Sorca Clarke (Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate and understand the Tánaiste's response to the issue of cyberattacks. However, that cannot be at the expense of the issue of purposeful disinformation. A recent incident in Oxford resulted in a very uncomfortable and unwarranted situation because of the level of disinformation that had been put into the public domain pertaining to an urban planning initiative. Cyberattacks such as the one at MTU get a good deal of media attention. While disinformation may be much less focused on in the media, it is much more subversive. When it is put out there, it is very hard to pull back from. It is very hard to counter because of the very nature of it. It requires as much attention as the cyberattacks do. They go hand in hand, but the impact of each of them can be very different.