Eric Byrne (Dublin South Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Yes. It was suggested that, where the issue of people hacking into and stealing secrets was concerned, the main bugbear was China. Then Edward Snowden was able to prove that the Americans might actually have been worse. The North Koreans were blamed for the Sony matter, but someone suggested that disaffected employees were to blame.
Given the questions of digital Europe and reputed hacking, for example, the American command centre has allegedly been hacked, and despite the pace of digital development, is Dr. Apals worried by the many weaknesses in the digital media structure that Europe would have to go about securing carefully?
I applaud Dr. Apals’s welcome of the deep and comprehensive free trade agreement with Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine, which we will discuss with our Minister tomorrow. I wish Latvia every successin its Presidency. This is a crucial time in the world of politics.