Written answer
Departmental Contracts
The Minister declined to disclose departmental IT contracts for cybersecurity reasons and referred questions about 13 State bodies’ arrangements to those agencies.
983. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of any contracts in place between his Department and agencies under his remit with a company (details supplied) known to have provided material support to the IDF in Gaza, which the Government considers to be guilty of genocide, since 2023. [64857/26]
Comment on this
I wish to inform the Deputy that for operational and security reasons, my Department has been advised by the National Cyber Security Centre not to disclose particular arrangements in place in relation to IT tools and services, or details which could, in any way, identify potential vulnerabilities in Departmental Cybersecurity arrangements.
As regards the 13 State Bodies under the aegis of my Department, the information requested is an operational matter for the State Bodies themselves. I have referred the Deputy’s question to the Agencies and have requested that a response should issue within 10 days.