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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Data Protection (20 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: My Department has appointed a Data Protection Officer. Key responsibilities associated with this role include liaising with Branches in relation to data protection matters, responding to queries from Branches on various elements of the Data Protection Acts and liaising with the Department’s Data Controller, as and when required. The Data Protection Officer is also the first point of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Data Protection (28 Nov 2019)

Simon Coveney: Prior to the introduction of the Data Protection Act 2018, the Passport Service complied with the Data Protection Acts 1988 to 2018. Under the Data Protection Acts 1988 to 2018, the Passport Service shared data as requested by An Garda Síochána and other authorities under Section 8 of the Data Protection Act 1988 as amended by the Data Protection Act 2003.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (26 Sep 2018)

Regina Doherty: Section 4 of the General Data Protection Regulation deals with the appointment and role of a Data Protection Officer. All public authorities and bodies including Government department's are required to designate a Data Protection Officer (DPO). The Department has appointed a Data Protection Officer in line with the GDPR. As the Deputy is aware, the functions of the Data Protection Officer...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Discussion (30 Mar 2022)

Mr. John Maher: Exactly. If there is a reduction in the cost of a claim, that has a big impact. On the data protection question, to supplement what Mr. Newham has said, PIAB already has a data protection code in place. The staff of PIAB receive regular training and briefing on data protection in the claims handling process, and PIAB would compile a significant number of data protection...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Data Protection (27 Sep 2016)

Richard Bruton: My Department has a designated FOI/Records Management/Data Protection Officer who is responsible for ensuring organisational compliance with Freedom of Information, National Archives and Data Protection Acts. The data protection role includes the annual registration of my Department with the Office of Data Protection Commissioner, assigning data protection...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: General Data Protection Regulation (11 Jul 2018)

Josepha Madigan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 606 to 608, inclusive, and 612 together. As the Deputy will be aware, in common with other Government Departments, my Department was subject to existing Data Protection legislation prior to the coming into effect of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on 25th May 2018. This legislation included provision for Data Subject Access requests and for...

Data Protection Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: The Data Protection Bill 2018 proposes to give further effect to the general data protection regulation, GDPR, and to transpose the 2016 directive on data protection in regard to law enforcement functions. It will enter into force across the European Union on 25 May 2018. An accompanying directive, which establishes data protection standards for the processing of personal data by competent...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (17 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: In fact the exact opposite is happening. First, the data protection issue will be subject to the jurisdiction of the European Data Protection Supervisor' In practical terms, that would be - in the context of our own data - the equivalent of our domestic Data Protection Commissioner. That would be a normal way of ensuring data protection, to have the main body which deals with that ensuring...

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 1:In page 9, between lines 24 and 25, to insert the following:“Interaction with Data Protection Acts and General Data Protection Regulation 5.Nothing in this Act shall affect the operation of data protection law.”. This amendment proposes to delete the lines which would suggest that section 38 of the Data Protection Act, which recently went through these...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (5 Jul 2016)

Dara Murphy: The position is that the primary purpose of the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003, which transpose the Council of Europe's Data Protection Convention (1981) and the EU's Data Protection Directive (1995) into our national law, is to ensure protection of the personal data of individuals. The Acts apply to all processing of personal data, including collection, use, sharing, disclosure and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (17 Oct 2023)

Helen McEntee: My Department is committed to protecting the rights and privacy of all individuals in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation, 2016/679 (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. My Department complies fully with data breach reporting requirements. Securing and managing personal data in accordance with the GDPR principles is a priority and is governed by a comprehensive set...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Data (17 Jan 2024)

Michael McGrath: As the Deputy will be aware, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018 came into effect in May 2018 and formalised data sharing arrangements. This was subsequently supplemented by the Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019. In this context, I am informed by my Department that a schedule of the personal or person specific dataset as requested by the Deputy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of Data Protection Bill 2017: Discussion (14 Jun 2017)

Ms Helen Dixon: It is a very interesting question. As we frequently point out as a data protection authority, data protection law does not prohibit policy choices by the Government. It does not necessarily prohibit any activity. What data protection law does is prohibit the processing of personal data unless it can be justified and legitimised under the data protection laws. Data...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ministerial Responsibilities (21 Jul 2020)

Helen McEntee: The Data Protection Commission (DPC) is the national independent authority responsible for upholding the fundamental right of individuals in the EU to have their personal data protected. The DPC is the Irish supervisory authority for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and also has functions and powers related to other important regulatory frameworks including the Irish ePrivacy...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Research Board (7 Jul 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The General Data Protection Regulation sets out the principles governing the processing of personal data, the obligations on data controllers and data processors in relation to their processing of personal data and the rights of data subjects in relation to their personal data, including rights to information about the processing of their personal data and access to it. The Data Protection...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff Data (11 Jul 2018)

Michael Creed: A Data Protection Officer was appointed by my Department in advance of and in accordance with the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation EU 679/2016. The Data Protection Officer is leading the Data Management Division of the Department and also has other related work responsibilities within the wider remit of data management, including inter alia, the ISO...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Data (23 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As the Deputy will be aware, the sharing of data is covered by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR); the Data Protection Act 2018, and the Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019 with the commencement of final sections of that Act coming into effect in December last year. My Department shares data sets with other public bodies only where there is an explicit need for such...

Written Answers — Data Protection: Data Protection (21 Oct 2008)

Micheál Martin: All data held in my Department, including personal data, is protected by both physical and technical safeguards. My Department's policy is that all portable electronic data devices are encrypted. Full hard disk encryption has been implemented on all laptops issued by my Department in the past three years. The Department does not issue blackberry devices and the small number of hand held...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (27 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: My Department collects and holds large volumes of personal data on customers and is very aware of the need to have adequate data protection policies, procedures and structures in place in line with the GDPR. Preparations for the GDPR have been overseen by the Department’s Data Management Programme Board. The Department has a dedicated GDPR implementation team in place and has...