Questions on Promised Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2021-05-20
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Jennifer Whitmore (SD), Wicklow

Tusla and its systems have also been shut down as a result of this cyber attack. I welcome the discussions the Minister is having about the HSE but it feels to me that Tusla and child protection issues are being forgotten in this debate. Concerns have been raised by social workers in the media today that the shutdown means child protection risk issues and the risk of very sensitive child abuse documentation being breached and leaked to the Internet. I tried to get the Business Committee to bring in the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, next week to discuss this, but it refused to allow that, which is very unfortunate.
As the Minister with responsible for the cybersecurity centre, has he been specifically briefed on child protection risks and the impacts on Tusla? When does the Minister believe the Tusla system will become active again?

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Sitting date: 2021-05-20