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Tuesday, 21 January 2014

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Consultancy Contracts Expenditure

Photo of Clare DalyClare Daly (Dublin North, Socialist Party)
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551. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount his Department spends on an annual basis in payments to consultancy firms (details supplied). [2470/14]

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The table details the payments made to Accenture and Oracle for contract work for the years 2011 to 2013.

The contracts with Accenture are service contracts and following a competitive tendering process will not be renewed in 2014.

The consultancy allocations below relate to the accreditation and audit requirements of all EU programmes, including the Single Farm Payment, which alone accounts for approx €1.2 billion in payments annually.

The contract with Oracle is a maintenance contract.

2011

Company NamePayment amount €Reason for payment(s)  and  details of Contract(s) to which payment relates
Accenture1,359,347IT support to assist in the maintenance and enhancement of the Single Farm Payment (SFP) computer system.
129,970IT support to assist in the maintenance and enhancement of the Fisheries -Electronic Recording System (ERS).
270,639IT support to assist in the maintenance and enhancement of the Generic Claims Processing System (GCPS).
Oracle451,680Maintenance, upgrade and support on the installed Oracle Database 10g Spatial Edition, Oracle Application Server and Oracle Integrated Development Environment (IDE) products.

2012

Company NamePayment amount €Reason for payment(s)  and  details of Contract(s) to which payment relates
Accenture1,130,562IT support to assist in the maintenance and enhancement of the Single Farm Payment (SFP) computer system.
102,819IT support to assist in the maintenance and enhancement of the Fisheries -Electronic Recording System (ERS).
244,607IT support to assist in the maintenance and enhancement of the Generic Claims Processing System (GCPS).
Oracle829,409Maintenance, upgrade and support on the installed Oracle Database 10g Spatial Edition, Oracle Application Server and Oracle Integrated Development Environment (IDE) products and  the purchase of additional software licences to facilitate the development of an off-site IT Disaster Recovery facility in compliance with EU Accreditation and Audit requirements.

2013

Company NamePayment amount €Reason for payment(s)  and  details of Contract(s) to which payment relates
Accenture1,091,874IT support to assist in the maintenance and enhancement of the Single Farm Payment (SFP) computer system.
110,440IT support to assist in the maintenance and enhancement of the Fisheries -Electronic Recording System (ERS).
175,487IT support to assist in the maintenance and enhancement of the Generic Claims Processing System (GCPS).
Oracle626,980Maintenance, upgrade and support on the installed Oracle Database 10g Spatial Edition, Oracle Application Server and Oracle Integrated Development Environment (IDE) products and  the purchase of additional software licences to facilitate the development of an off-site IT Disaster Recovery facility in compliance with EU Accreditation and Audit requirements.

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