Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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1204. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht 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. [44707/19]

Josepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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My Department undertakes regular technology updates and has replaced the vast majority of user pcs in recent years.

Of the 645 pcs deployed, 16 pcs have the operating systems to which the Deputy is referring. All such machines will be replaced or upgraded over the coming weeks.

Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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1205. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht 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. [44723/19]

Josepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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I understand that my Department has a small number of machines operating on the operating system to which the Deputy refers.All such machines will be replaced or upgraded over the coming weeks.

My Department will not be required to pay additional premium payments while these machines are being replaced.

Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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1206. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht 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. [44739/19]

Josepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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My Department takes ICT Security extremely seriously.

I understand that there are a limited number of machines operating on the system to which the Deputy refers remaining on the Department's ICT Network and that these will be replaced over the coming weeks. My Department operates a layered security model which will protect the Department's ICT assets during this replacement process.