John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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265. To ask the Minister for Finance 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. [51172/22]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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For operational and security reasons, the National Cyber Security Centre have provided advice not to disclose details of systems and processes which could in any way compromise those efforts. In particular, it is not considered appropriate to disclose information which might assist criminals to identify potential vulnerabilities in departmental, or bodies under the aegis', cybersecurity arrangements. Therefore, it is not considered appropriate to disclose particular arrangements in place in relation to total spend on cybersecurity measures, cyber security tools and services. Furthermore my Department and those State Agencies under my remit do not comment on operational security matters.

John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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266. To ask the Minister for Finance 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. [51196/22]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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The Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) provides ICT services for my Department. The OGCIO produced a Cloud Computing Advice Note in October 2019 which moved the overall debate on the use of cloud from whether to move to cloud, to what, how and when to move to cloud. The focus of my Department and those of the State Agencies under my remit is on using cloud to deliver efficient digital services and where appropriate, use the cloud for the storage of data, in line with Data Protection guidance.