Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 October 2022
154. Deputy John Lahart asked the Taoiseach the proportion of his Department’s IT data that is stored in the cloud; the proportion of the data held by all agencies and subsidiaries of his Department in the cloud; if this represents an improvement; if so, the development that has been made towards cloud storage since 2019 to date [51205/22]
View answerThe Department of the Taoiseach continues to leverage technologies available from cloud service providers in line with the stated advice of the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer and has increased the amount of services provided via the cloud since 2019. In some instances the cloud service may be provided by another Government Department or Agency and in some instances the cloud service may be provided by a commercial entity. The same approach applies to the National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO), the only body under the aegis of my Department. Neither this Department nor NESDO currently provide digital services directly to the public and therefore are less reliant on cloud storage.
