Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 19 July 2012
663 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide, in tabular form, details of public service provision responsibilities of his Department outsourced to the private sector; and the cost of each service outsourced over the past 12 months. [36693/12]
View answerMy Department uses outsourcing to provide certain services when such proves to be more cost effective and Department staff are not available.
The information requested for the past twelve months is outlined in the attached table.
|
Outsourcing Contract |
Nature of Work |
Expenditure for past 12 months € |
|
South Western Services |
Calf Birth registration and Passport issue service |
5,115,793 |
|
South Western Services |
Handling, processing and verification of farm to farm movements and on farm death notifications |
989,873 |
|
Accenture |
Single Payment System (SPS) Development and Maintenance |
1,426,845 |
|
Bizmap Ltd. |
eReps ApplicationDevelopment and Maintenance |
184,996 |
|
Creative AD |
Work on HTML File for Irish and English review and Outlook 2011/12 |
1,107 |
