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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cyber Security Centre: Discussion (29 May 2024)

Martin Kenny: I thank the Chair very much and I thank Dr. Browne for his opening remarks. For many of us, we are all very conscious of the situation, particularly with what happened with the HSE and other entities that have also been under threat in recent years. Dr. Browne mentioned the expanded role the NCSC must have and that more companies and entities must deal with this. He also mentioned that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cyber Security Centre: Discussion (29 May 2024)

Martin Kenny: To get clarity, each sector will deal with its own security but that is really about compliance to ensure they have the correct firewalls and security measures in place to keep everything safe. The National Cyber Security Centre is an overarching body that is keeping an eye on everything and Dr. Browne mentioned that more people or entities are coming after the centre has detected the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cyber Security Centre: Discussion (29 May 2024)

Martin Kenny: I have two more short points. At what level is international co-operation? How many of the attacks the NCSC is able to see are something that is reported to the centre from other jurisdictions or other parts of the world? The other one is in regard to the availability of skilled staff with the necessary technological skills to work in the sector. Is that something we have in Ireland?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cyber Security Centre: Discussion (29 May 2024)

Martin Kenny: To expand on the discussion about the companies, Dr. Browne mentioned a group water scheme, which is usually a voluntary organisation set up to try to bring water to a rural area where it would not have had it before. It is certainly not something you would think anybody in St. Petersburg would try to hack but there you go. The issue is the responsibility of the owners of businesses or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cyber Security Centre: Discussion (29 May 2024)

Martin Kenny: And what of the availability of assistance of companies that are providing services for organisations? As for the big organisations as well, we talked about a group water scheme but were Irish Water to be taken out, we would have a huge problem across the State, as we would in the case of one of the other big utility providers like telecommunications or electricity, for example. What level...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cyber Security Centre: Discussion (29 May 2024)

Martin Kenny: I have one other small point which goes back to something I mentioned in the beginning about artificial intelligence, AI, and how that can monitor patterns of behaviour. Is that part of what can be done here? If for instance, there was a pattern of behaviour in attacks seen in Latin America and something similar then started in another country, which could then be picked up. Is there a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cyber Security Centre: Discussion (29 May 2024)

Martin Kenny: When will the organisation be in the new premises?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cyber Security Centre: Discussion (29 May 2024)

Martin Kenny: By the end of the year, anyway.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cyber Security Centre: Discussion (29 May 2024)

Martin Kenny: In regard to facial recognition on phones or devices, is that foolproof?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Tolls (29 May 2024)

Martin Kenny: 42. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of deferring an increase in toll costs for a further 12 months. [24177/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (29 May 2024)

Martin Kenny: 43. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of making the current 20% reduction on public transport fares permanent. [24178/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (29 May 2024)

Martin Kenny: 44. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of making the 50% reduction for Young Adult card fares permanent [24179/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus (29 May 2024)

Martin Kenny: 45. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of increasing the Dublin bus fleet by 10%. [24180/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (29 May 2024)

Martin Kenny: 46. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of increasing the Bus Éireann bus fleet by 10%. [24181/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (29 May 2024)

Martin Kenny: 47. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of building and operating the national train control centre, including a breakdown of capital and current costs. [24182/24]

Local Authority Housing Maintenance and Repair: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2024)

Martin Kenny: This is an issue across the entire State. I am sure every one of us who is out canvassing or anywhere else will have seen the situation in local authority houses and other houses. There are many HAP tenants in privately-owned houses that are in very damp and very poor condition. The tenants have serious respiratory and other problems as a consequence. I recently visited a HAP tenant in a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion (28 May 2024)

Martin Kenny: I thank the Minister for his presentation. I read it this morning and to be honest I found very little in it beyond indications that a lot of consultations are happening and reports are being written, with promises of where they are going to be. Yet we heard on the radio from the Environmental Protection Agency that we are not going to meet our targets and are going to be well behind. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion (28 May 2024)

Martin Kenny: Most farmers do not consider forestry to be farming.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion (28 May 2024)

Martin Kenny: They consider it retirement. That is the problem we have.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion (28 May 2024)

Martin Kenny: While I accept the Minister's ambition on all of that, farmers in Longford, Leitrim or Mayo listening to him today are not going to decide to grow grass to feed the biodigester because of what they have heard. They do not have the clarity as to what is going to come down the road and that is the difficulty we have. Apart from that, I think that is something on which I would appeal to the...