Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 20 May 2021
255. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a schedule will be provided of IT and email security costs incurred over the past five years to date; and the contractor engaged to deliver the services and or system. [27278/21]
View answerMy Department takes the risk of cyber attacks on its ICT network very seriously. There are no separate figures for email security costs in my Department as security is an integrated aspect of all ICT services. The figures for expenditure on ICT in my Department for the last 5 years are:
|
1 |
2016 |
€ 11,718,240.56 |
|
2 |
2017 |
€ 10,304,745.12 |
|
3 |
2018 |
€ 12,072,621.11 |
|
4 |
2019 |
€ 12,011,064.79 |
|
5 |
2020 |
€ 12,858,108.94 |
Various contractors are used to supply ICT services in my Department and these are listed and costed on the Department's website.
