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Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Cybersecurity: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Dec 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: When Mr. Lepassaar spoke about the NIS review and NIS 2 and essential or critical service providers, he spoke of, not to put words in his mouth, a weakness in the sense that it does not take into account research, innovation or the third level sector. He spoke specifically about those who were involved in innovation around vaccines. I imagine he is proposing that it be revisited. He is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Cybersecurity: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Dec 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I welcome the Minister of State to the committee to deal with this vital issue. We have had previous interactions on this, in particular at the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications. We have also had the NCSC review, the full report of which I request for this committee, excepting the redactions. It would be useful for what we are talking about. We all welcomed the increase in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Cybersecurity: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Dec 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: There was a question about the investment in security from the point of view of companies and whether there is a requirement for us to look at having a certain baseline. I gave the American example, which could be based on the fact that they have been under attack for longer, so it has just been built into their psyche and planning from the point of view of companies. I ask the Minister of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Cybersecurity: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Dec 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Cybersecurity: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Dec 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I accept that. The Minister of State made the right call on that. We will revisit it at a later stage. Does he see the joint cyber unit framework and NIS as being sufficient for what needs to be done from a collaborative point of view on a European basis and that we have the capacity to deal with the baseline standards, in particular within the public sector? Beyond that, I am interested...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Cybersecurity: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Dec 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is brilliant. I must apologise as I need to go and speak on ventilation, on which I am also an expert.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Cybersecurity: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Dec 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I welcome Mr. Lepassaar and apologise for the mispronunciation of his name. It is an issue I have faced for many years. I welcome what Mr. Lepassaar said. Obviously, there is a huge disparity between what people believe is a critical service and what is not. That was put in a very straight forward fashion by Mr. Lepassaar in the sense that Finland has it down as 10,000 and this State has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Chairperson Designate (1 Dec 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I thank Mr. Llewellyn for giving up his time to come before the committee. The chief executive and other members of TII have been before the committee recently. Mr. Llewellyn has a good CV, qualifications and all the rest of it. This is the first time I have heard of somebody from Wales almost claiming to be from Ireland. I believe it was well put together, in fairness, so full marks in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Chairperson Designate (1 Dec 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is why I did not start asking Mr. Llewellyn about individual roads, or whatever. I thought I was very good in that sense.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Chairperson Designate (1 Dec 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is a proof of concept. As much as we know this has worked in other places, we need to see it will work here and wider plans will then follow. That is welcome. It is a sensible way to approach the matter. Would Mr. Llewellyn be able to give any comment about the difficulties I mentioned? Has he had any conversations around the planning process and the difficulties TII and others...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Chairperson Designate (1 Dec 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Where does Mr. Llewellyn see his role or what is his plan around due diligence? It is a requirement to deliver on certain projects that are absolutely necessary within the national development plan, even if we are talking about the road network. That needs to be combined with trying to deal with climate change, carbon budgets and all the rest of it. The difficulty on one level was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Chairperson Designate (1 Dec 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I do not expect Mr. Llewellyn to do so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Chairperson Designate (1 Dec 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: On that point, what interaction is TII having at this point, or what interaction does it expect to have, around ensuring we have the infrastructure that will be required in terms of EV charging points and whatever else, including a hydrogen strategy, is needed into the future?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Chairperson Designate (1 Dec 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I thank Mr. Llewellyn for his time. I realise he has just come into the job and some of the questions I put to him were unfair, but that is the nature of the business. It would be very useful if we could have him and other members of TII before the committee on future occasions to talk about not only the short-term issues and some of the local issues on which we all become engaged but also...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Chairperson Designate (1 Dec 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I will not be asking any questions either. I thank Mr. Llewellyn for his time and his interaction with us. In fairness, regarding what he said about TII having several requests for the Department of Transport and the Minister to fulfil, we should also probably put our requests in following our previous meeting with TII. I refer to issues with planning and similar aspects. We should...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Chairperson Designate (1 Dec 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Okay. Go raibh maith agat.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (30 Nov 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagements he has with a union (details supplied) on their recent campaign in regard to rising college fees, rising student living and accommodation costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58646/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (30 Nov 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the technological university status bid of Dundalk IT given the developments in regard to the Galway, Mayo, Sligo and Letterkenny ITs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58645/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Local Authorities (30 Nov 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 166. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of local authority staff involved in supporting and assisting the roll-out of broadband networks across Ireland in each of the years 2018 to 2021, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58982/21]