Written answers
Thursday, 26 October 2023
Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
State Bodies
Paul Donnelly (Dublin West, Sinn Fein)
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123. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of WTE staff in the National Cyber Security Centre as of 12 October 2023; and the estimated number of staff that will be in place at NCSC by 31 December 2023. [47154/23]
Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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The WTE number of staff in the NCSC as of 12 October 2023 is 56.
The NCSC has sanction for up to 62 staff in 2023. The Department, through the Public Appointments Service, has recently completed a recruitment competition for Cyber Security Specialist with vacancies to be filled from this panel in 2023 and 2024. In addition, recruitment for the post of Chief Technical Officer is ongoing.
A recruitment competition for Cyber Security Responders will launch in November/December 2023.
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