Vol. 461 No. 7
236 Mr. D. Wallace asked the Minister for Education the total expenditure by her Department on computer technology during 1995; the total figure for hardware and software; and the value of sales for the main ten suppliers in each instance. [3921/96]
The total direct expenditure by my Department on computer technology in 1995 was £1,715,623.72. This was made up to £629,218.48 in respect of equipment for use in my Department and £1,086,405.24 in respect of equipment for use in schools which was purchased directly by my Department.
The total figures for hardware and software were £1,562,850.48 and £152,773.24 respectively.
The following tables list the values of purchases made in 1995 from the main ten hardware and software suppliers respectively.
|
Supplier |
Value of Purchases |
|
£ |
|
|
Dell Corporation Ltd. |
519,238.72 |
|
Sord Data System Ltd. |
392,447.77 |
|
Siemens Nixdorf Ltd. |
226,099.39 |
|
Data General Ireland Ltd. |
123,255.98 |
|
Wang Ireland Ltd. |
116,386.47 |
|
Computer Ancillary Sales Ltd. |
41,600.15 |
|
Data Direct Ltd. |
37,841.54 |
|
Telecom Éireann |
18,150.00 |
|
Pitney Bowes Ltd. |
17,167.48 |
|
OKI Systems Ltd. |
16,407.60 |
|
Supplier |
Value of Purchases |
|
£ |
|
|
Sord Data Systems Ltd. |
80,673.12 |
|
CCM Software Services Ltd. |
31,762.50 |
|
Data General Ireland Ltd. |
11,651.11 |
|
ICL Computers Ltd. |
4,592.66 |
|
Sharptext Computers Ltd. |
4,447.96 |
|
Danfay Ltd. |
3,607.25 |
|
Cardiac Services Ltd. |
2,223.98 |
|
Data Direct Ltd. |
2,032.60 |
|
ERS Computers Ltd. |
1,854.93 |
|
Eirtrade |
1,815.0 |
