Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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237. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if Ministers, ministerial advisers or officials in her Department have ever used private email to communicate on departmental issues between one another or with other persons or organisations; if so, the reason; if so, if she will publish these emails; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38561/18]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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As set out in my Department's internal ICT Usage Policy, staff are provided with email accounts for official use. It is the practice that communication of Departmental issues be conducted through Departmental email accounts and not through private email.

While no survey into the use of private email addresses has been conducted, I am not aware of any issues arising in this regard. Furthermore, the ICT Usage Policy sets out that access to Internet based email services are generally refused, partly due to the risk they pose in respect of mishandling communication of Departmental issues.