Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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126. To ask the Minister for Defence for details of all instances from 1 January 2000 to 2015 to date where legislation introduced by him or on his 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. [41134/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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There have been no instances where legislation was introduced by the Minister for Defence, which contained 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 from 1^stJanuary 2000 to date.