Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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241. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of instances in which her Department used unlicensed software and/or lapsed licenced software in the past ten years to date; the associated expenditure on same to remedy the situation; and the software that was used. [33162/23]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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My Department's ICT managed service is provided by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform through the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO).

The use of software on my Department's devices is strictly monitored by both my Department and the OGCIO. All staff of the Department must comply with our ICT Acceptable Usage Policy and other relevant policies, including the Civil Service Code of Standards and Behaviour.

The procurement of software licences are carried out in line with the agreed protocols between my Department and OGCIO.

All software in use in my department since its formation are fully licenced and I understand that there has not, to date, been an incidence of unlicenced and/or lapsed software being used .