Written answers
Tuesday, 25 May 2021
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Cybersecurity Policy
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
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