PQ 286
286. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions (details supplied), if he can justify Revenue's unlawful destruction of the 13.3 million call recordings without a disposal authorisation given its own records retention schedule stipulates: "no class of Revenue records can be destroyed without first obtaining a disposal authorisation from the Director of the National Archives."; if he accepts Revenue's attempt at obtaining an retrospective disposal authorisation is an admission of guilt, if he accepts Revenue's destruction constituted a personal data breach under Article 4(12) GDPR, contrary to the National Archives Act 1986, as maintained by Article 6(2), absent a legal basis under Article 6(1); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32328/25]
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286. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions (details supplied), if he can justify Revenue's unlawful destruction of the 13.3 million call recordings without a disposal authorisation given its own records retention schedule stipulates: "no class of Revenue records can be destroyed without first obtaining a disposal authorisation from the Director of the National Archives."; if he accepts Revenue's attempt at obtaining an retrospective disposal authorisation is an admission of guilt, if he accepts Revenue's destruction constituted a personal data breach under Article 4(12) GDPR, contrary to the National Archives Act 1986, as maintained by Article 6(2), absent a legal basis under Article 6(1); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32328/25]
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