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

To clarify, the budget did triple in the last budget and that was the non-pay element. However, over the last five years, there has been a consistent increase in both capacity and resources. As I said earlier, in my experience of dealing with the NCSC, and I and the Minister of State, Deputy Smyth, had a very extensive briefing three weeks ago, its operations and capabilities are very significant. However, it is not alone. I mentioned other Departments' resources but also, critically, within the Garda national cyber unit, there are real skills. This is criminal activity. That unit also has a central role in targeting and addressing that, and it is also seeing a very significant increase in its budget and resource capability.

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