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

I thank the Deputy again. His first question is whether the Government accepts the recommendations of the report and the answer is we do. He further asks if we accept the recommendations for the additional staffing and the decision was made at Cabinet earlier this year to go beyond that level. I recommended a higher staffing complement and this was accepted. It will be a challenge to recruit additional cybersecurity staff at a time when cybersecurity threats are increasing for all countries and for critical infrastructure providers as there is a great deal of competition in the market but there is a need also for additional training and education. Part of the response to this is to increase the number of people who are being trained up at every level.