The Department of Transport shares data with Government Departments, Agencies and other bodies (including Motor Tax Offices) for the provision of services to citizens and to enable the operation of public services.
The Department of Transport only shares data where a sound legal basis exists. An effective governance framework is in place to ensure all data shared from the Department of Transport has a sound legal basis and complies with GDPR.
The volume of data shared by the Department is too large to work through on a case-by-case basis, but data shared with Government Departments, Agencies and other bodies offices may be aggregated or person specific depending on the categories of data being requested by the recipient and the legal basis for sharing.
The Government Departments, Agencies and other bodies that have received datasets from the Department of Transport include but are not limited to:
- An Garda Siochana
- Department of Public Expenditure, NPD Delivery and Reform
- Department of Social Protection
- Department for Infrastructure of Northern Ireland
- Health and Safety Authority
- Central Statistics Office
- Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
- Local Authorities Motor Tax Office and Traffic regulations under the Local Authority
- Insolvency Service Ireland
- National Transport Authority Taxi Regulator
- Personal Injuries Assessment Board
- Revenue
- Road Safety Authority
- Transport Infrastructure Ireland TII
- Tribunal of Enquiry
- SEAI Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland
- European Maritime Safety Agency;
- EU / EFCA Coast Guards
- National Shared Services Office(NSSO) / Payroll Shared Service(PSS)
- Commission for Aviation Regulation
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- NewERA
- Public Appointment Service
- Health Service Executive
- State Boards
The legal basis for which data are shared include but are not limited to:
- Section 60(3) of Finance Act 1993 as amended and National Vehicle and Driver File (Access) (No.2) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 287/2015) provides for access to the National Vehicle and Driver File (NVDF) data to those prescribed in Regulations by the Minister for Transport.
- S.I. No. 677/2019 - European Union (Registration of Persons Sailing on board Passenger Ships) Regulations 2019
- S.I. No. 166/2012 - European Union (Reporting Formalities for Ships) Regulations 2012 ,Customs, Commissioners of Irish Lights
- SOCIAL WELFARE (CONSOLIDATED CONTRIBUTIONS AND INSURABILITY) REGULATIONS 1996
- Section 9 (3) of the Road Transport Act 2011
- Article 6 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR; Regulation EU 2016/679)
- Relevant Legal Basis under Agency establishment Act
- Section 12 of the Road Transport Act 2011
- Article 16 of EU Regulation 1071/2009
- Section 17 of Civil Service Regulation Acts 1956 - 2005
- Section 4 of the Public Service Management Act 1997
- Section 4(4) of the Road Transport Act 1999
- Article 12 of the GBER (Commission Regulation (EU) 651/2014)
- The National Civil Aviation Security Programme is developed by the Department of Transport in accordance with EU Regulations and National Requirements, and in line with International Civil Aviation Organisation (Annex 17) and European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) Doc 30 Part II.
- Section 25 sub-section 1 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act, 1943 (No. 7 of 1943)
- The Communications (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order, 1987 (S.I. No. 92 of 1987) as adopted by the Transport (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 2011 (S.I. No. 141 of 2011)
- State Airports Act 2004
- Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011
- Statistics Act, 1993
