Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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121. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for details of all instances from 1 January 2000 to 2015 to date where legislation introduced by him or on their behalf, which is enacted and still in force, contains a provision amending the Data Protection Acts to allow for the transfer of personal or other data collected, retained and processed by the State for a particular purpose towards another specific purpose, in tabular form; the financial cost of creating and administering such databases, by case; the projected financial cost for databases not yet complete; the specific legislative provision which enabled such data transfers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41130/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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I have no legislation amending the Data Protection Acts. However I recently introduced the Horse Racing Ireland Bill to Dail Eireann. This Bill contains a provision to reinforce the protections in the Data Protection Acts when personal data is being transferred between HRI and the Racing Regulatory Body on commencement of the Bill. It is anticipated that sharing data will reduce the administrative burdens on participants in horse racing and have consequential savings for both the participants and the public purse.