Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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708. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to the recent US intelligence assessment on the role of Russian hacking during the 2016 US presidential election and in particular, the detailed examination of the role of a company (details supplied) contained therein, if he or the Government has any concerns regarding the presence of the European online headquarters of the company in the State-owned Digital Hub in Dublin; and if, on foot of the US intelligence assessment of the role of the company in the recent US election, he or the Government proposes to take steps to communicate its concerns to the Russian Government and the other steps it intends to take to address this matter. [1643/17]

Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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On 6 January 2017, the Director of National Intelligence released a declassified version of an assessment by US intelligence services of Russian activities and intentions in relation to the 2016 US Presidential election.

The US Government has taken a series of actions in response to the assessment report, including the imposition of sanctions on nine Russian entities and individuals: two Russian intelligence services – the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) and the Federal Security Services of the Russian Federation (FSB); four individual officers of the GRU and three companies that provided material support to the GRU’s cyber operations. The company referred to in the Question is not one of the three.

The question of further action being taken on foot of the assessment is a matter for the US Government.