Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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483. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of data protection breaches identified within his Department in 2019. [33850/20]

Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform has a data breach management policy in place to ensure that any data breaches are dealt with as required under Articles 33-34 of the GDPR. In line with this policy, the Department identified and recorded seven data breaches during 2019. None of the breaches identified in the Department in 2019 required formal notification to the Data Protection Commissioner under the GDPR.