Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 9 February 2023
Public Accounts Committee
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack
9:30 am
Mr. Robert Watt:
It is not "Yes" or a "No". On the 1976 regulation based on the 1970 Act, advice was given at the time that it was sufficient legal basis to charge people. The advice subsequently in cases established that it was not and that it was ultra vires. Yes, back in the 1970s there were legal mistakes made.
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