Departmental Expenditure

Tuesday, 23 July 2019

Questions (2877)

Shane Cassells

Question:

2877. Deputy Shane Cassells asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the expenditure incurred in external information technology costs in each year since March 2011, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32302/19]

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Written answers

Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government

The information requested is currently being compiled and will be provided to the Deputy in accordance with standing orders.

The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 42A

My Department’s external ICT expenditure (including in relation to Met Eireann) is incurred primarily for external hardware and software purchases, licenses and the provision of support from external suppliers. Some external ICT expenditure is also incurred in respect of our financial management system and other ICT related projects and systems, including the online planning system, housing systems and website hosting. The following table sets out the expenditure incurred on an annual basis from March 2011 to 18 July 2019.

2011 from March

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019 to 18 July

Total (€)

4,356,838.98

5,253,536.84

3,853,632.19

3,704,923.94

4,036,429.31

2,854,545.59

3,533,061.75

3,994,649.92

2,795,476.95