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Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 November 2020

Tuesday, 3 November 2020

Ceisteanna (980)

Thomas Pringle

Ceist:

980. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when personal data access requests will be available through his Department, as per general data protection regulation, GDPR, guidelines relating to the copies of files to be held by his Department following the submission of the final report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33694/20]

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Freagraí scríofa

My Department will not be in possession of the relevant data until such time as the Commission transfers the records ahead of its dissolution in February 2021. The Department will ensure that appropriate and legal arrangements are developed during this period to process subject access requests, and comply with GDPR and Data Protection Acts.

In the interim I have committed to continued engagement with the Attorney General and the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner to ensure that the rights of all citizens to access personal information about themselves, under data protection legislation and the GDPR are fully respected and implemented.

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