Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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1870. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide a schedule of the personal and or person-specific data sets her Department holds that have been provided and/or shared with other Departments and/or Ministers and/or State bodies and/or agencies and/or local authorities in the past 20 years to date; if she will clarify if the transfer of data and/or records was in aggregated form or on an individual basis; and the reason the data and/or records were provided. [57217/23]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will be aware, the sharing of data is covered by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which took effect from 25 May 2018, the Data Protection Act 2018, and the Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019 with the commencement of final sections of that Act coming into effect in December last year. With regard to personal and or person-specific data sets, my Department holds limited data of this nature, as data sets for our funding schemes are generally of a non-personal nature. The personal and or person-specific data sets would generally relate either to employee information, or where personal data of a limited nature is required for the administration and payment of grant funding. My Department shares data sets with other public bodies only where there is an explicit need for such sharing in order to carry out the performance of our functions. Where such data sharing is undertaken there are agreements in place setting out how personal data is used and the roles and responsibilities of each of the parties involved in the data sharing. Details of how we use personal data in the delivery of our remit, including a detailed Privacy Notice, are set out in Data Protection section of our website.I wish to assure the Deputy that my Department has an effective corporate governance framework in place to ensure that we meet our obligations under data protection laws, and the Data Sharing and Governance Act, in respect of our data processing and sharing activities. This includes having a Data Protection Officer and Data Officer in place to oversee compliance with data protection and data sharing obligations.

Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)
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1871. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of each individual project approved under measures 1, 2 and 3 of the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme in County Meath in 2023; the current status of each project; and the completion date for each project, in tabular form. [1170/24]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme (ORIS) is funded by my Department under Our Rural Future. The scheme provides funding for the development and enhancement of outdoor recreational infrastructure such as walking trails, cycleways and blue ways throughout rural Ireland. Since the launch of the scheme in 2016, funding of almost €109 million has supported over 1,550 projects across the country. I launched the 2023 ORIS in June of last year with an allocation of €16 million, a €1 million increase on 2022. A range of applications have been submitted in respect of County Meath under Measures 1, 2 and 3 of the 2023 scheme. The assessment process is currently ongoing with approvals due to be announced in Quarter 1 of 2024. Last November, I approved funding of almost €2.3 million under the ORIS Project Development Measure for 2023. County Meath received an allocation of €50,000 to fund preparatory works for the provision of a boardwalk through the dunes from Mornington to Bettystown. All approved projects to date under ORIS in County Meath can be viewed on my Department's website: www.gov.ie/en/collection/90a66b-approved-funding-for-outdoor-recreation-projects/