Written answers

Tuesday, 16 June 2015

Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht

Departmental Contracts Data

Photo of Barry CowenBarry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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923. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total amount spent on external information technology consultants by her Department in each of the years 2010 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23446/15]

Photo of Barry CowenBarry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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926. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has renegotiated external information technology consultancy contracts and costs since March 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23563/15]

Photo of Heather HumphreysHeather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 923 and 926 together.

Since my Department was established on 2 June 2011, a total of €4,120 has been expended on external IT consultancy. This total is comprised of expenditure for the assessment of a Wide-Area-Networks procurement in 2012 and the assessment of Firewall systems in 2014. In both instances, it was considered advisable to seek external expertise to accord with best practice for this type of technical procurement.

My Department does not retain an external IT consultant on an ongoing contractual basis but instead procures the required services as and when required.

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