Máire Hoctor (Tipperary North, Fianna Fail)

I do not propose to accept the amendment. Given the scale of the Department's operations, with 4,500 employees, the number of cases of the unauthorised disclosure of personal data is relatively small. No civil proceedings have been initiated against the Department with regard to information security breaches. The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner intends to carry out an audit of the Department's procedures for processing personal data in the near future.