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Tuesday, 8 July 2014

Department of Social Protection

Departmental Expenditure

Photo of Robert TroyRobert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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376. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total amount spent on external IT consultants by her Department in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29160/14]

Photo of Robert TroyRobert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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377. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has re-negotiated external IT consultancy contracts and costs since March 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29179/14]

Photo of Joan BurtonJoan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 376 and 377 together.

The Department is engaged in a number of service delivery modernisation and transformation programmes involving business process, organisational and technological change. These programmes are supported by the procurement of external development services (IT external service provision) as well as engagement of external IT consultants to provide strategic technical advice. A breakdown of the annual expenditure on consultancy & IT external service provision for previous years is available on the Department’s website .

The procurement of external IT consultancy services is essential to support the Department in providing high quality service to the public in a cost effective and efficient manner. External IT consultants are engaged for a fixed period following procurement exercises conducted in accordance with Department procedures that are compliant with EU and national legislation, and with guidelines set down by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. IT consultancy contracts in place prior to March 2011 have now expired. New contracts have since been put in place as appropriate and in accordance with relevant guidelines.

The tables below set out the expenditure details for IT consultancy for the years 2008 to 2013, and year to June for 2014.

I am satisfied that the engagement of external IT consultants provides valuable support for the Department’s service delivery modernisation and transformation programmes and that procurement of external IT consultants is compliant with best practice in realising value for money.

IT Consultancy Year 2008

ContractorPurpose
Naked ObjectsSDM - Business Objects Modelling Advice & Expertise€435,120
Ernst & YoungInformation Security Support€120,000
DeloitteIS Audit Consultancy€118,403
Hewlett Packard Ireland LimitedImplementation of Centralised Infrastructural Management System€81,266
Lan CommunicationsNetwork Security Consultancy€37,455
Rits Information SecurityForensic Investigation Services€30,454
TOTAL€822,698

IT Consultancy Year 2009

ContractorPurpose
Naked Objects Group LtdSDM - Technical Development Advice€216,906
Naked Objects Group LtdSDM - Business Objects Modelling Advice & Expertise€169,857
Deloitte & ToucheInformation Systems Audit Consultancy€99,731
Ernst & YoungProvision of a Security Partner to provide ongoing Information Security Support€98,415
Deloitte & ToucheProvision of Forensic Investigation Services€6,560
TOTAL€591,469

IT Consultancy Year 2010

ContractorPurpose
Naked Objects Group Ltd                                   SDM - Technical Development Advice€137,255
Naked Objects Group Ltd            SDM - Business Objects Modelling Advice & Expertise€105,289
Deloitte & Touche                  Information Systems Audit Consultancy€67,175
Ernst & Young                        Provision of a Security Partner to provide ongoing Information Security Support€29,889
Deloitte & Touche      Provision of Confidential Forensic Investigation Services€8,671
TOTAL€348,279

IT Consultancy Year 2011

ContractorPurpose
Naked ObjectsTechnical Development Advice                                             €144,644
Naked ObjectsBusiness Objects Modelling Advice & Expertise €92,104
Deloitte & ToucheIS Audit Consultancy/Computer Audit Assistance                                                            €14,792
Deloitte & ToucheConfidential Forensic Investigation Services  €7,109
TOTAL€258,649

IT Consultancy Year 2012

ContractorPurpose
Naked Objects Group LtdSDM - Technical Development Advice€199,260
Naked Objects Group LtdSDM - Business Objects Modelling Advice & Expertise€108,486
AccentureFÁS ICT Applications Systems Review€44,772
Deloitte & TouchéIS Internal Audit Services€39,541
Deloitte & TouchéSecurity Partner to provide ongoing Information Security Support€27,675
Ernst & YoungSecurity Partner to provide ongoing Information Security Support€7,623
RitsConfidential Forensic Services€4,654
TOTAL€432,011

IT Consultancy Year 2013

ContractorPurpose
Naked Objects Group LtdBOMi - Business Objects Modelling Advice & Expertise€234,463
Naked Objects Group LtdBOMi- Technical Development Advice€168,181
Haywood AssociatesBOMi- Technical Development Advice€87,871
Deloitte & TouchéIS Internal Audit Services€48,688
AccentureMobile Opportunity Exploration€33,388
MicrosoftSupport to Technical Architecture Group€11,515
Deloitte & TouchéProvision of Security Partner Services€6,540
TOTAL€590,646

IT Consultancy Year 2014

ContractorPurpose Spend to 13th June 2014 €
Naked Objects GroupBusiness Objects Modelling Advice & Expertise€98,487
Haywood AssociatesTechnical Development Advice€87,305
MicrosoftSupport to Technical Architecture Group€14,841
TOTAL€200,633

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