Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 17 October 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

General Scheme of the National Cyber Security Bill 2024: Cyber Ireland

1:30 pm

Photo of Gerry HorkanGerry Horkan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The law in Belgium was a straight cut and paste from the directive. IBEC states that head 3 goes further and that the NCSC should be the adviser rather than the entity that pushes the button to say "No" or "Yes". There should ministerial or political oversight or oversight by a particular body in order that there would not just be an individual, a particular civil servant, or head of something who has all the power in his or her hands.

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