Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 9 March 2022

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence

Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised)

Photo of David StantonDavid Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I note that in the briefing we received, under subhead A15, communications and IT, there is no mention of cybersecurity. We have security issues on land, sea and air at this time but the other concern is cybersecurity. I see no figure for that and did not hear any mention of it in the Minister's statement. I know there are confidentiality and security issues involved in this but even mobile telephone networks are now under scrutiny in terms of their security. I would have expected a separate subhead on cybersecurity. Will he comment on that?

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