Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if mobile and software applications from a company (details supplied) will be banned from Government devices to protect users’ data from being passed to state security services, in light of information outlined in a media report. [25371/23]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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No software applications from Meta Platforms i.e. Facebook, Instagram or WhatsApp, are contained on the work container of my Department's corporate smart phones.

All my Department's official mobile devices and the apps which run on them comply with the guidance provided by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). This guidance is based on risk assessments appropriate to the circumstances and is kept under continuous review by the NCSC.

My Department requires all users of corporate devices to exercise appropriate discretion in their use and to comply at all times with Departmental user policies, DPER Circular 09/2019 and the Civil Service Code of Conduct.