Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We do have legislation for this project. The Social Welfare Act to which I referred has been revisited on many occasions and provides the legislative foundation for this Bill. What I referred to earlier was separate legislation which will address the use and sharing of data in future as the opportunities and need to share them increase. The Bill has a firm legislative footing in section 263 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005, which has been revisited by the Oireachtas on many occasions. As I stated, our responses to the queries raised by the Data Protection Commissioner, in particular with the Department of Social Protection, will be published shortly.

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