Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 February 2008
425 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if disks, laptops or memory storage devices containing personal information about members of the public have been lost or stolen from her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4996/08]
View answerThe Table below sets out the number of Department owned disks, laptops and memory storage devices, reported lost or stolen from my Department in recent years:
|
Year |
Lost/Stolen |
Recovered/Found |
|
2002 |
3 Laptops were reported stolen |
None |
|
2003 |
None |
N/A |
|
2004 |
None |
N/A |
|
2005 |
None |
N/A |
|
2006 |
1 Laptop reported stolen |
None |
|
2007 |
1 Laptop reported stolen |
None |
All laptops are protected by use of a user-id and password. In all cases, the theft was reported to the Garda. To date, no personal information concerning members of the public has been compromised.
