Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 30 July 2020
988. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he, his Ministers of State and or advisers have ever used private email for any form of official Government use since the formation of the Government; and if so, if he will publish all such emails and corresponding documents immediately. [19631/20]
Amharc ar fhreagraSince being issued with my Departmental email address after I assumed office, I have conducted official business through my official Department of Children and Youth Affairs secure email account. The Department has an information and communication technology acceptable usage policy which does not permit access to webmail services from its network.
I also have a personal email account which has been available to the public to contact me as a public representative. In my initial days in office, I used this account to forward information relating to constituency issues to my Departmental account in order to formalise my correspondence. I also received information of a non-sensitive nature relating to the set-up of my office and its functions. No information sent or received was related to official Government business.
Persons engaged by me to work as advisers have conducted no official Government business through a private email. A Minister of State has not yet been assigned to my Department.
