Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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319. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the investment made by his Department and State agencies under its remit in each year in cyber security for the past ten years. [28846/21]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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There are no agencies under the remit of my Department. The approach to cyber security is multi-dimensional and in line with the advice of the National Cyber Security Centre. The expenditure on cyber security is integrated in overall ICT costs. Details of these for the last 10 years are as follows:

2011€13,994,067

2012€13,632,644

2013€13,543,983

2014€15,719,431

2015€10,727,429

2016€11,718,241

2017€10,304,745

2018€12,072,621

2019€12,011,065

2020€12,858,109