Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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255. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE computers that continue to run on an operating system (details supplied); if any of these machines were the key vulnerability in the recent hacks; and if any of these machines were hacked and targeted. [28008/21]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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256. To ask the Minister for Health the number HSE machines and computers that continue to operate on an operating system (details supplied); if any of these machines were vulnerable to the recent hack; and if any were hacked. [28009/21]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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257. To ask the Minister for Health the number of computers in the HSE; and the number of computers that operate under each different operating system in tabular form. [28010/21]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 255 to 257, inclusive, together.

The recent ransomware attack was much more sophisticated that a simple attack on an older operating system. However, as this Parliamentary Question relates to an operational issue, it is a matter for the HSE. However, members of the Oireachtas are advised that the HSE is currently unable to access the information to answer Parliamentary Questions due to the recent cyber-attack, which has required a temporary shut-down of HSE IT systems. The disruption to service is on-going, and the HSE is working hard to restore its IT capacity and resume normal services. Members of the Oireachtas will be advised as soon as the HSE is again in a position to provide responses to PQs and are encouraged to resubmit their Parliamentary Questions at that point.