My Department does not have a data sharing arrangement with the Department of Justice and Equality for migrant workers accessing supplementary welfare payments including rent supplement or the pandemic unemployment payment.
The Department’s data sharing arrangements comply with both National and EU Data Protection law to ensure that safeguards are in place to protect data subjects’ rights. The Department’s Privacy Policy is available on our website at https://www.gov.ie/en/help/privacy-policy/
As stated on my department's website, the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection has no plans to share any data received as part of an immigrant’s application for a COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment with the Garda National Immigration Bureau or the Department of Justice and Equality.
I trust that this clarifies the position for the Deputy.