Mr. Bernard Gloster:

The cost in respect of hardware and the replacement of laptops is included in the €8 million I referred to. One of the things that is contributing to a delay in the Tusla IRL project is the problem with the supply chain of laptops globally. Various component parts are presenting a difficulty in terms of demand and supply. However, the cost of that is included in the €8 million.

In relation to data systems, most of our systems are back up and running. Ironically, it is the basics of the connectivity of email in some parts of the country that is presenting as problematic. The national childcare information system, which is our biggest database and continues to be hosted on the HSE system, is very significant in its sensitivity and the data it holds. We have no evidence of exfiltration from that, but it was severely damaged by the encryption of the attackers, the immediate shutdown that was done by the HSE on the morning of 14 May, and the attempt to rebuild. We had to use the backups of the system to rebuild the database from there, because the one we were operating on up to 14 May was so badly damaged it was rendered unusable.