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

I thank the Deputy. I will say again that a capacity review was launched in January. Over the past five months, analysis has been performed by external people to see in what ways we need to increase our budget, in which areas we need additional skills, where we need more staff, whether we need more resources and in which of the coming five years we will need more resources. We have commissioned that review. A draft report is being prepared and will be looked at in the context of the recent attack. The result will be a recommendation about budgets and staffing levels for next year, the year after and the year after that. I have no doubt that the requests for those budgets will be met and I am sure the State fully understands the importance of protecting its data, essential services and critical infrastructure.