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Departmental Expenditure

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 July 2014

Tuesday, 8 July 2014

Questions (376, 377)

Robert Troy

Question:

376. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the total amount spent on external IT consultants by her Department in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29160/14]

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Robert Troy

Question:

377. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if her Department has re-negotiated external IT consultancy contracts and costs since March 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29179/14]

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I propose to take Questions Nos. 376 and 377 together.

The Department is engaged in a number of service delivery modernisation and transformation programmes involving business process, organisational and technological change. These programmes are supported by the procurement of external development services (IT external service provision) as well as engagement of external IT consultants to provide strategic technical advice. A breakdown of the annual expenditure on consultancy & IT external service provision for previous years is available on the Department’s website www.welfare.ie.

The procurement of external IT consultancy services is essential to support the Department in providing high quality service to the public in a cost effective and efficient manner. External IT consultants are engaged for a fixed period following procurement exercises conducted in accordance with Department procedures that are compliant with EU and national legislation, and with guidelines set down by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. IT consultancy contracts in place prior to March 2011 have now expired. New contracts have since been put in place as appropriate and in accordance with relevant guidelines.

The tables below set out the expenditure details for IT consultancy for the years 2008 to 2013, and year to June for 2014.

I am satisfied that the engagement of external IT consultants provides valuable support for the Department’s service delivery modernisation and transformation programmes and that procurement of external IT consultants is compliant with best practice in realising value for money.

IT Consultancy Year 2008

Contractor

Purpose

Naked Objects

SDM - Business Objects Modelling Advice & Expertise

€435,120

Ernst & Young

Information Security Support

€120,000

Deloitte

IS Audit Consultancy

€118,403

Hewlett Packard Ireland Limited

Implementation of Centralised Infrastructural Management System

€81,266

Lan Communications

Network Security Consultancy

€37,455

Rits Information Security

Forensic Investigation Services

€30,454

TOTAL

€822,698

IT Consultancy Year 2009

Contractor

Purpose

Naked Objects Group Ltd

SDM - Technical Development Advice

€216,906

Naked Objects Group Ltd

SDM - Business Objects Modelling Advice & Expertise

€169,857

Deloitte & Touche

Information Systems Audit Consultancy

€99,731

Ernst & Young

Provision of a Security Partner to provide ongoing Information Security Support

€98,415

Deloitte & Touche

Provision of Forensic Investigation Services

€6,560

TOTAL

€591,469

IT Consultancy Year 2010

Contractor

Purpose

Naked Objects Group Ltd                                  

SDM - Technical Development Advice

€137,255

Naked Objects Group Ltd           

SDM - Business Objects Modelling Advice & Expertise

€105,289

Deloitte & Touche                 

Information Systems Audit Consultancy

€67,175

Ernst & Young                       

Provision of a Security Partner to provide ongoing Information Security Support

€29,889

Deloitte & Touche     

Provision of Confidential Forensic Investigation Services

€8,671

TOTAL

€348,279

IT Consultancy Year 2011

Contractor

Purpose

Naked Objects

Technical Development Advice                                            

€144,644

Naked Objects

Business Objects Modelling Advice & Expertise

€92,104

Deloitte & Touche

IS Audit Consultancy/Computer Audit Assistance                                                            

€14,792

Deloitte & Touche

Confidential Forensic Investigation Services 

€7,109

TOTAL

€258,649

IT Consultancy Year 2012

Contractor

Purpose

Naked Objects Group Ltd

SDM - Technical Development Advice

€199,260

Naked Objects Group Ltd

SDM - Business Objects Modelling Advice & Expertise

€108,486

Accenture

FÁS ICT Applications Systems Review

€44,772

Deloitte & Touché

IS Internal Audit Services

€39,541

Deloitte & Touché

Security Partner to provide ongoing Information Security Support

€27,675

Ernst & Young

Security Partner to provide ongoing Information Security Support

€7,623

Rits

Confidential Forensic Services

€4,654

TOTAL

€432,011

IT Consultancy Year 2013

Contractor

Purpose

Naked Objects Group Ltd

BOMi - Business Objects Modelling Advice & Expertise

€234,463

Naked Objects Group Ltd

BOMi- Technical Development Advice

€168,181

Haywood Associates

BOMi- Technical Development Advice

€87,871

Deloitte & Touché

IS Internal Audit Services

€48,688

Accenture

Mobile Opportunity Exploration

€33,388

Microsoft

Support to Technical Architecture Group

€11,515

Deloitte & Touché

Provision of Security Partner Services

€6,540

TOTAL

€590,646

IT Consultancy Year 2014

Contractor

Purpose

Spend to 13th June 2014 €

Naked Objects Group

Business Objects Modelling Advice & Expertise

€98,487

Haywood Associates

Technical Development Advice

€87,305

Microsoft

Support to Technical Architecture Group

€14,841

TOTAL

€200,633

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