Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent)
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557. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and details of contracts currently held by her Department with a company (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48655/23]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department has three current contracts with the specified company. The contracts include provision of support in regard to Robotic Process Automation (RPA), the undertaking of IT audits on a co-sourced basis and licence costs for Unipath.

Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent)
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558. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and details of contracts currently held by her Department with a company (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48687/23]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department and the Teaching Council of Ireland have a joint contract with the specified company. It was awarded in October 2023 to undertake a periodic critical review of the application of the Code of Practice for State Bodies in relation to that aegis body.

Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent)
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559. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and details of contracts currently held by her Department with a company (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48703/23]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department has four current contracts with the specified company. Two of these contracts are for the provision of expert support in respect of the design, development, implementation and on-going improvement of shared services projects, the Esinet platform for schools and initiatives for my Department and the education sector. The other two contracts provide Database Administrator services and Microsoft SharePoint developer expertise for my Department.