Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 445: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of financial management systems in place in her Department; the persons who provided her Department with these systems; the cost of maintaining the software; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5991/08]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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My Department's financial management system comprises the SAP R3 Accounts system which was introduced into my Department in 2001. The original system was provided by IBM. Additional modules were added in 2003 and the system was updated in 2006. The annual cost of maintaining the software is €193,000. This annual maintenance fee does not include the cost of the on-site development and support team which comprises officials of the Department and a number of contract staff. The estimated cost of the contract staff in 2008 is €850,000.