I propose to take Questions Nos. 373 and 375 together.
My Department has not incurred any expenditure on external IT consultants in the years in question. The Information Systems Services Division of my Department does, however, have contracts with five IT companies for the provision of ICT personnel, who are classed as contractors rather than consultants. The amount spent under this heading is as follows:
Company
|
2010
|
2011
|
2012
|
2013
|
2014
Expected Spend
|
Compass Informatics
|
€41,980
|
€69,375
|
€85,931
|
€79,815
|
€82,000
|
Client Solutions
|
€99,642
|
€100,050
|
€97,875
|
€101,572
|
€100,000
|
CPL
|
€93,060
|
€103,224
|
€104,033
|
€96,408
|
€98,000
|
ESRI
|
€126,229
|
€126,771
|
€130,464
|
€119,406
|
€128,000
|
System Dynamics
(2 Contractors)
|
€136,568
|
€187,210
|
€199,651
|
€166,377
|
€180,000
|