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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cybersecurity: Discussion (25 May 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: In his opening statement, Mr. Larkin stated that politically and socially, we need to move to a national defence mindset, with our national cybersecurity as one of the key pillars of our defence. What do we need to do differently? Mr. Larkin spoke about the terrible Covid-19 virus which has quietly been attacking the world. We are now facing this other form of a virus. What do we need to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cybersecurity: Discussion (25 May 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Currently there is an annual budget of €5 million going into the national cybersecurity centre. Is that sufficient?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cybersecurity: Discussion (25 May 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: That is ten times what we are spending at the moment.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cybersecurity: Discussion (25 May 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I have a brief question for Ms Carolan. She estimated that the salary for the vacant post of director of the National Cyber Security Centre should be in the order of €220,000 to €290,000, with benefits. It has been speculated in the media that the current salary for the post is around €89,000. Can Ms Carolan explain why she has recommended the salary of €220,000...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cybersecurity: Discussion (25 May 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Deputy Ó Murchú asked Mr. Walsh about skill sets, the throughput of graduates and so forth.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cybersecurity: Discussion (25 May 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I call Senator Horkan, who has seven minutes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cybersecurity: Discussion (25 May 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cybersecurity: Discussion (25 May 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: We will be following up on both of those matters. The capacity review is under way and we will consider the public-private element. We look on this as a body of work so we will obviously be coming back to this particular issue. The witnesses have been great.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cybersecurity: Discussion (25 May 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: You can continue with your presentation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cybersecurity: Discussion (25 May 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I thank Mr. O'Reilly. I must move on now as I have about five contributors so I am conscious of time. Deputy Carey has seven minutes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cybersecurity: Discussion (25 May 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Will we let Mr. Larkin take the Deputy's question? I am conscious of time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cybersecurity: Discussion (25 May 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Dr. Byrne wants to come in on that as well.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cybersecurity: Discussion (25 May 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: We are caught for time. That national cybersecurity centre is something in which we would be very interested so I ask Dr. Byrne to provide the committee with a submission on that topic. Three or four members are indicating, and with Covid restrictions we have to be out of here at a certain time. I apologise. We will come back to it at a later time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cybersecurity: Discussion (25 May 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Deputy Lowry.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cybersecurity: Discussion (25 May 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I thank Deputy Lowry. We will now move to Senator Gerard P. Craughwell. The Senator has seven minutes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cybersecurity: Discussion (25 May 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Senator Craughwell, you need to repeat what you said from where you spoke about Ms Carolan. Your sound dropped off.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cybersecurity: Discussion (25 May 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cybersecurity: Discussion (25 May 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: We will start with Mr. Larkin, then we will move to Ms Carolan and then between Mr. Walsh and Dr. Byrne.