Clare Daly
Question:551. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount his Department spends on an annual basis in payments to consultancy firms (details supplied). [2470/14]
View answerTuesday, 21 January 2014
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The tables detail the payments made to Accenture and Oracle for contract work for the years 2011 to 2013, inclusive.
The contracts with Accenture are service contracts and following a competitive tendering process will not be renewed in 2014.
The consultancy allocations below relate to the accreditation and audit requirements of all EU programmes, including the Single Farm Payment, which alone accounts for approx €1.2 billion in payments annually.
The contract with Oracle is a maintenance contract.
2011
|
Company Name |
Payment amount € |
Reason for payment(s) and details of Contract(s) to which payment relates |
|
Accenture |
1,359,347 |
IT support to assist in the maintenance and enhancement of the Single Farm Payment (SFP) computer system. |
|
129,970 |
IT support to assist in the maintenance and enhancement of the Fisheries -Electronic Recording System (ERS). |
|
|
270,639 |
IT support to assist in the maintenance and enhancement of the Generic Claims Processing System (GCPS). |
|
|
Oracle |
451,680 |
Maintenance, upgrade and support on the installed Oracle Database 10g Spatial Edition, Oracle Application Server and Oracle Integrated Development Environment (IDE) products. |
2012
|
Company Name |
Payment amount € |
Reason for payment(s) and details of Contract(s) to which payment relates |
|
Accenture |
1,130,562 |
IT support to assist in the maintenance and enhancement of the Single Farm Payment (SFP) computer system. |
|
102,819 |
IT support to assist in the maintenance and enhancement of the Fisheries -Electronic Recording System (ERS). |
|
|
244,607 |
IT support to assist in the maintenance and enhancement of the Generic Claims Processing System (GCPS). |
|
|
Oracle |
829,409 |
Maintenance, upgrade and support on the installed Oracle Database 10g Spatial Edition, Oracle Application Server and Oracle Integrated Development Environment (IDE) products and the purchase of additional software licences to facilitate the development of an off-site IT Disaster Recovery facility in compliance with EU Accreditation and Audit requirements. |
2013
|
Company Name |
Payment amount € |
Reason for payment(s) and details of Contract(s) to which payment relates |
|
Accenture |
1,091,874 |
IT support to assist in the maintenance and enhancement of the Single Farm Payment (SFP) computer system. |
|
110,440 |
IT support to assist in the maintenance and enhancement of the Fisheries -Electronic Recording System (ERS). |
|
|
175,487 |
IT support to assist in the maintenance and enhancement of the Generic Claims Processing System (GCPS). |
|
|
Oracle |
626,980 |
Maintenance, upgrade and support on the installed Oracle Database 10g Spatial Edition, Oracle Application Server and Oracle Integrated Development Environment (IDE) products and the purchase of additional software licences to facilitate the development of an off-site IT Disaster Recovery facility in compliance with EU Accreditation and Audit requirements. |