Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 February 2015
515. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the primary online database plan will allow for data to be automatically synchronised with commercial databases used by schools; the details or control that her Department holds relating to the encryption, storage and access rights over data in those commercial databases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4477/15]
Amharc ar fhreagraIt is a matter for each individual school to decide whether or not to purchase and run specialist school management information systems in their schools. Some primary schools have such systems in place while others maintain paper or simple spreadsheet records. My Department has provided a facility for primary schools to automatically synchronize data from POD to their local management information systems. This facility is being provided to remove from schools the burden of double-keying data i.e. entering the data once on POD and a second time on their local system. The data is transmitted securely from POD to the local systems using HTTPS. It is the responsibility of Primary Schools as Data Controllers to ensure that data held on their local systems is held securely
