Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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567. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total amount spent on external IT consultants by his Department in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49167/14]

Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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568. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department has re-negotiated external IT consultancy contracts and costs since March 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49182/14]

Alex White (Dublin South, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 567 and 568 together.

My Department has not incurred any expenditure on external IT consultants in the years in question.

The Information Systems Division of my Department, does however, have contracts with six IT companies for the provision of ICT personnel, who are classed as contractors rather than consultants. The amount spent under this heading is as follows: