4883 (2026). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister for Energy

4883 (2026). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister for Energy: How much, if any, did the Minister’s departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, spend fixing database security breaches in the 2024 calendar year?

Hon Simon Watts: As Minister of Energy, I have no responsibility for any government departments or Ministries. In respect of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, I refer the Member to the Minister for Economic Growth's answer to written parliamentary question 4877 (2025). With regard to Crown entities under the energy portfolio. The Electricity Authority did not incur any external expenditure for fixing database security breaches in the 2024 calendar year. One minor breach by a service provider was picked up and dealt with quickly using internal resources. EECA did not spent any money fixing databases as a result of a security breach over the 2024 calendar year.