Clare Daly (Dublin North, Socialist Party)
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678. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount his Department spends on an annual basis in payments to consultancy firms (details supplied). [2485/14]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is as follows:

The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport has made the following payments to Oracle per below:

March to December 2011 €106,235

January to December 2012 €123,861

January to December 2013 €127,791

The Oracle software is a relational database management system which hosts the National Vehicle Drivers File online services (online motor tax and change of vehicle ownership). These online services commenced in 2003 and were subject to the appropriate public procurement exercise at that time. The annual payments are for the renewal of the Oracle licences for the system.

My Department has not made any payments to Accenture.