Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 June 2015
198. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the total amount spent on external information and technology consultants by her Department in each of the years 2010 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23458/15]
View answer201. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if her Department has re-negotiated external information and technology consultancy contracts and costs since March 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23575/15]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 198 and 201 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 and on IT external service provision for previous years is available on the Department’s website at the following address: 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 2014 and to 12 May 2015 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 2015
|
Contractor |
Purpose |
Spend to 12th May 2015 € |
|
Rits |
Confidential Forensic Investigation Services |
€11,480 |
IT Consultancy Year 2014
|
Contractor |
Purpose |
€ |
|
Haywood Associates |
Technical Development Advice** |
€224,340 |
|
Naked Objects Group |
Business Objects Modelling Advice & Expertise** |
€200,857 |
|
Deloitte & Touche |
Provision of Security Partner Services |
€28,246 |
|
Deloitte & Touche |
IS Internal Audit Services |
€23,616 |
|
Microsoft |
Support to Technical Architecture Group** |
€19,590 |
|
Rits |
Confidential Forensic Investigation Services |
€6,541 |
** Following a review by the Project Governance Committee, these contracts were re-assigned to the IT External Service Provision subhead for 2015 which was deemed more appropriate to the services provided under these contracts.
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 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 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 2010
|
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 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 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 |
