Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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143. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the changes he has made to allow access by persons to their own data held by his Department and bodies under its aegis following the introduction of GDPR; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31472/18]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department has under the previous legislative framework facilitated access to personal data being processed. Following the introduction of GDPR these requests have been centralised and registered by the data protection team who clarify any issues of identity or of scope of a particular request and determine the date for response. Individual business units that process the data prepare the responses with the support of the data protection team to ensure compliance with the new legislation and a timely response. Information on how to make a subject access request is provided on the Department’s website as part of our Privacy Policy at; .