Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 July 2014
588. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount spent on external IT consultants by his Department in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29147/14]
View answerThe information requested can be found in the following tables. The ICT consultancy engagements concerned relate to quarterly independent assessments of the Department’s ICT security measures and a biannual independent security review of the Department’s ICT infrastructure. This is required for EU accreditation purposes in order to maintain the Department’s status as the EU-accredited paying agency in Ireland. In addition, services for independent internet facing web application testing are carried out where required. Furthermore, an independent review of all the Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in the Department was carried out as this is an integral part of the effective and efficient administration of the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) based single payment and agri-environmental schemes and also in carrying out our animal health and farm inspection obligations. In addition to the ICT consultancy expenditure detailed in the attached table, my Department also has a number of contracts in place for ICT java programming, database administration and related technical support services. All ICT contracts are awarded on foot of Open EU Tender competitions.
The total amount spent on external ICT consultancy in each year is as follows:
|
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
To date 2014 |
|
€18,780 |
€16,963 |
€48,388 |
€42,152 |
€7,208 |
Please note that all costs are VAT inclusive.
|
CONSULTANT/CONSULTANCY COMPANY |
NATURE OF WORK |
EXPENDITURE IN 2010 € |
|
ESPION |
Quarterly independent assessments of the Department’s IT security measures as required for EU accreditation purposes, biannual independent security review of the Department’s IT infrastructure. |
15,941.75 |
|
ESPION |
Independent web application testing |
2,838.66 |
|
CONSULTANT/CONSULTANCY COMPANY |
NATURE OF WORK |
EXPENDITURE IN 2011 € |
|
ESPION |
Quarterly independent assessments of the Department’s IT security measures as required for EU accreditation purposes, biannual independent security review of the Department’s IT infrastructure. |
16,016.78 |
|
ESPION |
Independent web application testing. |
946.22 |
|
CONSULTANT/CONSULTANCY COMPANY |
NATURE OF WORK |
EXPENDITURE IN 2012 € |
|
ESPION |
Quarterly independent assessments of the Department’s IT security measures as required for EU accreditation purposes, biannual independent security review of the Department's IT infrastructure. |
22,034.24 |
|
ESPION |
Independent web application testing |
10,099.53 |
|
Compass Informatics |
Independent review of all the Geographical Information based computer systems (GIS) in the Department (November/December 2012) |
16,253.89 |
|
CONSULTANT/CONSULTANCY COMPANY |
NATURE OF WORK |
EXPENDITURE IN 2013 € |
|
ESPION |
Quarterly independent assessments of the Department’s IT security measures as required for EU accreditation purposes, biannual independent security review of the Department's IT infrastructure. |
10,875.67 |
|
Compass Informatics |
Independent review of all the Geographical Information based computer systems (GIS) in the Department (January/February 2013) |
7,164.95 |
|
ESPION |
Independent web application testing |
7,949.49 |
|
NTA MONITOR |
Quarterly independent assessments of the Department’s IT security measures as required for EU accreditation purposes, biannual independent security review of the Department's IT infrastructure. |
10,036.80 |
|
NTA MONITOR |
Independent web application testing |
6,125.40 |
|
CONSULTANT/CONSULTANCY COMPANY |
NATURE OF WORK |
EXPENDITURE TO DATE 2014 € |
|
NTA MONITOR |
Quarterly independent assessments of the Department’s IT security measures as required for EU accreditation purposes, biannual independent security review of the Department's IT infrastructure. |
7,207.80 |
