Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 373: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has been informed by any of the agencies attached to his Department, if those agencies have lost or had stolen from them any disks, laptops or memory storage devices containing personal information regarding members of the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5080/08]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The five statutory bodies operating under the aegis of my Department are the Pensions Board, the Combat Poverty Agency, the Citizens Information Board (formerly Comhairle), the Family Support Agency and the Social Welfare Tribunal. In addition the Pensions Ombudsman comes under the remit of my Department. The Pensions Ombudsman's Office had a laptop stolen in 2004, there has been no loss of any computer equipment from the other agencies. The stolen laptop was password protected and contained limited personal data. The laptop would not have been capable of accessing the Department's databases.