Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 11 December 2007
593 Deputy Damien English asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of staff in his Department that are provided with a Blackberry device or similar mobile e-mail equipment. [34218/07]
View answerCurrently 17 Blackberry devices have been issued in the Department.
594 Deputy Damien English asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of databases used by his Department; and the number of these that are wholly and partly operated by external organisations or individuals and operated solely within his Department. [34233/07]
View answerThere are 35 electronic databases in use in the Department ranging from simple contact databases supporting low level processing to more high-level databases supporting high volume processing. Some 29 of these databases are operated solely within my Department, while the remaining ones are operated wholly or partly operated by external organisation or individuals.
595 Deputy Damien English asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of information technology projects undertaken by or for his Department since 2004 that have been delivered over budget, after their original deadline, on budget, under budget, on their original deadline and ahead of their original deadline; and if he will present the information in tabular readable form. [34248/07]
View answerI can confirm to the Deputy that my Department has initiated four information technology projects since 2004. As outlined in the table, two of these projects are ongoing and I would not be in a position to comment at this stage as to whether they will be completed on schedule and on budget. The remaining two projects were completed as outlined in the table.
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Consultancy Description |
Consultant |
Start Date |
End Date |
Deadline |
Budget |
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Development of the Department’s Intranet |
Parallel Intranet Ltd |
01-Sep-05 |
01-Dec-05 |
over |
On |
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Pilot on-line ferry ticketing project |
Directional Data Systems |
01-Dec-04 |
01-Aug-05 |
On |
On |
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Development of applications database for CLÁR |
Study Focus |
01-Apr-07 |
Ongoing |
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Development of Information system to support administration of the Rural Development Programme for Ireland 2007-2013. |
01-Jun-07 |
Ongoing |
