Full Transcript: I thank Deputy McAuliffe for speaking as fast as he could in order to fit it all in and leave me with a bit of time. I too will try to speak as quickly as I can. We have very serious work to do. Many people have spoken about the silence of our…
Author: Ben Ryan
STATEMENT: Court Proceedings (Delays) Bill 2023
Full Transcript: Like previous speakers, I underline that access to justice is a fundamental cornerstone of our democracy, as it is for any democracy. Delays undermine that. I have stood in the Chamber quite a bit in recent weeks to talk about access to justice, how we need to look at the failings in criminal…
STATEMENT: META data protection decision welcome, but happened in-spite of DPC not because of them
Green Party TD and Justice Spokesperson Patrick Costello reacted to this decision “To be clear, this ruling happened in spite of the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC), not because of them.” Today the European Data Protection Board’s (EDPB) fined META €1.2 billion. The Irish DPC’s peers across Europe voted that “the Irish supervisory authority” failed…
STATEMENT: Deputy Costello request Gardaí attend Justice Committee on recent attacks on migrants
Text of statement: Patrick Costello Green Party TD and Justice Spokesperson has written to the chair of the Justice Committee requesting that the Garda Commissioner and senior Gardaí address the committee in relation to recent attacks on migrants and asylum centres. Costello stated “The recent escalation in behaviour by those protesting against migrants is absolutely…
STATEMENT: Costello welcomes Green Party clarification of position on Facial Recognition Technology from Minister Ryan
Green Party Spokesperson for Justice Patrick Costello TD was today speaking following comments made by Minister Ryan opposing the introduction of Facial Recognition Technology (FRT). He began, “I welcome Minister Ryan’s clarification that the Green Party will not be backing down on the attempts to push facial recognition technology to be added to the existing…