Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will give my very pedestrian explanation and then I might askMr. Wright to give a more technically competent explanation. We arrived in Texas. We were there for about a week around St. Patrick's Day. I was told, I believe by my private secretary, that a question was raised about whether my laptop and phone had been compromised. We were told to turn them off and not turn them on again. We did so and we were given replacement phones for the few days. I then handed both my phone and computer to IT when I got back to the Department. I understand it looked at it. Mr. Wright will be able to say whether or not the National Centre for Cyber Security was involved. I do not know. I got my computer and phone back about two weeks later and was told to carry on. That was my entire involvement in that particular issue.