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EU Affairs Minister Dara Murphy today announced that the Government has allocated over €7.5 million in funding for the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) in Budget 2017, an increase of €2.8 million over the 2016 allocation and a fourfold increase over the figure for 2014. 

Making the announcement, Minister Murphy said: 

I am very pleased to announce that the Government agreed in Budget 2017 to further increase the resources of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner by €2.8 million for the coming year, building on the significant increases in the last two budgets. The Office will have a budget of over €7.5 million in 2017, which represents a fourfold increase over its allocation for 2014. This is a substantial and very welcome commitment of extra resources to the ODPC and clear evidence of the priority the Government attaches to data protection.

Read the full press release here for more information.