Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent)
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75. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she will take to facilitate the sharing of information with the Department of Education and Skills and the Department of Children and Youth Affairs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17289/15]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Client data is transferred from the Department of Social Protection (DSP) to the Department of Education and Skills (DES) in order to meet with EU regulations governing the programmes under the European Globalisation Fund (EGF), for which DES is the Management Authority.

DSP carries out data matching exercises for the purpose of validating PPS Numbers requested by DES for third level college registration purposes.

Information on the enrolment of students is sent from DES to DSP for the purpose of the control of social welfare schemes and for the purpose of confirming eligibility to social welfare schemes.

Periodically DSP provides statistical information to facilitate DES in their future school planning process.

DSP has data sharing arrangements in place with the Department of Children and Youth Affairs (DCYA) for the provision of parent and child details to confirm eligibility for, and to support that Department in the financial management of the after-school childcare scheme and to monitor the take-up of available places. DSP also provides summary information to DCYA on the national and divisional take-up of community employment childcare places.