Réada Cronin (Kildare North, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The witnesses mentioned how the Russian invasion of Ukraine was not going as Russia had expected and that cyber warfare may be its preferred tool in future. Currently, our cyber defences are handled by the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, with seconded personnel from the Department of Defence. Where should responsibility for our cyber defences sit?

How should we build our cyber defence protection? Where would we get the best level of expertise and the best minds? This relates to intelligence sharing as well. If I could ask a question that might be a bit odd, when there is intelligence sharing across Europe, or indeed across the world, would that be open to bad actors or bad-faith actors? Would that be an issue in that area or field?