Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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244. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for details of all instances from 1 January 2000 to 2015 to date where legislation introduced by him or on his behalf, which was 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. [41136/15]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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The information requested is not maintained by my Department in the format requested and the remit of my Department has changed on a number of occasions in the period referred to in the question. A review of the legislation enacted within the period requested for which I still have responsibility will be carried out in relation to any amendment of the Data Protection Acts and a further reply will issue to the Deputy when this is complete.