Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 379: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of funding provided for his Department's DRIM project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5269/08]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The Document, Record and Information Management (DRIM) programme is a key part of my Department's Modernisation Action Plan. The programme was initiated in 2005 to transform radically the way the business of the Department is carried out. The Department aims to have all documents, records and information easily accessible, usable and managed in a manner that satisfies all stakeholders. The intention is to eliminate paper, in so far as is possible, from both the claim and administrative processes and to capture, store, retrieve and process all files, records, etc. in electronic format. To date, approximately €160,000 has been spent on the programme. Provision has been made in the estimates for 2008 for expenditure in the region of €2 million to progress the programme further.