Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 1 April 2021
202. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Defence the number of complaints his 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. [17986/21]
View answerNeither my Department nor the Defence Forces have received any complaints from members of the public in relation to subject access requests since 2018 to date. The Defence Forces received one complaint in 2020 regarding a data subject rights request.
The table below sets out the number of subject access requests accepted by my Department and the Defence Forces for the aforementioned period.
|
Year |
Number of Subject Access Requests Accepted |
|
2018 |
|
|
Department of Defence |
2 |
|
Defence Forces |
57 |
|
2019 |
|
|
Department of Defence |
4 |
|
Defence Forces |
91 |
|
2020 |
|
|
Department of Defence |
2 |
|
Defence Forces |
75 |
|
01/01/2021 to 30/03/2021 |
|
|
Department of Defence |
4 |
|
Defence Forces |
4 |
My Department and the Defence Forces have not refused any data subject rights requests in the period 2018 to date.
