Freedom of Information Disclosure Log 2024

Data Protection Commission

Freedom of Information Requests for Non-Personal Information during 2024

Pursuant to Schedule 1, Part 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2014, the DPC is subject to FOI only in respect of records concerning the general administration of the Commission. The term "general administration" refers to records which have to do with the management the DPC as an organisation, such as records relating to personnel, pay matters, recruitment, accounts, information technology, accommodation, internal organisation, and office procedures. The DPC is not an FOI body in respect of records relating to its functions as a data protection authority.

The below disclosure log sets out details of non-personal requests for access to information which have been dealt with by the DPC under the FOI Act 2014. The disclosure log does not include details of requests for information which fall outside the scope of the FOI Act 2014

 

Date of Request

Requester Category

Summary of Request

Decision

Made

Date of

Reply

 

03/01/2024

 

 Individual

Project Closure Report: CMS Development Project.

 

Part-Granted

 

16/02/2024

 

03/01/2024

 

 Individual

 

The DPC Risk Register
The DPC Retention Schedule
The DPC Records of Processing Activities
The DPC’s privacy policy

 

 

Part-Granted

 

01/02/2024

26/06/2024

 Journalist

Minutes of the meetings of the ARC in 2023 and thus far in 2024

Part-Granted

25/07/2024

02/09/2024

 Journalist

A copy of the recent internal audit report into travel and subsistence at the DPC.

Granted

03/10/2024

02/10/2024

 Journalist

A copy of any feedback received from Oireachtas members through the dedicated mailbox in the period 1 Jan 2022 to date

Part-Granted

31/10/2024

04/10/2024

 Journalist

a) a copy of any correspondence between the DPC and its parent department with regard to its budget allocation in Budget 2025.
b) a copy of any pre-budget submission prepared by the DPC for use or submission ahead of Budget 2025.

Granted

22/10/2024

04/11/2024

 Journalist

 

a record/spreadsheet/database of the following: the amount levied in fines by the DPC in each of 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, the amount collected in fines by the DPC in each of the above years, the amount of fines that have not been collected due to ongoing legal process/appeal etc for each of the above years, the amount of fines that have been deemed uncollectable for each of the above years.

 

Granted

29/11/2024