Large Scale Inquiries and Investigations
Our Department
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Our team
Diarmuid Goulding
Diarmuid Goulding was appointed Deputy Commissioner in January 2023, in a role that centres on large-scale inquiries and investigations. Since joining the Data Protection Commission as a Legal Adviser in 2018, Diarmuid has provided legal advice and assistance on large scale inquiries and investigations concerning both cross-border and domestic matters. Diarmuid has also represented the Commission at Expert Subgroups of the European Data Protection Board.
He graduated from University College Cork and Kings Inns, Dublin. Diarmuid was called to the Bar of Ireland in 2008. He practised as a Barrister and later worked in a legal capacity with the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform, and as a Regulatory Investigator with the Office of the Information Commissioner.
In his current role he has responsibility for the following at the DPC:
- Large Scale Inquiries
- Investigations
Gráinne Hawkes
Gráinne Hawkes is a Deputy Commissioner at the DPC. Her work centres on managing complex, cross border inquiries and investigations.
From 2023 – 2024, Gráinne was the Data Protection Commission’s first attaché in Brussels. In this role, Gráinne was responsible for the set up and building out of the DPC’s presence in Brussels. She led the DPC’s interactions with Brussels based stakeholders, such as the European Commission, the European Data Protection Board, Members of the European Parliament, Civil Society Organisations and Data Controllers with representatives based in Brussels.
Gráinne first joined the DPC in 2019 and worked as Senior Regulatory Lawyer with responsibility for the management of cross border complaints and complaint based inquiries. As part of this role, Gráinne took up a secondment to the European Commission, working in the cabinet of the European Commissioner for Justice, Didier Reynders.
She holds a first class honours LLB from Trinity College Dublin, an LLM from the College of Europe, Bruges and an Msc in Business and Law from the University of Law in London. Prior to joining the DPC, Gráinne trained and qualified as a solicitor with Linklaters in London and Singapore, where she worked as an associate solicitor in dispute resolution (specialising in contentious regulation).