Joe Higgins
Question:618. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider extending data protection legislation to cover records that are kept by religious institutions. [29774/14]
View answerTuesday, 8 July 2014
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The position is that the Council of Europe's Data Protection Convention (1981) and the European Union's Data Protection Directive (1995) have been transposed into national law in the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003. The data protection rights of individuals under these Acts are generally applicable and the legislation does not distinguish between religious institutions and other bodies acting in their capacity as data controller when holding or processing the personal data of individuals.