Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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386. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of computers in her Department that still use an operating system (details supplied) in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44704/19]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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My Department does not have any computers that still use the Windows 7 operating system and has not had any for quite some time. My Department has a number of procedures in place to ensure that operating systems are kept up to date.

Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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387. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department will not be forced to pay additional premium payments to a company (details supplied) once support for an operating system expires in January 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44720/19]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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As my Department does not have any computers that use the Windows 7 operating system no additional premium payments are required.

Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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388. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to protect her Department in the event of a malware attack or security risks as a result of the failure to upgrade computers from an operating system (details supplied) in her Department and the agencies under her remit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44736/19]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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My Department does not have any computers that still use the Windows 7 operating system and has not had any for quite some time. While the use of this operating system does not present a risk to my Department, it has, in line with best practice adopted a defence in depth approach to cybersecurity protection with a combination of technological controls and processes in place.

The computer operating systems in use in agencies under the remit of my Department, and their support and maintenance, is a day to day operational matter for those agencies and not one in which I have a direct function.