Question
153. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality for details of all instances from 1 January 2000 to 2015 to date where legislation introduced by her, or on their behalf, which is enacted and still in force, contains a provision amending the Data Protection Acts to allow for the transfer of personal or other data collected, retained and processed by the State for a particular purpose towards another specific purpose, in tabular form; the financial cost of creating and administering such databases, in tabular form; the projected financial cost for databases not yet complete; the specific legislative provision which enabled such data transfers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41141/15]
Answer
Minister for Justice and Equality (Deputy Frances Fitzgerald): I can inform the Deputy that, since the current Government took office on 9 March 2011, there is no legislation still in force, introduced or enacted by my Department, that contains a provision amending the Data Protection Acts.