In view of the fact there are major integrations between EU Governments, the Irish Government and its Departments computer & IT systems, can the Irish citizen be fully assured that their privacy, private and sensitive personal data is secure?

Additionally, is there confidence and assurance that national confidential data, though limited enough, is secure?

Are adequate measures taken to prevent the theft by nefarious electronic and or physical means, data the use of which would benefit criminality, terrorists or any other type of suspect or illegal activity nationally or internationally?

Is there any ongoing security REVIEW detection process in place by Government and all computer aligned Government Departments and any other such agencies to detect any suspicious activities relating to the integration of data process and the data contained within it or aligned via other connected portals to it?

Does the Government have in place any policy or an incentive scheme whereby rewards can be paid to people who point out security breaches?

Is there a likelihood that security leaks can be perpetrated and is there an adequate ongoing security policy and POLICING in place to prevent any form of leaks?

Are all staff acquainted and kept up-to-date on measures they must undertake and adhere to in order to prevent or even lessen the possibility of a security leak occurring unintentionally or being perpetrated?

Do staff bring work home with them on laptop, notebook, smartphones or other data holding devices that are not adequately encrypted in the event of theft or suspicious loss. Likewise do staff have the ability to access sensitive encrypted data using cipher keys on state IT systems from home via local personally owned or operated IT devices? By virtue of the fact that few civil servants work to full potential those minority that work very hard get all the work. It becomes so intensive they probably take work home with them.

While I can appreciate and expect that any form of response will not be forthcoming nor indeed a tailored standardised non-response that security matters are not discussed, maybe there is some food for thought in this for a dysfunctional Civil Service who do not exude any sort of competence and confidence to ever get the job done right!

When you have senior civil servants from the Department of Justice, Equality & Law Reform and also Foreign Affairs meeting locally and abroad with foreign security services and agencies like MI5, when such should be conducted by experienced security personnel from the national police force An Garda Siochana, it leaves a hell of a lot to be desired and does little to generate any form of a sense of professionalism, security or confidentiality especially when they talk about it afterwards on a bar stool. They may know a little about some things but its all second-hand. They certainly know nothing about any element relating to the area of middle east muslim fundamentalist terrorism activity in Ireland, nor indeed the so called “real ira”. For them its just for the ego trip and a premier class, executive room, high end junket. There is probably a special allowance for it too! Treasonable ignorance would be at the top of my description for such activity.

Ireland is a very small country in a very big world. It does have the knowledge and expertise to mind it’s own affairs when it comes to IT and security issues generally. The Government and its dysfunctional civil service simply destroy those abilities.

There is no confidence! History shows us all of the flaws. Don’t for one minute think that the process has changed.

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