Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 December 2014
53. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the total amount spent on external IT consultants by her Department in 2010 to 2013, inclusive, and to date in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49177/14]
View answer54. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if her Department has renegotiated external IT consultancy contracts and costs since March 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49192/14]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 53 and 54 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 separate 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 http://www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/Procurement-Policy.aspx.
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 expenditure details for IT consultancy for the years 2008 to 2013, and to 11 December 2014, are set out in the following tables.
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 & Touche |
IS Internal Audit Services |
€39,541 |
|
Deloitte & Touche |
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 |
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 & Touche |
IS Internal Audit Services |
€48,688 |
|
Accenture |
Mobile Opportunity Exploration |
€33,388 |
|
Microsoft |
Support to Technical Architecture Group |
€11,515 |
|
Deloitte & Touche |
Provision of Security Partner Services |
€6,540 |
IT Consultancy
Year 2014
|
Contractor |
Purpose |
Spend to 11 December 2014 € |
|
Haywood Associates |
Technical Development Advice |
€224,340 |
|
Naked Objects Group |
Business Objects Modelling Advice & Expertise |
€183,282 |
|
Microsoft |
Support to Technical Architecture Group |
€19,590 |
|
Deloitte & Touche |
Provision of Security Partner Services |
€18,098 |
|
Deloitte & Touche |
IS Internal Audit Services |
€17,712 |
|
Rits |
Confidential Forensic Investigation Services |
€6,541 |
