Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Question 253: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the amount paid in each of the past five years in respect of IT Services supplied to her Department, in tabular form; the nature of the service provided; if there were tenders sought for each such contract; the successful company or person; the number of staff employed in her Department's IT sections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19517/10]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The amount paid in each of the years 2005 to 2009 for IT Services by my Department is set out in the following table: Year Total Expenditure on IT Services 2005 €3.7m 2006 €3.5m 2007 €4.7m 2008 €4.6m 2009 €2.5m This includes expenditure in respect of a range of services including application development and support, hosting, hardware and software maintenance, specialist expertise, database administration and network support. The services are covered by a range of contracts with a range of companies on foot of appropriate public procurement exercises. There are currently 52 staff employed in the IT Unit of my Department. The following is a list of the companies with whom my Department has contracted over the last 5 years for the provision of IT services (valued at more than €10,000). Company Nature of Service BEARING POINT Application development, support and hosting BLUE WAVE TECHNOLOGY Application development and support CALYX IRELAND LIMITED Network security products support COMPUTER PEOPLE LTD Database Administration Support CORE INTERNATIONAL Application support and development CURACH CONSULTING THE ACADEMY Application development DATACONVERSION Key punching DELL (IRELAND) Dell server support DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES Application testing ESRI IRELAND Application support FUJITSU SERVICES LIMITED Application support and development FUTURERANGE LTD Endpoint security products installation/support GARTNER Specialist independent advice HELM CORPORATION Application support and development ICON SYSTEMS Application support LAN COMMUNICATIONS LTD LAN monitoring MAXIMA IRELAND Remote access support MOKUM CHANGE MANAGEMENT LTD Application support and development MORSE ENGINEERING LTD Operating system support NCC SERVICES LTD Escrow services ORACLE EMEA LTD Technical Support ORIGINA Database Administration and Operating System Support PARAGON GROUP UK LIMITED Hardware maintenance PMCENTRIX Application support and development QUEST COMPUTING LTD Application support and development RESCON LTD Database Administration Support SOPRA GROUP Application support and development STORAGE ONLINE Backup solution supply, installation and support STORM TECHNOLOGY LTD Application support SURESKILLS Network technical assistance SYNOPTIX Operating system support SYSTEM DYNAMICS SOLUTIONS LTD Application support and development SYSTEMHOUSE TECHNOLOGY GROUPAnti virus software supply and installation TEAMDBA Database Administration Support VERIZON Hosting VERSION 1 Application support and development; Remote DBA; Technical support WARD SOLUTIONS Application support and development; technical support XWAVE SOLUTIONS Analysis