Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the nominated public authorities that can access the Passport Office data set; the sections within those public authorities that have accessed the data in the past year to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48400/19]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The Passport Service can confirm that no public authority has access to its datasets. The Passport Service considers requests from public authorities for information, and only provides this information on request, if it is satisfied it can do this in accordance with the GDPR and relevant sections of the Data Protection Act 2018.

Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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53. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if nominated public bodies and An Garda Síochána have access on request to the data contained on a passport application form; if they have access to the data on the printed passport document; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48401/19]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The Passport Office provides information requested from public authorities and An Garda Síochána only when it is satisfied it can do so in accordance with the GDPR and relevant sections of the Data Protection Act 2018. This request for information could include the data on a passport application form or on a printed passport document.

The data shared is the specific data requested by the public authority and An Garda Síochána. Given that the nature of the response is determined by the content of each request, it is not possible to define what information would be shared.

Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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54. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the breakdown of the information requested by public authorities and An Garda Síochána from the Passport Office data set in the past year to date; the number of requests for access to data in the past year to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48402/19]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The Passport Office provides data when it is requested from public authorities and An Garda Síochána and only when it is satisfied it can do so in accordance with the GDPR and relevant sections of the Data Protection Act 2018.

The data shared is the specific data requested by the public authority and An Garda Síochána. Given that the nature of the response is determined by the content of each request, it is not possible to define what information would be provided.

The following table outlines the public authorities which requested data under section 41 of the Act, and the number of such requests, from 1 January 2019 to 18 November 2019.