Taoiseach and Tánaiste unaware Stephen Donnelly lost access to emails in cybersecurity breach

Health Minister says he did not get important correspondence from department secretary general Robert Watt due to breach

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, and Tánaiste Micheál Martin were responding after Health Minister Stephen Donnelly (left) revealed he could not access emails in March 2022.  File picture: Julien Behal/PA

The Taoiseach and Tánaiste have said they were completely unaware that Health Minister Stephen Donnelly lost access to his emails last year during a technical sweep for cybersecurity breaches.

Mr Donnelly said he could not use his emails due to the security checks in March 2022, and, as a result, he never received important correspondence — now at the centre of a Government controversy — from Department of Health secretary-general Robert Watt.