160. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is satisfied that the proposed legislation in the general scheme of Social Welfare and Other Matters Bill 2026 provides sufficient transparency to social welfare recipients regarding how their personal data may be collected, shared, cross-checked, profiled or otherwise processed across State bodies; what measures are proposed to prevent "function creep", whereby data collected for the administration of social welfare schemes may subsequently be used for unrelated enforcement or monitoring purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44594/26]

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160. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is satisfied that the proposed legislation in the general scheme of Social Welfare and Other Matters Bill 2026 provides sufficient transparency to social welfare recipients regarding how their personal data may be collected, shared, cross-checked, profiled or otherwise processed across State bodies; what measures are proposed to prevent "function creep", whereby data collected for the administration of social welfare schemes may subsequently be used for unrelated enforcement or monitoring purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44594/26]

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