Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 October 2022
221. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Transport 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; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51207/22]
View answerMy Department currently stores a low proportion of data in the cloud. We have an agreed Cloud Computing policy in place since September 2021 which has established a cloud first strategy in the development of all new systems in line with the Government’s Cloud Computing Advice Note of October 2019. Those systems that have moved to the cloud have proved successful and my Department will continue to examine its systems and migrate same when and where appropriate to ensure the full advantages of cloud computing are realised.
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