Ossian Smyth (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

It has. It was at a dozen four years ago and we now have a headcount of 29. It will increase over the coming years. In 2017 it was 12 people, in 2019 it was 22 people and it is 29 in 2021. The capacity review projects an increasing number of staff over the coming four years. We must remember they are a very small number of the staff involved in cybersecurity in Ireland. Throughout the various Departments, for example Revenue and the Department of Social Protection, there are extensive security teams, each of which could be larger than the NCSC itself. Bodies such as Irish Water also have their own cybersecurity teams. It is not the case that, as described in the media, there is €5 million for all of Ireland's cybersecurity and 29 people are doing it. This is simply not the situation.