Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

In regard to the cross-departmental preparations for a possible no-deal Brexit, one of the areas where preparation is needed is the area of cybersecurity. We know from the Edward Snowden revelations and others that all digital information leaving Ireland is accessible from Government Communications Headquarters, GCHQ. While in the past we have had a co-operative arrangement with the UK, which I hope will continue, there must be a real risk for us in the UK not being a fellow European Union member, in that it may restrict our access to co-ordination with what is happening in the UK in that regard. One has a different working relationship with a country that is not a member of the European Union. What, if any, preparations have been made by the Department of Defence, alone or with the Department of Communications, Climate Action or Environment, in terms of enhancing our security, taking account of the new cybersecurity environment that will exist when, and if, the UK exits the European Union?

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