Data Protection Commission Opens Inquiry into Children’s Health Ireland

The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has today announced the opening of an inquiry into Children’s Health Ireland (CHI), relating to the physical safety and security of children’s health records within one specific CHI facility at Tallaght University Hospital (TUH).

The DPC became aware that there were potential issues at this site from a number of different sources of information, including through protected disclosures that the DPC received and also a breach notification submitted to the DPC by CHI. Having reviewed the information, the DPC conducted an unannounced site inspection on Wednesday 16 July, 2025.

This formal inquiry will examine CHI’s compliance with their GDPR obligations, in particular relating to the security of personal data and the processes that CHI have in place for managing physical records at CHI (Tallaght).