Mr. Ciarán Ó hÓbáin:

I will be brief but I am happy to go further it if would help. There is very extensive engagement across the agencies. It is a factor that while some of the numbers that are working in these areas are quite small, they are very connected. No. 2 in the strategy concerns threat intelligence and analysis. The link-up with the new national security analysis centre located in the Department of An Taoiseach has been key. There is very strong co-operation there, both in terms of governance and at a structural level through that forum and then on a day-to-day basis in terms of protecting critical national infrastructure and dealing with incidents concerning threat sharing groups. When one gets to the threat sharing group level, a broad range of stakeholders is involved and that includes An Garda Síochána and the Defence Forces.

I will speak about the development of the current strategy. The Deputy referred to the OGCIO, and there is also the Departments of Justice, Foreign Affairs, Defence and the Taoiseach. They were all in the room for the development of the strategy and they sit on the steering group that monitors the delivery.