Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 5 May 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Whistleblower Allegations: Department of Health

Mr. Robert Watt:

When the review took place last year, the issues around data access came up, so we put further safeguards in place and we reminded staff of their obligations regarding data protection and so on. That is set out in the report. The acting Secretary General, Dr. Colm O'Reardon, then took steps to remind staff about data protection and we put in place extra procedures, which Deputy Durkan mentioned, regarding putting passwords on documents and ensuring we put in extra safeguards. We are mindful of that and, as I said earlier, no system is 100% secure and we are always looking at this. We will continue to have conversations with the Data Protection Commissioner about what other protections we can put in place. I am mindful of that.

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