Junior Minister admits using Gmail account for political work

Hildegarde Naughton, the Minister of State for Justice, sent the personal information of constituents from her encrypted government email account to an unsecured private email.

Among the details being shared without constituent knowledge were names, addresses, contact details, queries and supporting documents, as well as other private information. Picture: Hany Marzouk

A minister who sits at cabinet has admitted sharing some of her constituents' data outside of the Oireachtas server to a private email account.

Hildegarde Naughton, the Minister of State for Justice, previously sent letters that included some constituents' private details, along with other information for representations, from her Oireachtas email address to her private Gmail account.