Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 21 March 2013
182. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent on the Garda PULSE system for the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14429/13]
View answerThe Garda Commissioner is the Accounting Officer for the Garda Vote. I am informed by the Garda authorities that PULSE was integrated with other Garda information technology systems in 2006 to form a new combined system which is referred to as the Garda Information System (GIS). Accordingly, from 2007 onwards it is not possible to identify spending specific to PULSE. However, the Garda authorities have indicated that the total information technology expenditure incurred by An Garda Síochána over the period referred to by the Deputy was as outlined below:
|
Year |
Expenditure |
|
2011 |
€22,973,314 |
|
2012 |
€18,074,943 |
|
2013 (to date) |
€ 9,915,348 |
