Kathleen Funchion (Carlow-Kilkenny, Sinn Fein)
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1014. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of expenditure spent on advertising the public notice entitled Mother and Baby Home Records published on his Department’s website on 27 May 2021 (details supplied). [31726/21]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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Following the dissolution of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation, my Department became the data controller for all the personal data contained in the records and databases that transferred from the Commission.

My Department is responsible for protecting and fulfilling important rights of the individuals who are identified, or identifiable, in the Mother and Baby Homes records. These rights are recognised in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of the European Union.

As a data controller, and as part my commitment to fulfilling data protection rights of individuals, my Department progressed a media campaign to invite those who may be identifiable in these records to provide up to date contact details in the light of the historic nature of the records. This will enable my Department to make contact with these individuals, should their data be included in records requested under GDPR.

The total cost of this campaign inclusive of VAT was €187,270.75.