Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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305. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of data breaches suffered by his Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [26098/21]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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There were 21 data protection breaches in total identified in the Department of Finance from 2016 to 2021 (to date). See below a table containing the number of data breaches that occurred in each year:

The Department has an internal personal data breach reporting protocol. All breaches must be formally notified to the Department’s Data Protection Officer for assessment.