Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 25 September 2025

Public Accounts Committee

Financial Statements 2024: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission

2:00 am

Mr. Ciarán Doyle:

On the point about data protection and the screenshotting and copy-and-paste limitations that are there now, they are a result of the ongoing uplift and increase in the security posture of the organisation. They have come through via the cybersecurity programme we have here. There is a balance to be struck between security and day-to-day operations for a Member or member of staff, whoever it happens to be, and sometimes there is a bit of friction there. We are happy to review that and look at it with the Deputy, and talk about it further if that is okay.