Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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Question 312: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the provisions of data protection legislation apply to the issuing of angling licences; and if there is a restriction on the boards charged with issuing such licences sharing the information provided in each licence application. [37255/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I wish to inform the Deputy that the provisions of the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003 apply to all personal data which are held in the form of automated data and to manual data held in relevant filing systems. In this context, 'relevant filing system' means any set of information relating to individuals to the extent that, although the information is not processed by automated means, the set is structured either by reference to individuals or by criteria relating to individuals, in such a way that specific information relating to a particular individual is readily accessible.

The conditions under which such personal data may be processed, including use or disclosure of the data, are set out in the same legislation. The conditions applicable to personal data which are not sensitive data are contained in section 2A of the 1988 Act, while those applicable to sensitive personal data are contained in section 2B of the same Act. While both sections provide for the processing of such data with the consent of the individual concerned, they also provide for the processing of the data without such consent in certain circumstances.