarify whether it may be technically possible to recover any recordings or notes made by the Confidential Committee." He went on to state that he was "liaising closely with the Data Protection Commissioner to ensure these matters can be appropriately addressed by the Commission prior to its dissolution." He asked the commission whether the information that people have...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (3 Nov 2020)

Thomas Pringle: 980. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when personal data access requests will be available through his Department, as per general data protection regulation, GDPR, guidelines relating to the copies of files to be held by his Department following the submission of the final report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Data Protection (17 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 671. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way he will ensure that information given to Seetec, the company registered in the UK which runs the JobPath programme, will continue to adhere to data protection regulations in line with the EU and Ireland as Britain undergoes Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1830/17]

Order of Business (7 Dec 2021)

Thomas Pringle: In June this year, the Data Protection Commission wrote to the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in regard to his Department's handling of subject access requests, SARs, from survivors of mother and baby homes. The commission told the Minister: "Concerning SI 82/1989, I have had reason to re-examine the Department's approach to SARs pertaining to health data...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Data Protection Regulation: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Thomas Pringle: Three options were given by the earlier contributors about how things could be improved. One was that the Minister had the power to make regulations that would speed up the process or that the data Act could be amended to clarify conditions in terms of speeding up the process. Another option was that the Data Protection Commissioner could hold briefings for interested parties in how...

Environmental Protection Agency (Emergency Electricity Generation) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (7 Mar 2023)

Thomas Pringle: ...winter. I call on the Minister to be honest with the public about why this legislation is needed and why we are facing the supply risk. The truth is the legislation is not being introduced to protect ordinary citizens. The Government's real intention is to protect data centres, which consume more electricity than all of our rural homes put together. Figures show that all of Ireland's...

European Union Directive: Motion (6 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: ...the private and public sector, are in place. It is vitally important that such rules are in place for the European Commission and EU representatives too. One area of concern with the proposal is in regards to data protection. I echo the European Data Protection Supervisor's call to amend Article 3 of the proposal in order to establish a comprehensive legal basis under Union law for...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Postcode Implementation (27 May 2014)

Thomas Pringle: 491. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the actions he will take to address the concerns of the Data Protection Commissioner regarding the introduction of the new postcode system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22190/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (17 Jun 2014)

Thomas Pringle: 543. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to take systemwide action to ensure the protection of the personal data of citizens; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25500/14]