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

The HSE is bringing back services as quickly as it can. It has prioritised its services, starting with its most important ones, its core services, and then it will bring back hospitals. HSE CEO Paul Reid has said it will take a number of weeks but I can say the most important services will come back first. I understand the core systems are all working again and it is matter of ensuring that all the machines that connect to them will come back. I cannot give a clearer statement than that because cybersecurity is my area, rather than HSE services. The HSE is best positioned to make recommendations. The HSE website has a county-by-county breakdown, down to the level of each hospital, stating what is available and what is not. That is available on a daily basis.

The Chairman asked about putting the NCSC on a statutory basis and whether I want that to happen. I do. Primary legislation is coming. The NCSC is not defined in statute at the moment and does not have a statutory role or the power and authority that would arise from that. The incident response team has that authority. I am looking forward to the NCSC being put on a statutory footing.