Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 370: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of financial management systems in place in his Department; the persons who provided his Department with these systems; the cost of maintaining the software; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5997/08]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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There are two financial management systems in my Department. The principal financial management system is Oracle Financials e-Business Suite. This system is used to track expenditure and receipts for the Department and its Offices and is used to produce the Department's Appropriation Account. The previous financial management system (FMS) is maintained only for the purpose of providing historical data.

The Oracle Financials system

This Oracle product was originally implemented for my Department by Fujitsu Services who also currently provides support for this system. In 2007 Oracle license costs were €98,326.79 and maintenance costs were €113,672.03. The maintenance costs include the provision of technical and functional expertise, customisations, training and skills transfer and the provision of a help desk.

FMS

The original provider of our FMS (Financial Management System) was Progressive Systems Enterprise. Our current support provider is Version1. Since the implementation of Oracle Financials e-Business Suite this system is no longer used to manage our financial systems and is maintained only for the purpose of accessing historical financial information. In 2007 the license costs were €12,352.89 and maintenance costs were €2,978.42.