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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 May 2021

Tuesday, 18 May 2021

Questions (261)

Peadar Tóibín

Question:

261. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the number of data breaches suffered by his Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [26109/21]

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Written answers

Data Breaches are taken very seriously within my Department and staff are provided with training on what to do in the event of a possible data breach. My Department has also developed a Data Breach Policy which all staff are made aware of; a log is kept of any breaches and actions taken as a result of these breaches.

I have outlined the number of Data Breaches within the timeframe requested by the Deputy in the following table.

Year

Number of Breaches

2017

No record of Any Data Breaches with the Department found

2018

3

2019

9

2020

5

2021 (to date)

2

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