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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Chair Designate of An Post: Discussion. (16 Oct 2024)

Gerry Horkan: When I was a councillor, I did not regard my leaflets as junk mail, but some people would say they were. If An Post guaranteed delivery of such leaflets to every house in an LEA, people would pay a premium for that service. I understand An Post does not have such a system at the moment. My understanding is that it is possible to secure delivery across Dublin 12, Dublin 14, County Dublin or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Chair Designate of An Post: Discussion. (16 Oct 2024)

Gerry Horkan: Can An Post staff even get into apartment blocks to get to the post boxes? Most of the time that cannot be done.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Chair Designate of An Post: Discussion. (16 Oct 2024)

Gerry Horkan: Whatever about the houses, it is the apartments that are the problem. Often, there is a security lock in place for the benefit of the apartment dwellers. It is very difficult to get one's message even as far as a post box. There is an opportunity for An Post to charge people for a service that would ensure delivery. I am not talking about the official litir um thoghcháin but other...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Chair Designate of An Post: Discussion. (16 Oct 2024)

Gerry Horkan: I am not sure politicians are looking for more elections.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Chair Designate of An Post: Discussion. (16 Oct 2024)

Gerry Horkan: Mr. Mulvey referred to constituency changes. Electoral areas might change every five or ten years. They are not changed on a weekly or monthly basis. There are adjustments to be made but they can be made when the change happens. It would be useful to homeowners and politicians and of benefit to the democratic system if the service we have discussed were to be introduced.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Chair Designate of An Post: Discussion. (16 Oct 2024)

Gerry Horkan: I wish Mr. Mulvey well in that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Chair Designate of An Post: Discussion. (16 Oct 2024)

Gerry Horkan: I believe marching bands were brought out on main streets on occasion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the National Cyber Security Bill 2024: Cyber Ireland (17 Oct 2024)

Gerry Horkan: I thank Mr. Honan. We are doing pre-legislative scrutiny of the National Cyber Security Bill. As Deputy Farrell outlined, it is 183 pages of a PDF and that is just the heads of the Bill, so there is a lot in it. We have all admitted that none of us are cyberexperts. I think we will be going from 70 regulated entities to approximately 4,000 but all of those 4,000 have suppliers and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the National Cyber Security Bill 2024: Cyber Ireland (17 Oct 2024)

Gerry Horkan: Realistically, every business that uses IT, which is basically every business, will be in some way affected by this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the National Cyber Security Bill 2024: Cyber Ireland (17 Oct 2024)

Gerry Horkan: Whether it is the smallest shop or the one-person operator, anybody dealing with anybody else will be impacted through having to ensure they are doing the right thing in terms of cyber security.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the National Cyber Security Bill 2024: Cyber Ireland (17 Oct 2024)

Gerry Horkan: We saw the impact of the HSE attack and how the smallest thing, such as somebody clicking on something or using an old computer with the passwords left on screens or on desks, could have an effect. All of a sudden, it was seismic, given the hassle it caused, the cost of recovery and the slowing down of productivity. We are here using phones and laptops. All that stuff is everywhere. People...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the National Cyber Security Bill 2024: Cyber Ireland (17 Oct 2024)

Gerry Horkan: I am trying to get my head around why that is in the proposal. Are we limiting our scope to access the best technology from wherever it comes? When I was growing up, it was historically Sony. It is more Samsung now. Places like Korea, Japan and China do a lot of tech, and probably do it well. Are we limiting our ability to access the best stuff by saying it must all be owned by certain...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the National Cyber Security Bill 2024: Cyber Ireland (17 Oct 2024)

Gerry Horkan: My concern is that we are not able to access the best technology wherever it is from. I get the risk and concern, but I am not sure it makes sense until the infrastructure is in the EU. Maybe it is, but if it is not, are we going a bit too far too fast in saying that we better start setting up stuff when we do not have the best technology? Cybercrime does not respect borders. Those...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the National Cyber Security Bill 2024: Cyber Ireland (17 Oct 2024)

Gerry Horkan: The EU comprises 27 member states. We would have historically traded a lot with Britain. The latter would be out of the loop if the company involved were based there. If this were applied, such companies would be in trouble. In its submission, IBEC submission states that it agrees with the vast majority of what is in the general scheme, but there are certain elements that it believes need...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the National Cyber Security Bill 2024: Cyber Ireland (17 Oct 2024)

Gerry Horkan: IBEC is not a member of Cyber Ireland.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the National Cyber Security Bill 2024: Cyber Ireland (17 Oct 2024)

Gerry Horkan: IBEC's concern is that if this is not amended, there is a risk that functions will be applied arbitrarily and unfairly and that sweeping powers will be granted. The concern is that some individual in the NCSC will be able make all the decisions themselves. The Chair may have alluded earlier to there being no real oversight.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the National Cyber Security Bill 2024: Cyber Ireland (17 Oct 2024)

Gerry Horkan: I am no expert, but organisations like Cyber Ireland and IBEC are raising concerns. That is what we are here for. It is to tease out whether the concerns raised are valid and whether they have been allayed or addressed. Mr. Honan thinks that there is a greater level of protection and that there would not really be as much of a problem as IBEC thinks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the National Cyber Security Bill 2024: Cyber Ireland (17 Oct 2024)

Gerry Horkan: Only Belgium and Croatia have transposed the directive.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the National Cyber Security Bill 2024: Cyber Ireland (17 Oct 2024)

Gerry Horkan: The law in Belgium was a straight cut and paste from the directive. IBEC states that head 3 goes further and that the NCSC should be the adviser rather than the entity that pushes the button to say "No" or "Yes". There should ministerial or political oversight or oversight by a particular body in order that there would not just be an individual, a particular civil servant, or head of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the National Cyber Security Bill 2024: Cyber Ireland (17 Oct 2024)

Gerry Horkan: Everybody would want that. None of us wants to see what happened to the HSE happen again, either to the HSE or any other entity. We are reliant on technology for everything - payment systems, Google Maps and so on. We use our phones all the time for everything. If your phone's battery dies, you feel like your right arm has fallen off. What we are discussing is important. The concern is...