Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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Question 436: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total expenditure in 2010 on ICT, including staff costs, support and maintenance services, hardware, software, and external resources, including consultancies, contractors and service providers and all agencies under the aegis of his Department. [31522/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Total ICT expenditure for the Department and all agencies under the aegis of the Department in 2010, including staff costs, support and maintenance services, hardware, software, and external resources including consultancies, contractors and external service-providers was in the region of €26,445,000. These figures comprise expenditure for the following areas:

1. The Department itself and the bodies/offices/agencies on its IT Shared Service (see full list below)

2. Irish Prison Service

3. Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service

4. Financial Shared Services

5. Equality divisions & agencies until their transfer to the Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs

The Department's IT Shared Service, operating since 2003, provides centralised IT services to approximately 2,000 users in the Department and 27 agencies nationally and internationally. This approach ensures that the Department achieves economies of scale for the provision of these services, whilst reducing administration costs. Contracts and expenditure are regularly reviewed and suppliers engaged with to ensure that products and services are delivered at the most cost-effective rates.

A cross Departmental and cross agency ICT Governance Group, set up in early 2011, which has a remit in relation to the strategic overview and management of ICT developments, now reviews all proposed ICT expenditure to ensure value for money is achieved.

List of Departments, Offices and Agencies on the IT Shared Service:

Department of Justice and Equality

Anti Human Trafficking Unit

Casino Commission

Coroner's Service

COSC

Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal

Criminal Law Codification

Equality Authority

Equality Tribunal

Financial Shared Services

Garda Inspectorate

INIS

Irish Film Classification Office

Irish Youth Justice Service

National Disability Authority

National Property Services Regulatory Authority

Office for Internet Safety

Office for the Promotion of Migrant Integration

Office of the Commissioner of Charitable Donations and Bequests

Office of the Data Protection Commissioner

Office of the Inspector of Prisons

Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner

Parole Board

Private Security Authority

Reception & Integration Agency

Refugee Appeals Tribunal

State Pathology

Victims of Crime