1307. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of data breaches recorded by his Department in 2025; and the number that were reported to the Data Protection Commissioner. [74891/25]
Topics / Data Protection
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsData Protection
132 questions from 35 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 20 October 2026.
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| June 2025 | 7 |
| July 2025 | 1 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 7 |
| October 2025 | 4 |
| November 2025 | 7 |
| December 2025 | 8 |
| January 2026 | 27 |
| February 2026 | 7 |
| March 2026 | 4 |
| April 2026 | 8 |
| May 2026 | 1 |
| June 2026 | 8 |
| July 2026 | 0 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 2 |
| October 2026 | 2 |
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1410. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of data breaches recorded by his Department in 2025; and the number that were reported to the Data Protection Commissioner. [74899/25]
1548. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of data breaches recorded by his Department in 2025; and the number that were reported to the Data Protection Commissioner. [74903/25]
1669. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of data breaches recorded by his Department in 2025; and the number that were reported to the Data Protection Commissioner. [74900/25]
1808. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of data breaches recorded by his Department in 2025; and the number that were reported to the Data Protection Commissioner. [74888/25]
1940. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of data breaches recorded by her Department in 2025; and the number that were reported to the Data Protection Commissioner. [74889/25]
2275. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of data breaches recorded by her Department in 2025; and the number that were reported to the Data Protection Commissioner. [74898/25]
2591. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of data breaches recorded by his Department in 2025; and the number that were reported to the Data Protection Commissioner. [74897/25]
2643. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the number of data breaches recorded by his Department in 2025; and the number that were reported to the Data Protection Commissioner. [74902/25]
384. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation how user data is being safeguarded when the digital wallet is introduced; how it is expected that data will not be shared with ISPs; how his Department will determine the efficacy of the pilot; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73445/25]
344. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason Section 30 of the Data Protection Act 2018 has yet to be commenced; the timeline for its commencement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73238/25]
539. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of data breaches recorded by Government departments and State agencies, in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [72511/25]
471. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he or his Department are now finally aware that in July 2021 the Garda National Technical Bureau (GNTB), with the expert assistance of the Garda ICT Department, diligently unearthed a catastrophic loss of biometric data amounting to in excess of 17,000 livescan fingerprint records that had fallen into ‘suspended’ status during the pe…
698. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the legislative and operational measures he has undertaken to develop and implement systems to collect biometric data to responsibly identify terrorists. [70083/25]
699. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the challenges being faced in setting capacity to collect biometric data to responsibly identify terrorists. [70088/25]
700. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is sharing biometric data relating to terrorist activities with other relevant states, Interpol and other relevant international bodies. [70089/25]
701. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the way in which he is ensuring that the collection and exchange of biometric data is carried out in compliance with domestic and international human rights law. [70090/25]
547. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps each Department is taking to improve data sharing, risk assessment and governance coordination for services involving children, vulnerable adults and high-risk health environments. [65037/25]
114. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Social Protection whether the collection of biometric data with Safe 2 registration has ceased. [62058/25]
424. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he is concerned at the Data Protection Commissioner’s (DPC) ruling of June 2025 (details supplied) specifically in respect of the DPC’s finding and fine against the Department of Social Protection, regarding issues connected to the identification of a valid lawful basis for the Department’s proc…
967. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if she will clarify Ireland's current position on the key issues of Bolar and Regulatory Data Protection/Market Protection with regard to the European General Pharmaceutical Legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61235/25]
968. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if the Government maintains its support for the proposed 8 years of Regulatory Data Protection; if the Government considers recent geopolitical developments as a relevant factor in Ireland’s approach to the revision of the package at Council level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61236/25]
1046. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of concerns amongst homeowners that have received emails from the Housing Agency, confirming that a third party chartered engineering consultancy services provider (details supplied) which was engaged by the Housing Agency, experienced a cyber incident affecting its IT systems; if he is aware the technical …
1050. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware that homeowners that have received emails from the Housing Agency, confirming that third party chartered engineering consultancy services providers have apparently experienced a cyber incident affecting its IT systems (details supplied); if he will urgently seek absolute assurance from the Housing Agency that no dat…
233. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if, as part of the increased expenditure of €3 million allocated to the Data Protection Commission in Budget 2026, he will ensure increased funding is provided for enhanced guidance to help Irish businesses with digital compliance, including enhancements to the DPC website and introduction to a business helpline. [55581/25]