Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 25 May 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

National Cybersecurity: Discussion

Photo of Joe CareyJoe Carey (Clare, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank all the witnesses. This is a very valuable meeting and I thank the Chairman for organising it. Regarding our own State's response to this whole cyberattack and our cyber ecosystem in this country, what type of investment is required where personnel and infrastructure are concerned? What should it look like in Ireland? I noted Mr. Larkin said the UK is spending ten times more per head of population on a similar system. Therefore, what should it look like here? What type of form should it take? I noted Mr. O'Reilly said big wins have been made when there is collaboration between public and private and we can see in this attack that basically what is happening behind the scenes is that there is a collaboration between public and private to try to come up with a response to deal with this.

Ultimately, there must be a very strong global response to cybersecurity because when all the different countries are doing their own things, these criminals are preying on countries and their weaknesses and we have been exposed in this. It is desperate to see the fallout of these criminals preying on vulnerable sick people in our health system and to see the impact that is having on the ground is truly shocking.

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