Data Protection

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 1 April 2021

Thursday, 1 April 2021

Questions (132)

Catherine Murphy

Question:

132. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of complaints her Department has received from members of the public under the heading of GDPR and data information requests since 2018 to date in 2021; the number of data information requests that have been refused and accepted, respectively; the number of GDPR requests refused; and the basis on which they were declined in tabular form. [18000/21]

Written answers

Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Deputy Catherine Martin)

The information requested in respect Data Subject Access Requests under GDPR received by my Department during the period specified by the Deputy is set out in the table below.

YEAR	REQUESTS RECEIVED	REQUESTS REFUSED	REASON FOR REFUSAL (If Applicable)
2018	7	0	n/a
2019	4	2	In one case no identification was provided. In the second case the request was refused on the basis that no records exist.
2020	6	1	No records exist
2021	1	1	No records exist