Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 171: To ask the Taoiseach 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. [6004/08]

Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)
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My Department's financial management system is Oracle Financials which was supplied by Oracle EMEA Limited. The annual maintenance cost associated with this system in 2008 is €30,184.

In February 2008, the operation of this system was transferred to the Financial Shared Service Centre in the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, which will be responsible for maintenance of this system in the future.

My Department also currently maintains data on a previous legacy financial system, Prose FMS, which was supplied by Version 1 Software. This system is maintained for the purpose of access to financial records for audit and other query purposes. The cost involved in maintenance of this system relates to the purchase of the requisite licences and was €7,537 in 2007.