Written answers

Tuesday, 14 June 2022

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

Data Protection

Photo of Claire KerraneClaire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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1126. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the legal framework that enables her Department to share information on persons seeking employment with private companies operating JobPath; the way this relates to with the Data Protection Act 2018; if there is any conflict with GDPR compliance where those persons have not provided their explicit consent to be contacted by those companies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30008/22]

Photo of Heather HumphreysHeather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Externally contracted employment services have formed part of my Department's service provision since these services transferred from FÁS.  In delivering these services the Department shares data under strict conditions to these service providers.  The Department does not distinguish between providers such as JobPath or Local Employment Services or other providers when ensuring strict data protection provisions are respected.  Persons in receipt of a job seeker payment are obliged to engage with the Department's activation services including externally contracted services such as LAES and JobPath.

The Department's service providers are contractually obliged to provide a service on behalf of the Department.  A necessary aspect of this service is the exchange of information between the Department and any contracted employment service provider such as JobPath and LES.  This process is compliant with all relevant Data Protection legislation, including the GDPR provisions.

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