Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 17 October 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence
Foreign Affairs Council and Departmental Matters: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defence
Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
Collaboration is the key and that goes back to the consultative forum. On those two areas of maritime, we saw with Estonia and Finland that the gas pipeline was sabotaged just last week, as was the cable. It means the private sector, governments and militaries need to co-operate and collaborate and we need to get their information as to their cables. It will need a lot of multidisciplinary expertise to deal with cybersecurity but it is coming together. I have spoken to the Garda Commissioner and the Chief of Staff to get their perspectives and, of course, the key person in national cybersecurity, Richard Browne. I have great confidence in them.
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