Departmental Investigations

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 May 2022

Tuesday, 24 May 2022

Ceisteanna (731)

Peadar Tóibín

Ceist:

731. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of investigations, internal or external, commissioned by his Department into instances in which Departmental documents or information was leaked to the media, which were commissioned or conducted in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022; the nature of such leaks and investigations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26331/22]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

There have been no instances in my Department of formal investigations being required under the terms outlined by the Deputy in his question.

The Department always emphasises the importance of confidentiality in relation to the relaying of sensitive information or in response to requests for information from individuals, the media or the political system.