Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE)
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323. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to confirm if a jobseeker is obligated to share personal data with a third-party private company (details supplied); the exact scope of the data they are legally required to disclose; the mechanisms of data processing; whether the data could be transferred outside Ireland/the EU; and what safety measures are in place, especially in the context of The Bara judgement, which pertains to data sharing between public and private sectors. [31768/23]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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My Department provides a range of employment services to support jobseekers in preparing for, securing, and sustaining employment. These services are either provided directly by the Department’s own staff, or on behalf of the Department through Intreo Partners and other service providers.

Jobseekers in receipt of a payment may be required to engage with an employment service provided by an Intreo Partner. Engagement might include a request to provide relevant information (for example employment history or employment preferences), the scope of which will be restricted to that which is necessary to provide an effective service to the jobseeker. If a Jobseeker is uncomfortable with the nature of the information that is being requested, they should write to this Department so that any valid concerns can be addressed.

The Department’s contracts with Intreo Partners are in compliance with all relevant data protection legislation. Intreo Partners providers are legally bound to observe and adhere to all data protection requirements under GDPR.

A detailed description of the how the Department protects the privacy and data of jobseekers may be found in the Department of Social Protection’s privacy statement, which is publicly available on the Gov.ie website.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.