Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 October 2021
120. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the estimated cost in 2022 of recruiting fifteen additional full-time cybersecurity developers and analysts for the National Cyber Security Centre. [48373/21]
View answerIn July 2021, the Government agreed a significant expansion of the National Cyber Security Centre over the next 18 months, from 25 to 45 staff, and a further increase to 70 staff within 5 years. The associated budgetary increase for the NCSC for 2022 is €2.5 million. The cost of recruiting 15 additional developers and analysts as outlined by the Deputy is dependent on the grade at which these staff are recruited. At Engineer Grade 1 level, at the first point of the salary scale, this would amount to €72,578 per post, or €1,088,670 for 15 posts, exclusive of employer's PRSI and associated costs.
