Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
Ceist:21. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the persons appointed to the 2018 Irish Aid election observation roster. [8573/20]
Amharc ar fhreagraDáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 3 June 2020
21. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the persons appointed to the 2018 Irish Aid election observation roster. [8573/20]
Amharc ar fhreagraI refer the Deputy to the response to Parliamentary Question No. 37 of 5 March 2020.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade administers and maintains a roster of suitably skilled individuals who are available to deploy on international election observation missions organised, in the main, by the European Union (EU) and the Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE-ODIHR).
A new roster was put in place in January 2019. Throughout 2019 the persons shortlisted to that roster underwent training and security vetting. My Department is clarifying its relevant obligations under the EU General Data Protection Regulation GDPR, so that the list of names of members of the new roster will be attached to the public record in due course.