Data Protection

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 29 November 2016

Tuesday, 29 November 2016

Questions (368, 375, 376)

Catherine Murphy

Question:

368. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on that fact that the mailing preference database operates on a radically different legal basis than the telephone preference service, particularly in view of the potentially significant penalties which might be levied on businesses for failing to respect marketing opt outs under the EU General Data Protection Regulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37198/16]

Catherine Murphy

Question:

375. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to address a legal lacuna in the treatment of a valuable regulatory data asset; if it will be addressed in the forthcoming data protection Bill as with the telephone preference service; if ultimate responsibility and authority for the mailing preference service database will be vested in an appropriate independent entity such as the communications regulator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37362/16]

Catherine Murphy

Question:

376. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to address a legal lacuna in the treatment of a valuable regulatory data asset; if it will be addressed in the forthcoming data protection Bill as with the telephone preference service; if ultimate responsibility and authority for the mailing preference service database will be vested in an appropriate independent entity such as the communications regulator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37365/16]

Written answers

Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade

I propose to take Questions Nos. 368, 375 and 376 together.

Responsibility for revising the legal basis of the telephone preference service and the mailing preference service to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation is a matter for the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment.