Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú) | Oireachtas source

It is estimated that the attack on the cybersystem in this country will cost €100 million. We do not know what the human cost is. We know that hundreds of thousands of people did not get the treatment they needed following the cyberattack because of the collapse of the systems, so there could very well be people who have died and have suffered serious morbidity as a result. Ireland was shockingly exposed. The National Cyber Security Centre had a budget of €5 million. To put that in context: the budget for PR in the Department of the Taoiseach was three times that amount, €15 million, during the same period. In the accountability-free zone that is the Oireachtas, is anybody going to be held accountable for what happened in that cyberattack? Where is the criminal investigation? Will the Taoiseach put in place a judge-led investigation to make sure that this never happens again?

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