Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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182. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he has taken in his Department further to the Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform's statement (details supplied) that the Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018 is needed to provide a legal basis for certain data transfers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31623/18]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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The Data Sharing and Governance Bill is the responsibility of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. It was published on 8 June 2018 and is currently at Report Stage in the Seanad.

The Department of Finance is supportive of this Bill, the purpose of which is to promote and encourage data sharing between public bodies by providing a statutory framework for data sharing for legitimate and clearly specified purposes that are compliant with data protection law; and to improve the protection of individual privacy rights by setting new governance standards for data sharing by public bodies.