Written answers

Thursday, 22 May 2025

Department of Education and Skills

Departmental Equipment

Photo of James GeogheganJames Geoghegan (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the version of software programmes (details supplied) used by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26593/25]

Photo of James GeogheganJames Geoghegan (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has full access and use of a software programme (details supplied); if not, the alternative provider being used and the version of that provider; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26611/25]

Photo of James GeogheganJames Geoghegan (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department currently uses a software programme (details supplied); if so, the version of the programme that is used; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26647/25]

Photo of Helen McEnteeHelen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 230, 231 and 233 together.

The table below sets out the information requested by the Deputy relating to the software in use in my department.

Provider Software Version
HCL Technologies Lotus Notes 12.0.2
Microsoft Teams* 25094.310.3616.953.
Microsoft Windows 10 22H2
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
Microsoft Windows Server 2016
Microsoft Windows Server 2019
Microsoft Windows Server 2022
Microsoft Word Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise
Microsoft Excel Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise
*Teams - Full Teams product deployed apart from Teams Telephony, where a conventional telephone system is still being used instead.

Photo of James GeogheganJames Geoghegan (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cloud services currently being used by her Department, by name and version; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26629/25]

Photo of Helen McEnteeHelen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The table below sets out the information requested by the Deputy relating to the cloud services in use in my department.

Certain cloud services are excluded for security reasons.

My department has previously been advised by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) not to disclose details of its cyber security operations which could in any way compromise the Department’s information security posture.

Provider Service Latest Version
Microsoft API Management Premium (latest managed by Microsoft)
Microsoft Automation Account 2023-06-01
Microsoft Azure AD / Entra ID Evergreen (cloud-managed)
Microsoft Azure Arc Data Services Latest agent version (cloud-managed)
Microsoft Virtual Machines Windows Server 2022, Ubuntu 22.04
Microsoft Azure Container Registry 2023-01-01-preview
Microsoft Data Factory v2 (latest)
Microsoft Backup Center 2023-01-01
Microsoft DevTest Labs 2022-01-15
Microsoft Event Grid 2022-06-15
Microsoft Application Insights 2020-02-02
Microsoft Key Vault 2023-01-01 (API v7.4)
Microsoft Managed Identity Evergreen
Microsoft Virtual Networks 2022-05-01
Microsoft Log Analytics 2020-08-01
Microsoft OMS Solutions 2015-11-01-preview
Microsoft Azure Portal Extensions Evergreen
Microsoft Backup Vault / Site Recovery 2022-09-01
Microsoft Azure SQL SQL Server 2022 compatibility
Microsoft SQL on Azure VM 2022-05-01-preview
Microsoft Blob / File / Table Storage 2022-09-01
Microsoft Synapse Analytics 2021-06-01
Microsoft Visual Studio Services Evergreen
Microsoft App Services / Functions .NET 6 / Node.js 18 / Python 3.11
Microsoft Alerts Management 2021-08-01
Microsoft Application Insights 2020-02-02
Microsoft Kubernates 1.30.9
Sonarqube SonarQube Developer Edition
Nginx NGINX 1.21
Microsoft Teams Latest Version
Microsoft SharePoint Online 16.0.0.26023
Microsoft OneDrive 25.XXX
Microsoft Exchange Online 15.20.8746.28
Microsoft Intune 2504

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