Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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343. To ask the Minister for Health the cost per year for the past three years for the storage of data and or files on cloud storage or third party servers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9407/17]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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My Department does not use third party cloud storage services and maintains its data and files on its own infrastructure. It is currently engaging with the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer with a view to implementing its Build to Share applications. While data for these applications will be stored on the Government Cloud Infrastructure, there will be no direct cost relating to this. As part of the Government's Public Service Reform Plan, my Department is availing of shared centralised services relating to human resources and payroll services. There are also no direct costs for the storage of the relevant data.