Written answers
Tuesday, 30 September 2025
Department of Education and Skills
Departmental Data
Aidan Farrelly (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount expended on cloud storage solutions in the past five years and to date in 2025; and if she will provide the data storage supplier, in tabular form. [51361/25]
Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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A five-year breakdown by supplier, of annual expenditure incurred by my Department on cloud storage solutions is set out in the table below.
Supplier | Amount expended on cloud storage solutions 2020 (Inc VAT) | Amount expended on cloud storage solutions 2021 (Inc VAT) | Amount expended on cloud storage solutions 2022 (Inc VAT) | Amount expended on cloud storage solutions 2023 (Inc VAT) | Amount expended on cloud storage solutions 2024 (Inc VAT) | Amount expended on cloud storage solutions 2025 - YTD End August (Inc VAT) | Total |
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Microsoft Azure | €0 | €0 | €12,191.97 | €36,933.66 | €66,405.90 | €73,692.53 | €189,224.06 |
DropBox | €8,302.50 | €8,302.50 | €8,302.50 | €8,302.50 | €9,963 | €9,963 | €53,136.00 |
Rackspace | €0 | €140.97 | €3,691.04 | €3,608.95 | €3,504.86 | €2,943.29 | €13,889 |
Overall Total including VAT | €256,249.17 |
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