Work to ensure that this Department and each agency within its remit is year 2000 compliant is ongoing. My Department is providing two-monthly progress reports to the Government's Year 2000 Monitoring Committee on progress in the Department and the agencies under its aegis. This committee was established in September 1997 to oversee the achievement of year 2000 compliance for IT related systems and automated office equipment in Government Departments and in agencies under their remit.
The position in relation to Bord Fáilte, CERT and ADM is as follows:
Bord Fáilte
Bord Fáilte has carried out a detailed survey of all its computer systems, hardware and software, and has identified three systems which have to be replaced. This process of reviewing and evaluating alternative systems is in progress and the total process will be completed by end March 1999. Bord Fáilte also carried out a comprehensive survey of all its non-computer equipment, for example, fax, telephone, lifts etc. and has identified a number which will require further testing and possible upgrades. The total cost of the work to date is £310,000 and an estimate of the outstanding work is £320,000 to replace non-compliant systems.