Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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My Department shares data with other organisations for varied purposes such as compliance with employee tax obligations, in connection with legal proceedings, awarding of bursaries/scholarships and audit purposes. The transfer of data may be in aggregated form or on an individual basis depending on the specific purpose in question. For example, the data of Department employees is shared on an individual basis with the National Shared Services Office, which operates the payroll for Department staff, in order to facilitate payment of salary.

Where my Department shares personal data with another organisation, it does so on the basis of the lawful grounds set out in the General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act 2018 and with appropriate governance arrangements in place. The sharing is notified to data subjects through the Department’s overall Data Protection Notice and Privacy Notices.