Written answers

Tuesday, 30 September 2025

Department of Education and Skills

Departmental Data

Photo of Aidan FarrellyAidan 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]

Photo of Helen McEnteeHelen 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
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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