State to adopt security plan for critical services

The Tánaiste said: 'These new regulations will focus on improving the physical resilience of the operators of essential services in Ireland. My department will create a framework to ensure that these operators are able to prevent, resist, absorb and recover from disruptive incidents, whether they are caused by natural hazards, accidents, terrorism, insider threats, or public health emergencies.' Photo: Sasko Lazarov/© RollingNews.ie

The Government has introduced regulations subjecting Ireland’s critical infrastructure to strict security obligations under EU laws.

The Critical Entities Resilience (CER) Directive seeks to ensure that key sectors are able to prevent, deal with and recover from disruptive incidents — including those caused by weather, terrorism, sabotage or public health emergencies.