Recent Cyberattack and its Impact on the Health System: Statements
Dail Éireann — 2021-05-18
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Eamon Ryan (GP), Dublin Bay South

The staff provision is 29. The funding is closer to €7 million, not €5 million, including non-pay items. That amount tripled in this year's budget, reflecting the priority this Government gives it. We have a top quality team. I cannot say enough about the skills and public service they provide. However, they are not alone. The key resource in the State, which it is the role of the NCSC to support, are the teams in every Department. There are hundreds of individuals in every Department whose responsibility is cybersecurity. The NCSC supports and advises, but it is part of a wider team we have deployed in this instance and every day.

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Sitting date: 2021-05-18