Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 556: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of computer servers that are leased by her Department and each State agency under the aegis of her Department; and the amount of capacity on each server; the cost of maintaining these servers and the steps being taken to reduce this cost; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35508/11]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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The IT services for my Department, the Adoption Authority of Ireland and the Office of the Ombudsman for Children are provided by the Department of Health on a shared service basis. I understand my colleague, Dr James Reilly T.D., Minster for Health, will take account of these offices in his overall reply to the Deputy. There are no leased computer servers in the remaining two agencies under the remit of my Department: namely the Family Support Agency and the National Educational Welfare Board.

Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 557: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of computer servers that are owned by her Department and each State agency under her aegis; the amount of capacity on each server; the cost of maintaining these servers; the steps being taken to reduce this cost; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35524/11]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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The IT services for my Department, the Adoption Authority of Ireland and the Office of the Ombudsman for Children are provided by the Department of Health on a shared service basis. I understand my colleague, Dr James Reilly T.D., Minster for Health, will take account of these offices in his overall reply to the Deputy. IT services for the Family Support Agency are currently provided by the Department of Social Protection.

The National Educational Welfare Board (NEWB) has 6 physical servers with a combined disk capacity of 7.00 TB. These are new servers and as a result are more efficient in terms of enhanced security, lower energy consumption and reduced maintenance costs. The NEWB will be hosting them with the Revenue Commissioners on a shared service basis which again reduces costs.