Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 13 July 2023
342. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the estimated cost of increasing the Office of the chief information officer budget by 5, 10 and 20 percent respectively. [35189/23]
View answerThank you for your question Deputy. As you know the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) within my Department plays a leadership role in digital service delivery and innovation initiatives. OGCIO also has oversight of digital and ICT-related initiatives proposed by Departments and agencies, and supports Ireland’s representation at EU and OECD level. The OGCIO's Vote supports the provision and development of pan-public service ICT infrastructure, shared service delivery models and cross government applications.
The Voted Expenditure for the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer in 2023 is €40.286 million. This includes a provision of €4.5 million for the National Low Latency Platform programme that is funded under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) fund. There will be no allocation under this fund in 2024. Therefore the budget for 2024 is assumed to be the existing budget minus the RRF allocation.
The table below represents the total budget available were it to be increased in either 2023 or 2024 by 5, 10 and 20 percent respectively.
|
- |
2023 - including RRF funding |
2024 - excluding RRF funding |
|
OGCIO Voted Expenditure |
€40.286m |
€35.786m |
|
5% Increase |
€42.300m |
€37.575m |
|
10% Increase |
€44.314m |
€39.364m |
|
20% Increase |
€48.343m |
€42.943m |
