DPC sought €32 million in funding for 2025, received €29M

The Data Protection Commission (DPC) in its budget submission to the Dept. of Justice requested €32 million for 2025, which included €4 million to hire additional staff to address the additional projected workload to address Machine Learning models being created/trained using people’s personal information.

The DPC revealed that it was facing an significant challenge hiring suitably qualified legal and technical staff. In their pre-budget submission, the DPC indicated that its role was becoming ever “more complex” due to the impact of AI and other fast-developing technologies.

It also said there was a growing expectation of “proportionate, timely and effective enforcement” in dealing with issues relating to large tech companies and institutions.

In a letter to the Department of Justice in July, the DPC said it was looking for a €32.4 million budget for 2025 which included an extra €2.8 million for pay and just over €1.2 million for non-pay expenditure. However, the allocation announced in Budget 2025 ended up being €29 million.

Read FOI request,  and download the full submission from The Story.ie

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