Written answers
Tuesday, 30 September 2025
Department of Defence
Departmental Data
Aidan Farrelly (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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226. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount expended on cloud storage solutions in the past five years and to date in 2025; and if he will provide the data storage supplier, in tabular form. [51360/25]
Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) published a Cloud Computing Advice Note in 2019, with an update published in May 2025, to help public service organisations understand matters to consider relating to cloud computing services. My department follows this advice and is making use of a range of cloud services.
The total spend on cloud services from 2021 to 2024 and to date in 2025 is provided in the table below.
- | Total Spend (ex VAT) |
---|---|
2025 to date spend: | €36,547 |
2024 Spend | €45,233 |
2023 Spend | €27,652 |
2022 Spend | €8,392 |
2021 Spend | €4,169 |
Total Spend: | €121,993 |
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