Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 7 November 2019
Public Accounts Committee
2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Chapter 12 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 13 - Timeliness of Income Support Claim Processing
Chapter 14 - Customer Service - Development of Income Support Application Forms
9:00 am
David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
More importantly in this case, as I can have my opinion, the Data Protection Commissioner also has her opinion. A response was received to a parliamentary question, which I put to the Data Protection Commissioner and which I also will put to Mr. McKeon. The reply stated:
The Department sought to meet the DPC on two occasions since receipt of the report with a view to outlining the basis for its conclusions and seeking to clarify a number of matters of concern relating to inconsistencies both within the DPC's report and between the report and the accompanying letter from the DPC. The request for a meeting was declined on both occasions.
The Data Protection Commissioner referred to a number of media appearances made by the Minister on behalf of the Department. The essential point was that the Data Protection Commissioner refused on two occasions to meet the Department. What happened?
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