The Deputy will appreciate, decisions in relation to the provision and allocation of Garda resources are a matter for the Garda Commissioner, and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter.
I have asked the Garda Commissioner for the specific information requested and when it is to hand I will inform the Deputy accordingly.
The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 42A
I refer to Parliamentary Question No. 54 for answer on 1st June, 2017, in which you requested details of the contracts awarded in relation to information technology and consultancy by An Garda Síochána between January 2012 and January 2016, in tabular form.
As the information you requested could not be obtained in the time available, I undertook to contact you again.
You will appreciate that decisions in relation to the provision and allocation of Garda resources are a matter for the Garda Commissioner, and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter.
I have been informed by the Garda authorities that the information sought is in the following table:
Year
|
Company
|
Contract
|
Reason
|
Tender
|
2016
|
Gartner
|
ICT Research & Advisory (Lot 3)
|
ICT Research
|
OGP Framework
|
2016
|
IT Executive Focus
|
ICT Research & Advisory (Lot 2)
|
ICT Skilled Resources Tender
|
OGP Framework
|
2014
|
Bearing Point
|
Security Review
|
ICT Security Review
|
Restricted Tender
|
2012/2013
|
Bearing Point
|
Technical Skilled Schengen Resource
|
EU Presidency 2013
|
Tender
|
2012
|
TETRA Ireland Consultant
|
NDRS Resource
|
Support NDRS
|
OGCIO Framework
|
I trust that the above is of assistance.