Gary Gannon (Dublin Central, Social Democrats)
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214. To ask the Minister for Finance if his ministerial phones have been hacked or attempted to be hacked during the term of office. [42924/21]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I wish to indicate to the Deputy that to my knowledge, I am not aware of any instance of a hack on my Ministerial phone.

The Department’s ICT providers (the Office of the Government’s Chief Information Officer [OGCIO]) have deployed a multi layered approach to security, with defence-in-depth comprising of people, process and technology to protect against cyber security attacks.  

For operational security reasons, my Department is not in a position to provide further details of its cyber security systems as it would be inappropriate to disclose information that may in any way assist those with malicious intent.

Gary Gannon (Dublin Central, Social Democrats)
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215. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has ever used his personal phones for Government business; and if so, if the personal phones have been hacked during his term of office. [42942/21]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I can confirm to the Deputy that I do not use a personal phone for Government business.

I also wish to indicate to the Deputy that to my knowledge, I am not aware of any instance of a hack on my phone.