Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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91. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide in tabular form, the number of staff in his data protection office; if he has a specified data protection officer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44722/14]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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The Department of Children & Youth Affairs does not have a specific data protection office. This function falls under the Support Services Unit within my Department with the head of this area also acting as the data protection officer for the Department.

As part of the ongoing work in this area my Department has developed a records management protocol and database system to manage all records held within the Department. Policy and best practice will continue to be developed in this area and in the area of data protection. This will be updated as appropriate.