Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 25 May 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

National Cybersecurity: Discussion

Mr. Padraic O'Reilly:

What Ireland is going through with the health service has our attention and sympathy. That is why I wanted to join the meeting today. We are dealing with this in our hospitals as well. They are obviously more distributed than those in Ireland, but the hospital chains and the health maintenance organisations, HMOs, are all very vulnerable to ransomware, as are our states and local municipalities. The Washington DC police are undergoing this at present. I have been quite busy just talking in general to individuals about these issues. I wanted to make sure to attend today, and I appreciate the opportunity.

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