RT Register of External Activities

RT is today publishing a statistical summary from the Register of External Activities for the first quarter of 2024.

The RT Register of External Activities ( the Register') commenced on 01 February 2024 and the publication for Q1 comprises the months February and March 2024.

RT has engaged in consultations with the office of the Data Protection Commission (DPC) since last December.

RT initially planned to publish summary details in the following format:

the name of the person who received approval

a brief description of the activity approved

the relevant payment band for each activity approved.

The Data Protection Commission has advised RT that in order to publish a public register containing this level of detail, specific legal underpinning in the form of primary or secondary legislation will be required.

The Commission also advised it would invoke its statutory powers, if publication of the kind outlined above was proposed, in the absence of appropriate legislation.

The DPC has confirmed to RT that it has no objection to the creation and compilation of the Register of External Activities for internal management purposes

Pending legislation, the DPC has not raised concerns with a proposal from RT to release a statistical summary of information from the Register for Q1, 2024 which is as follows:

Statistical summary

Total Number of approved activities: 133

Breakdown of activities within each payment band:

50%: No Payment/no benefit

26%: 1 1,000:

22%: 1,001 5,000

1-2%: 5,001 10,000

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