Departmental Staff Training

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 5 July 2018

Thursday, 5 July 2018

Questions (355)

Micheál Martin

Question:

355. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the training his Department and agencies under its aegis will receive on GDPR legislation; when it will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29850/18]

Written answers

Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government

This year, in preparation for the implementation of the GDPR, Information Officers were appointed in each business unit across my Department, with GDPR training being provided to these officers as well as to senior management. The Department has had a Data Protection Officer in place since the beginning of the year who is committed to raising awareness in relation to GDPR. The DPO, working with the Department's Training Unit, is putting arrangements in place to extend training on the principles of data protection to all other staff of the Department; this should be completed over the course of the second half of the year.

GDPR training in the agencies under the aegis of my Department is an operational matter for each agency. Arrangements have been put in place by each agency to facilitate the provision of information by State Bodies directly to members of the Oireachtas.

The contact email address for each agency is as follows:

Agency	Email address
An Bord Pleanála	[e-mail]
Ervia, Gas Networks Ireland	[e-mail]
Housing Sustainable Communities Agency	[e-mail]
Housing Finance Agency	[e-mail]
Irish Water	[e-mail]
Local Government Management Agency	[e-mail].
Ordnance Survey Ireland	[e-mail]
Property Registration Authority	[e-mail]
Residential Tenancies Board	[e-mail]
Valuation Office	[e-mail]