Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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553. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the nature of the data breaches experienced by her Department since 2018. [29314/21]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I can confirm that my Department has identified 3 data breaches since 2018 - 1 in 2018 and 2 in 2020. No data breaches were identified in 2019, or to date in 2021. The nature of breaches which occurred was due to information disclosed in error. In the case of each incident immediate remedial action was undertaken, and the Data Protection Commission was notified in line with Data Protection regulations.