Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 8 February 2012
17Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Defence the details of the Departmental funding allocated to office equipment and external IT services; the money paid to external companies; the names of these companies and the services they provided for both 2010 and 2011. [6829/12]
View answerThe overall departmental funding allocated to office equipment and external IT services was €2.4 million in both 2010 and 2011. This allocation covered the purchase of IT equipment and software, ongoing licence support costs, office equipment purchases and externally provided maintenance and ongoing support. The payments to external companies for ongoing support, the names of these companies and the services they provided in 2010 and 2011 are contained in a tabular statement that I propose to circulate with the Official Report.
|
Company Name |
Service Provided |
2010 |
2011 |
|
Acrospire |
Website Support |
€3,571 |
€0 |
|
Baker Consultants Limited |
Bluecoat Device Support |
€0 |
€15,055 |
|
Bandwidth Telecommunications |
Call Cost Monitoring Support |
€0 |
€1,475 |
|
BearingPoint Ireland Limited |
HRMS Support |
€8,207 |
€5,858 |
|
Bluewave Technology |
Domino Support |
€5,989 |
€5,445 |
|
Caveo Information Systems Limited |
Anti-Virus Support |
€6,292 |
€1,149 |
|
Conor Flynn T/A ISAS |
Security Advice |
€0 |
€10,395 |
|
DQ Networks |
Technical Infrastructure Advice and Support |
€10,368 |
€3,978 |
|
Flextime Limited |
Flexi System Support |
€5,618 |
€6,075 |
|
Fujitsu (Ireland) Limited |
Network and Application Support |
€73,626 |
€78,031 |
|
Futurerange Limited |
Emailfilter Support |
€3,291 |
€3,291 |
|
Hibernia Evros Technology Group |
Microsoft Exchange Support |
€11,009 |
€5,504 |
|
Integrity Solutions |
Firewall Support |
€0 |
€8,488 |
|
IPOptions |
Trendmicro Upgrade |
€0 |
€907 |
|
Waterford Technologies |
Email Archive Support |
€6,485 |
€8,409 |
|
Webcloud |
Website Support |
€2,032 |
€4,308 |
|
Total |
€136,488 |
€158,368 |
The amount is significant, but it covers a wide range of equipment and services. When the Minister referred to licence supports, did he mean licence fees? What percentage would be paid towards licences rather than the purchase of new equipment?
A large proportion of the allocation for office equipment and external IT services covers ongoing licence support costs, which the Deputy will see from the tabular statement are fairly static. They have not changed for a considerable time.
Are they on a contract basis and are we tied into contracts?
Yes, there are contracts. The tabular statement details the different companies. As there is a large number, I do not want to read out their names. It would probably be unnecessary. The statement provides the company names and the services they provide, for example, website support, call cost monitoring support, etc. It also outlines the costs in 2010 and 2011. The variations in costings are detailed. If the Deputy has further questions on any individual item, he is welcome to table a parliamentary question or to write to me about the matter. We will ensure he gets a response.
