John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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641. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total spend by her Department and the agencies under her remit on cybersecurity measures since 2019 to date in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51177/22]

John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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643. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the proportion of her Department’s IT data that is stored in the cloud; the proportion of the data held by all agencies and subsidiaries of her Department in the cloud; if this represents an improvement; if so, the development that has been made towards cloud storage since 2019 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51201/22]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 641 and 643 together.

For reasons of operational and national security it would not be appropriate to disclose details of my Department’s information technology infrastructure, cyber security arrangements including costs, or those of State offices, agencies and bodies under my remit. 

Any information in relation to information technology infrastructure configuration, cyber security tools and services could assist criminals in identifying potential vulnerabilities in cybersecurity arrangements. Therefore it is not considered appropriate to disclose any such information or make comment which could in any way compromise my Department’s cyber security.