Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have seen headlines indicating matters were so sensitive, people were not allowed to see them. Clearly, some items are available under the freedom of information process and some are not. My private office uses a number of secure corporate e-mail accounts for conducting day-to-day business on my behalf, such as dealing with correspondence from the public or arranging events to be attended. My constituency office also has a secure corporate e-mail account and these accounts are managed by my staff in my office. They are only accessible on the Department's network. I use a secure corporate e-mail account to enable officials to send me priority e-mails and when I am out of the office, I can only access this e-mail account on mobile devices approved by my Department. No corporate data other than e-mail and calendar data are accessible from these devices. All data on the devices are encrypted and the devices are protected through specialised mobile device management products.

I have a private e-mail account that predates my time as Taoiseach and which I use for personal correspondence or party political correspondence that would not be appropriate for transmission on the official e-mail account of the Department. I generally use my corporate e-mail account for official purposes but I have, on occasion, used my personal e-mail account for official purposes for operational reasons. As far as I am aware, no particularly sensitive information has been used with that account. I do not know the number of times referred to in the article that mentions me and the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality.

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