Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 25 May 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

National Cybersecurity: Discussion

Photo of Kieran O'DonnellKieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses attending today's engagement, namely Mr. Larkin, Mr. O'Reilly, Ms Carolan, Mr. Walsh and Dr. Byrne. No doubt, this is a subject on which we will follow up with them and their colleagues. The issue of cybercrime is probably one of the greatest threats to Ireland at State and business levels that we have seen in our lifetime. As a committee, we are going to do a body of work on it and feed into Government policy. For every man, woman and child, there is a worry. We need to have absolute security, and that is a matter of investment and collaboration at public, private and international levels. I thank everybody.

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