John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total spend by his Department and the agencies under his remit on cybersecurity measures since 2019 to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51183/22]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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My Department takes the security of it’s Information Technology and email systems very seriously. It would not be appropriate to disclose information which might assist criminals to identify potential vulnerabilities in Departmental cybersecurity arrangements and for that reason I will not elaborate further on operational security matters. I can confirm that our technical staff continue to operate and monitor all relevant systems to the highest levels, and are closely engaged with experts in the OGCIO and the NCSC to ensure that we follow best practice as it relates to all aspects of Cybersecurity.

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John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the proportion of his Department’s IT data that is stored in the cloud; the proportion of the data held by all agencies and subsidiaries of his 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 he will make a statement on the matter. [51207/22]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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My Department currently stores a low proportion of data in the cloud. We have an agreed Cloud Computing policy in place since September 2021 which has established a cloud first strategy in the development of all new systems in line with the Government’s Cloud Computing Advice Note of October 2019. Those systems that have moved to the cloud have proved successful and my Department will continue to examine its systems and migrate same when and where appropriate to ensure the full advantages of cloud computing are realised.

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