Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 454: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the procedures in place to protect personal data within her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31232/07]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has in place extensive controls to protect personal data, in particular for sensitive information such as individual banking information. The Department has a secure and robust IT infrastructure that provides protection for all of the electronic information that it holds. The Department also has a sophisticated data access control system that provides for tailored access appropriate to the individual users' needs. The appropriate user access profiles are set down as part of the implementation of any new computer system.

The protection of personal data is an important issue for my Department. On an ongoing basis the Department carries out a campaign to heighten the awareness among individual staff in relation to confidential information and best practice in IT security matters.