Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 425: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is satisfied that personal information relating to members of the public held on his departmental databases is safe from hackers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34284/07]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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All Departmental databases and systems that store or maintain information relating to members of the public are inaccessible from the Internet and, therefore, from hackers. My Department implements a range of security measures, including multi-layered firewalls, to secure its internal ICT network from the Internet. This ICT security infrastructure is reviewed on a regular basis. I am satisfied that the measures in place provide adequate safeguards to protect all information relating to members of the public held by my Department.