Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 29 September 2015
513. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if any action has been taken against the chief executive officer of Caranua for using confidential information received from the redress board which profiled survivors of abuse; if she is aware that this breaches legislation; if she received legal advice on the matter; and, if so, from whom. [33072/15]
View answer514. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received any report or information from the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner regarding the compliance of Caranua, including its chief executive officer, board and employees, regarding their compliance with data protection legislation; the date on which she received this information; if she will make this information public; and any action she took as a result of this information. [33073/15]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 513 and 514 together.
I am advised that in 2013 Caranua, the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board, confirmed that the anonymised preliminary analysis of data received from the Residential Institutions Redress Board under the provisions of section 24 of the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012 was destroyed and that it would only use the data received in accordance with the provisions of section 24. I understand that this matter is addressed in the minutes of Caranua's Board meeting of 14 November 2013, which are available on the organisation's website (www.caranua.ie), where the unintentional breach of section 24 is noted together with the Board's majority decision to record its apology for this breach. I have not sought legal advice in relation to the matters raised by the Deputy nor I have I received any communication from the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner in regard to these matters.
