Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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284. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of data breaches experienced by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023. [42363/23]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The answer below has been compiled in respect of personal data breaches under the General Data Protection Regulation (the "GDPR").

As the Deputy will be aware, the GDPR was introduced on 25th May 2018. From that date, Data Controllers are mandated under Article 33(5) of the GDPR to record all personal data breaches that occur within their organisations. These records may be reviewed by the Data Protection Commission to verify compliance with data protection requirements.

Information on personal data breaches for my Department and the Offices under the aegis of my Department from the introduction of the GDPR to the current date in 2023 is set out in the Table below.

DEPARTMENT OF ENTERPRISE, TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT (DETE) & OFFICES UNDER THE AEGIS OF DETE

The Offices under the aegis of the DETE are: (1) The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC); the Companies Registration Office (CRO); the Registry of Friendly Societies (RFS), the Register of Beneficial Ownership (RBO); the Intellectual Property Office of Ireland (IPOI) and the Labour Court (LC). The Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) were an Office of the DETE until their establishment as an independent statutory agency - the new Corporate Enforcement Agency on 7th July 2022.