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Cybersecurity Bill

Summary

Deputy Micheál Martin asked when the promised cybersecurity Bill would be published. The Taoiseach said only preliminary work had been done and no publication date was available.

Last week, I raised the issue of the country's exposure to cyberattacks and threats. I pointed out that quite a number of countries had been subject to fairly serious cyberattacks. Most notable among these was the attack on the UK's National Health Service. At the time, the Taoiseach expressed some satisfaction that we have significant capacity regarding withstanding such attacks. There was a commitment in the legislative programme last time out to a cybersecurity Bill. Can the Taoiseach indicate when we can expect publication of this legislation pertaining to cybersecurity?

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Leo Varadkar The Taoiseach Fine Gael

Only preliminary work has been done on that legislation. It is being put together by the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment but I do not have a date for publication.

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