Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 22 October 2020
Public Accounts Committee
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Accounting for Capital Assets
Chapter 5 - Accounting for Allied Services
11:30 am
Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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I will move to information technology systems. I know there has been much investment in the area. I agree that the use of IT systems during the pandemic has been very effective. The Covid payment was paid out in a very short timeframe, and it went from nowhere to having a huge number of people getting those benefits. It came about as a result of very hard work within the Department and also because of the use of IT systems. Are we putting enough investment into protection in these systems? There is a major challenge across the globe relating to the protection of IT systems. Is enough planning being done and investment in the area?