Ruairi Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

There was a question about the investment in security from the point of view of companies and whether there is a requirement for us to look at having a certain baseline. I gave the American example, which could be based on the fact that they have been under attack for longer, so it has just been built into their psyche and planning from the point of view of companies. I ask the Minister of State to deal with that and whether we are now engaging with third level and the expert knowledge base that we have within the State and beyond it. Is he happy that the joint cyber unit framework will be sufficient for whatever collaborative processes we need to be involved in?

Could the Minister of State also provide a little information on the proposal for a secure connectivity system utilising quantum computing and satellite communications infrastructure? We will probably be the only two people interested in this issue, but I would appreciate hearing about it. Beyond that, the baseline standards are welcome. It is about ensuring there are sufficient powers of enforcement or sufficient capacity to deliver on that within these outfits, accepting the difficulties in the likes of the HSE and the number of ways in there are in a system like that.