Departmental Records

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 23 February 2017

Thursday, 23 February 2017

Questions (266)

Catherine Murphy

Question:

266. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost per year for the past three years for the storage of data and-or files on cloud storage or third party servers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9406/17]

Written answers

Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade

My Department has not incurred costs on the storage of corporate data on third party or cloud servers. I am aware of the benefits offered by cloud computing and any future activity in this area will be guided by the Public Service ICT Strategy.