Written answers

Thursday, 20 May 2021

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Cybersecurity Policy

Photo of Catherine MurphyCatherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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255. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a schedule will be provided of IT and email security costs incurred over the past five years to date; and the contractor engaged to deliver the services and or system. [27278/21]

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department takes the risk of cyber attacks on its ICT network very seriously. There are no separate figures for email security costs in my Department as security is an integrated aspect of all ICT services. The figures for expenditure on ICT in my Department for the last 5 years are:

1 2016 € 11,718,240.56
2 2017 € 10,304,745.12
3 2018 € 12,072,621.11
4 2019 € 12,011,064.79
5 2020 € 12,858,108.94

Various contractors are used to supply ICT services in my Department and these are listed and costed on the Department's website.

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