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

There are a number of different ways of measuring what are critical infrastructure. It is already provided for in the network and information security directive from the EU which is being updated.

The Deputy will remember that during the pandemic a list of essential workers was compiled and decisions were made about essential services. There is an oil emergency response plan which has considered this but there is no definitive list. One of the reasons for that is it depends on what the nature or circumstances of the oil supply shock is. The Bill allows for the flexibility for the Minister to determine what those services would be or what the priority order would be, given the circumstances of the type of shock that occurred.