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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cybersecurity and Hybrid Threats Following the Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Discussion (30 Mar 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: All right. I can ignore it then.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cybersecurity and Hybrid Threats Following the Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Discussion (30 Mar 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I thank all of the witnesses who have attended. In fairness, some of them have dealt with it in the sense that Ireland is almost a tech superpower and, on that basis, there is the idea that we have a huge amount of cybersecurity expertise, although we have not necessarily put that together. We all welcome the fact there was a capacity review of the NCSC and, following that, premises were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cybersecurity and Hybrid Threats Following the Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Discussion (30 Mar 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Yes, it is the control body and it seeks more to ensure there is co-operation among all others. We have seconded personnel from the Defence Forces in the NCSC but the Defence Forces also operate just like a critical infrastructure company that basically takes advice from the NCSC. In regard to whatever requirements we have from a defensive point of view and all of the rest of it, I am not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cybersecurity and Hybrid Threats Following the Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Discussion (30 Mar 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The other thing we could throw in is the fact the NCSC had a serious role in regard to regulation and it seemed to be looking to offset to other bodies within the State while it would deal specifically with the critical infrastructure companies and then, beyond that, its primary function would be dealing with attacks. It is the CSIRT-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cybersecurity and Hybrid Threats Following the Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Discussion (30 Mar 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I again thank Dr. Scott, Mr. Larkin and Mr. O'Reilly. I also record that Dr. Scott was one of my lecturers, and a very good one.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cybersecurity and Hybrid Threats Following the Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Discussion (30 Mar 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Unfortunately, I was not a particularly good student. I am also aware of someone, who, by chance, after attending DCU, now works in the NCSC. I will not make an argument regarding whether he was a good or bad student either. We have discussed a fair amount. In fairness, the witnesses have put on the record the reality of the world we live in. There are two parts to this. One is the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Amnesty International's Report on Israel's Apartheid against Palestinians: Ireland Israel Alliance (5 Apr 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I welcome the fact that the Ireland-Israel Alliance has come before us to give testimony. It has contended that it believes this report is wrong in stating that Israel is an apartheid state. I will direct my questions to Ms Goodall. She obviously accepts that Israel has been occupying Palestinian lands for approximately 55 years.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Amnesty International's Report on Israel's Apartheid against Palestinians: Ireland Israel Alliance (5 Apr 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: This is the ground that has been taken since 1967. There is no sign of this occupation being lifted. We have also had what people have termed relentless land confiscation. Approximately 700,000 people in the West Bank and East Jerusalem are Israeli settlers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Amnesty International's Report on Israel's Apartheid against Palestinians: Ireland Israel Alliance (5 Apr 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: These are Jewish-only settlements. There is a dual legal system within them. People have been thrown off these lands. There is an absolute separation and gap regarding the living conditions of these Israeli settlers and those Palestinian people. There is an absolute separation in respect of political rights, home demolitions and collective punishment. If all this is accepted, it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Amnesty International's Report on Israel's Apartheid against Palestinians: Ireland Israel Alliance (5 Apr 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: There has obviously been a considerable amount of conversation with regard to Israel and its security. My argument or contention is that security can only be delivered if people can share a land and they will only get that when they have a deal with those with whom they share that land. The fact is people do not necessarily pick the leadership they deal with. Yes, there are huge issues...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Amnesty International's Report on Israel's Apartheid against Palestinians: Ireland Israel Alliance (5 Apr 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I have never been brief in my life.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Amnesty International's Report on Israel's Apartheid against Palestinians: Ireland Israel Alliance (5 Apr 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I had intended to ask Mr. Shatter if he would deal with the settlement issue. He has given his answer and I am not exactly buying it. The issue is greater. I agree with him in the sense that engagement obviously works but we are only going to get to that level of engagement when we can take the sting out of the situation and when there is a proper settlement. The other issue I was going...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects and Related Issues: Discussion (6 Apr 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I thank Mr. Walsh. When he was here before, he spoke about difficulties in the planning process and he has been more clear here. I think we all realise the changed circumstances we are in and what is referred to as the cost-of-living crisis. It has a huge impact on building at every level of project. I will raise two things. Previously we discussed how planning is being looked at by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects and Related Issues: Discussion (6 Apr 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is fair enough. Therefore, it is not the forum TII needs to get the proposals that it has put at this meeting. Has TII had any other engagement with the Government on this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects and Related Issues: Discussion (6 Apr 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It has been listening but has it given any answers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects and Related Issues: Discussion (6 Apr 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: No, and there are obviously a large number of subcontractors and so on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects and Related Issues: Discussion (6 Apr 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: No, that is all right. We will speak in generalities. We want a system that works. Mr. Walsh has spoken on the tendering process and how the lowest cost wins model does not work. He referred to the NEC or FIDIC forms of contract. Will he go into some specifics on how that would work better?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects and Related Issues: Discussion (6 Apr 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I get the idea of partnership, of everybody being involved from an early stage and where the due diligence is done. Beyond that risk sharing, particularly in the circumstances where we have such price volatility at this point in time, that is probably a given. I do not think anybody is going to take on a contract they may have looked at six months ago. Where is the conversation with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects and Related Issues: Discussion (6 Apr 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: They cannot do it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects and Related Issues: Discussion (6 Apr 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Here is the question. I imagine that any time we review the tendering process, contracts or anything, this takes a significant amount of time. What sort of timeline would there be in changing this?