Written answers

Thursday, 1 April 2021

Department of Health

General Data Protection Regulation

Photo of Catherine MurphyCatherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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358. To ask the Minister for Health the number of complaints his Department has received from members of the public under the heading of GDPR and data information requests since 2018 to date in 2021; the number of data information requests that have been refused and accepted, respectively; the number of GDPR requests refused; and the basis on which they were declined in tabular form. [17993/21]

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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My Department is committed to protecting the rights and privacy of data subjects and adhering to obligations under data protection legislation.

The information sought by the Deputy is enclosed in the table below.

2018 2019 2020 2021
Complaints received from members of the public under the GDPR 1 1 1 3
Data Information Requests Received 7 17 9 10
Data Information Requests Refused/Declined 0 2* 1* 0

*Reason for Refusal - The Department is not the Data Controller.

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