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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Waterways Issues (16 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: 135. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current status of phase 3 of the Ulster Canal; when works on this phase will commence; the estimated date of completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39812/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (16 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: 183. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the previous commitments to deliver domestic violence refuges in each county, including Monaghan and Cavan; the number of refuge spaces now provided in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39827/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (16 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: 185. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated annual costs of removing point 2 on the Garda pay scale so that Gardaí would go from point one to point 3 on the pay scale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39900/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (16 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: 186. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated annual cost of removing point 5 on the Garda pay scale so that Gardaí would go from point 4 to point 6 on the pay scale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39901/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (16 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: 187. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the most up-to-date figures in terms of the number of members of An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39902/25]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: Hear, hear.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Schemes of National Cyber Security Bill 2024, Criminal Justice (Violation of EU Restrictive Measures) Bill 2025 and Children (Amendment) Bill 2024: Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (15 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: Tá fáilte romhaibh go léir. Apologies have been received from Deputy Ward. I remind members to turn off their mobile phones or switch them to flight mode. The purpose of today's meeting is to have three briefings from the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration in respect of pre-legislative scrutiny of the national cyber security Bill 2024, criminal justice...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Schemes of National Cyber Security Bill 2024, Criminal Justice (Violation of EU Restrictive Measures) Bill 2025 and Children (Amendment) Bill 2024: Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (15 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: As advised, I suggest members try to limit their contributions to five minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Schemes of National Cyber Security Bill 2024, Criminal Justice (Violation of EU Restrictive Measures) Bill 2025 and Children (Amendment) Bill 2024: Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (15 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: In the absence of any other members indicating, I will ask a couple of questions. I understand the committee in the previous Dáil had commenced pre-legislative scrutiny. Did the Department receive any feedback from that committee in respect of the deliberations it had that would have informed this Bill moving forward?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Schemes of National Cyber Security Bill 2024, Criminal Justice (Violation of EU Restrictive Measures) Bill 2025 and Children (Amendment) Bill 2024: Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (15 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: An obvious concern might be in regard to the notion of multiple national competent agencies and the fear that the implementation of the framework will be as strong as the weakest link. Who is going to assume competency for the competent authorities? Will that be the NCSC? Who will have oversight?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Schemes of National Cyber Security Bill 2024, Criminal Justice (Violation of EU Restrictive Measures) Bill 2025 and Children (Amendment) Bill 2024: Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (15 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: Are all of the national competent authorities, NCAs, statutory bodies?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Schemes of National Cyber Security Bill 2024, Criminal Justice (Violation of EU Restrictive Measures) Bill 2025 and Children (Amendment) Bill 2024: Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (15 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: They are all Government agencies.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Schemes of National Cyber Security Bill 2024, Criminal Justice (Violation of EU Restrictive Measures) Bill 2025 and Children (Amendment) Bill 2024: Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (15 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: Some Government agencies work better than others as a general rule. Is it fair to say that some agencies with very little experience of having oversight of cybersecurity issues will be given that responsibility?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Schemes of National Cyber Security Bill 2024, Criminal Justice (Violation of EU Restrictive Measures) Bill 2025 and Children (Amendment) Bill 2024: Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (15 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: To go back to a point Senator Ruane touched on, is it fair to say some competent agencies, as they will now be described, have very bad track records in terms of cybersecurity?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Schemes of National Cyber Security Bill 2024, Criminal Justice (Violation of EU Restrictive Measures) Bill 2025 and Children (Amendment) Bill 2024: Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (15 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: When Ms Heenan says support and guidance, is there also an authority that comes with being the lead agency? Does it have the wherewithal to sanction competent authorities that are not doing their job effectively?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Schemes of National Cyber Security Bill 2024, Criminal Justice (Violation of EU Restrictive Measures) Bill 2025 and Children (Amendment) Bill 2024: Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (15 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: I do not know if Mr. McGill is in a position to answer my final question. In terms of cybersecurity across different EU member states, there is a mixture of lead departments. Sometimes the department of defence is the primary authority while in other states it is the department of justice or national security. Have there been many interdepartmental discussions as to where best this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Schemes of National Cyber Security Bill 2024, Criminal Justice (Violation of EU Restrictive Measures) Bill 2025 and Children (Amendment) Bill 2024: Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (15 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: I thank Mr. McGill and Ms Heenan. I suspect we will be in touch over the coming period as the committee discusses its next approach to the pre-legislative scrutiny. I thank them for their time. I suggested previously that we take the next two briefings together and we can take questions on them collectively if that is agreed, or we can take each one separately. We will take both...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Schemes of National Cyber Security Bill 2024, Criminal Justice (Violation of EU Restrictive Measures) Bill 2025 and Children (Amendment) Bill 2024: Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (15 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: I thank Mr. Bruen. The next briefing is on the general scheme of the children (amendment) Bill 2024. To provide us with the briefing, I am very pleased to welcome Ms Marisa Gomez and Ms Susanna Gillespie. I understand Ms Gomez will make the opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Schemes of National Cyber Security Bill 2024, Criminal Justice (Violation of EU Restrictive Measures) Bill 2025 and Children (Amendment) Bill 2024: Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (15 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: I thank Ms Gomez. I propose that each member be given ten minutes to ask questions of either set of witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Schemes of National Cyber Security Bill 2024, Criminal Justice (Violation of EU Restrictive Measures) Bill 2025 and Children (Amendment) Bill 2024: Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (15 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: I call Deputy Brabazon.