Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE)
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409. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views in relation to the finding of the Data Protection Committee that her Department improperly gathered data through the public services card (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29266/23]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The recent finding of the Data Protection Commissioner, which was on foot of an individual complaint made a number of years ago, has been noted by my Department. 

It is noteworthy that the Commissioner did not make any order following its investigation of this complaint because it found my Department had already implemented the necessary measures in relation to transparency from August 2016, and in relation to proportionate and necessary data collection from February 2020.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.