Proposed Data Sharing Agreement between the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) and Bord Bia

The Data Sharing and Governance Act Framework for sharing data builds upon the Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019 (DSGA) by setting out a common set of practices for all Public Bodies to follow when they wish to use the Act as their legal basis for sharing data. Under the Framework, data sharing agreements between public bodies for the purpose of sharing personal data will be made available for public consultation for a period of 28 days.

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), intends to enter into a Data Sharing Agreement under the DSGA with Bord Bia, for the purposes of verifying membership in a Bord Bia Scheme which is a prerequisite to establish eligibility for a DAFM programme or scheme.

DAFM is responsible for the provision of income supports and funding to farmers for participation in DAFM operated programmes and schemes funded under the EU Common Agricultural Policy or directly funded by the exchequer. The eligibility criteria for these programmes or schemes includes membership in a Bord Bia Quality Assurance Scheme.

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine will provide Bord Bia with Herd/flock/producer number to allow for confirmation of membership in a quality assurance scheme. Bord Bia will send a report to verify an applicant’s membership in a Bord Bia Quality Assurance Scheme. This removes the requirement for farmers to provide individual evidence of membership in a Bord Bia scheme. It also ensures accuracy of information.

You are invited to make submissions by email to consultations.dsa@per.gov.ie

Please include the full DSA name “DAFMBB019_230607 DSA for DAFM schemes eligibility data” in the subject line. Please note that only submissions made to this email will be accepted.

The start date for public consultation is 27 July 2023 and it will run for a period of 28 days. The public consultation will end on 24 August 2023. Submissions will not be accepted once the public consultation period has expired.

We will consider your submission and may respond. Where the proposed parties consider it appropriate, they may also amend the proposed agreement to take into account your submissions. A copy of the Data Sharing Agreement and a summary of all submissions will be sent to the Data Governance Board.

The DSGA Data Sharing Playbook provides a full step-by-step process for data sharing and is available with other relevant DSGA framework publications on the OGCIO website. More information on the Data Governance Board is available on the Data Governance Board website.

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