Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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1212. To ask the Minister for Health if any private cyber-security firms have been contracted to his Department or the HSE since 12 May 2021; if so, the details of the contract that has been entered into; and the cost of same to the Exchequer in tabular form. [42094/21]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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In response to the cyber attack in May this year, my Department engaged the services of its existing security partner, procured following a competitive tender process in 2020. The services provided were in respect of identifying, investigating, containing and remediating the presence of any malicious activity. The cost for these services was approximately €510,000 excl VAT.

In respect of the Health Service Executive, as this is a service matter I have asked them to respond to the Deputy directly as soon as possible.