Written answers
Tuesday, 23 September 2025
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
Departmental Expenditure
Aidan Farrelly (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of expenditure on off-site storage solutions for the past five years to date; if he will provide a breakdown of items (details supplied) not stored in his Department on annual basis. [50502/25]
Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal East, Fianna Fail)
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The vast majority of Department of Transport storage happens on Department premises, managed by the OPW.
The following additional contracts exist for off-site storage solutions, mainly relating to records retention in line with the National Archives Act and storage of long-term ICT backups.
| Company | Cost of contract - year | Files/archive | Other (detail) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Mountain Ireland | €312,867.37 (2021 to 2023) | Secure storage of official documents | Nil |
| Oasis Document and Data Management Ltd | €32,727.75 (2024 to date) | Secure storage of official documents | Nil |
| Iron Mountain Ireland | €84,629.12 (2021 to date) | Nil | Offsite secure storage IT systems backup tapes |
| Acme IT Storage | €500 | Nil | IT hardware |
| Inland Inflatable Boats | €500 | Nil | Boat |
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