Mr. Mark Griffin:

A key component of the work of the NCSC is dealing with other international cybersecurity organisations, as well as dealing with confidential information provided by An Garda Síochána and the Defence Forces and, therefore, there is a need to have a secure facility in place in whatever accommodation the NCSC operates from. We will have a permanent headquarters soon. We are moving out of our building on Adelaide Road at the end of 2023 because the lease is up. We are repurposing the Department's offices in Beggars Bush, the Geological Survey of Ireland, GSI, offices, as the headquarters of the Department and that is where the NCSC will ultimately reside. That building will be fully fitted out to make sure it complies with the international standards required. We had to make sure in the interim period that the premises that the NCSC operates from will comply with those international standards and that is why the fit-out had to be such. It had to comply with the relevant international standards. Those standards are set out in regulations so a significant investment had to be made in the temporary facility. As I understand it, parts of that can be lifted and shifted to the final premises in Beggar's Bush. I also gather from conversations the NCSC has had with the Office of Public Works, OPW, that other State agencies would be interested in using the interim facility as a secure facility once the NCSC moves out. I am satisfied-----