Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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93. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the expenditure on cyber security consultants and companies within his Department in the past three years; if his Department engaged in cyber security audits with outside firms in the past three years; if so, the expenditure on same; the amount his Department spent on cyber security consultants and companies in the past three years; and for a breakdown of these expenditures by year and type of service provided [50816/23]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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My Department’s approach to cyber security is multi-dimensional and is in line with the advice of the National Cyber Security Centre, with whom we have a deep partnership.

The expenditure on cyber security defence in my Department is integrated within overall ICT costs. Details of total expenditure on ICT for the years 2020 - 2022 are as follows:

2020€12,858,109

2021€13,609,894

2022€12,607,665

Outlay for 2023 will be available later this year.