Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 September 2012
102. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance in relation to the alleged unauthorised disclosure of information at the National Asset Management Agency by a former employee, the date on which NAMA notified the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner of the alleged unauthorised disclosure; the steps NAMA has taken to minimise the impact of the alleged unauthorised disclosure on its own operations and on those of its debtors. [40283/12]
View answerI am advised that the unauthorised disclosure was notified to the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner on 12 September 2012. I am advised also that NAMA has instituted legal proceedings against the former employee and his spouse seeking a number of reliefs, including an injunction to prevent them from using, disclosing and/or dealing with confidential information. NAMA is also seeking a number of Court Orders, including an Order directing the former employee and his spouse to provide a full account on affidavit in respect of all confidential information that either of them has removed from NAMA. This is to include the identity of all persons who have had access to the information or who have been made aware of its existence and/or contents and the identity of all persons to whom the information has been supplied. These proceedings are currently within the jurisdiction of the courts and I am therefore not in a position to discuss them further.
