Cormac Devlin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location of the data centre or centres used by her Department; the reason it was chosen; the distance it is from her Department’s offices; if he will identify the centres used by each agency under her Department’s aegis; and the distance these data centres are to their offices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9389/24]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has a number of robust processes and procedures in place to enhance and protect the security of its data centres and these are reviewed on a regular basis.

For operational and security reasons, my Department has been previously advised by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) not to disclose details of systems and processes which could in any way compromise my Department’s information security posture. In particular, it is not considered appropriate to disclose any information, which might assist malicious actors to identify potential vulnerabilities or to disclose operational security matters.

The information in respect of state bodies, within the scope of the Deputy’s question, is not held by my Department. Contact details for these bodies are set out in the following table, should the Deputy wish to contact the aegis bodies directly with his query.