Written answers
Tuesday, 17 June 2025
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Departmental Contracts
Liam Quaide (Cork East, Social Democrats)
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336. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the spending to date on the development, implementation and roll out of the financial management shared services system, by company, the timeline, the purpose and desired or completed output, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32680/25]
Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The table below provides details of the project payments up to the end of May 2025:
| Supplier Name | Pre-2021 €’000 | 2021 €’000 | 2022 €’000 | 2023 €’000 | 2024 €’000 | 2025 €’000 | Total €’000 | Purpose / Desired Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accenture Consulting | 22,710 | 5,915 | 2,102 | 0 | 263 | 101 | 31,091 | System Integrator – Wave 1; Initial hardware and software purchases |
| EY | 3,725 | 6,463 | 2,392 | 1,621 | 3,287 | 977 | 18,465 | Client Service Partner and Advisory Services |
| Staff Costs | 10,518 | 2,068 | 902 | 670 | 1,560 | 725 | 16,443 | NSSO staff involved in project work such as business readiness, migration, functional design, testing, training etc |
| Deloitte | 6,204 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6,204 | Advisory services |
| IBM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 492 | 246 | 738 | System Integrator |
| OPW | 1,673 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,674 | Building fit-out |
| Evros | 1,485 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,501 | Technical support |
| Oracle | 935 | 322 | 3 | 1,680 | 481 | 0 | 3,421 | Hardware upgrade and software maintenance |
| CPL Solutions Ltd | 388 | 227 | 99 | 83 | 267 | 86 | 1,150 | Technical support |
| Next Generation Ltd | 644 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 644 | Technical support |
| Others | 4,102 | 176 | 163 | 206 | 28 | 1 | 4,676 | Various project costs and overheads |
| Gross Expenditure | 52,384 | 15,173 | 5,676 | 4,260 | 6,378 | 2,136 | 86,007 | |
| Receipts | -53 | -143 | 0 | 0 | -8 | -1 | -205 | EU Funding for eInvoicing and various staff-related receipts |
| Net Expenditure | 52,331 | 15,030 | 5,676 | 4,260 | 6,370 | 2,135 | 85,802 |
- the standardisation of accounting processes across central government;
- the modernisation of finance in government with end to end integrated financial controls;
- compliance with existing and emerging international reporting and transparency requirements and agility in responding to further changing international reporting requirements;
- a platform for compliance with EU directives in eProcurement;
- support for the professionalisation of finance teams across government; and
- enhanced and enriched financial data to enable data analytics.
Liam Quaide (Cork East, Social Democrats)
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337. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline any further procurement or tendering required for the completion of the Financial Management Shared Services Project by the NSSO; if any further procurement of tender packages sit outside the original business case accepted by his Department; the estimated cost of further packages beyond the original estimate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32681/25]
Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The vast majority of externally procured services necessary to deliver the Financial Management Shared Service Project relate to the provision of technical and support services. Those services are now procured.
Any further procurement, should it arise, would only arise in instances of work that is not included in the current contracts for services and cannot be completed by NSSO staff or where current contracts expire and there is a business requirement for the continuation of services.
All contracts are reviewed and monitored on a regular basis by the NSSO.
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