Sorca Clarke (Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Fein)
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116. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost in 2022 if the budget for National Cyber Security Centre was tripled. [35976/21]

Ossian Smyth (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)
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The NCSC budget allocation for 2021 is €6.9 million which includes €1.8m in respect of salaries. The Government has trebled the capital and programme funding for the NCSC from €1.7 million in 2020 to €5.1 million in 2021. The funding and resourcing of the NCSC has been increased over the past five years.

The Programme for Government included a commitment to undertake a Capacity Review of the NCSC in order to expand the NCSC’s ability to monitor and respond to cyber security incidents and developing threats. The Capacity Review will inform decisions to be taken on the future resourcing of the NCSC.