Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 20 February 2014
166. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a detailed description of the eight ICT systems purchased from IBM by Irish Water to date, indicating the costs associated with each contract in terms of licensing, hardware, software, programming and design, expertise, installation, transport, testing and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8734/14]
View answerAs Irish Water is a commercial utility and a subsidiary of Bord Gáis Éireann, formed and registered under the Companies Act, I have no role in relation to the procurement by Irish Water of external resources. This is an operational matter for the company.
However, my Department has asked Irish Water to put in place specific arrangements to address the queries which public representatives may have in relation to matters pertaining to the operation of water services under the new utility. I understand Irish Water is in contact with Oireachtas members this week to outline the arrangements for addressing such queries in a timely manner. In this regard my Department has asked Irish Water to compile the information requested and to issue it directly to the Deputy.
