Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 31 March 2021
1193. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if a family (details supplied) in County Kildare can receive any information that his Department may hold on their child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17512/21]
View answerAn individual can request a copy of their personal data, if any, processed by my Department by contacting the Department and making a Subject Access Request. Further information is available on the Department’s website at https://www.gov.ie/en/organisation-information/2f7457-department-of-healths-privacy-policy. It would not be appropriate for me to make a statement on an individual matter in this context.
I take the allegations made in recent media reports extremely seriously. A team has been set up to establish the facts in respect of specific allegations made in the RTÉ Prime Time programme on 25th March 2021. The Department has engaged with the Data Protection Commissioner.
The allegations which were the subject of the RTÉ Prime Time programme on March 25th were brought to the Department's attention last year. The Department took the matters raised very seriously and commissioned an independent, expert review by an external Senior Counsel. This review was completed in November 2020. Subject to clarification of legal matters, I would like to publish this review at the earliest possible opportunity.
