Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 7 February 2024
360. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the amount spent by her Department on the procurement of office space and furniture and office IT equipment in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024. [5407/24]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy is provided in the table below.
|
- |
Furniture |
Office Space* |
IT Equipment* |
|
2014 |
€3,092.29 |
€691,080.00 |
€542,666 |
|
2015 |
€27,490.47 |
€779,080.00 |
€974,050 |
|
2016 |
€106,696.08 |
€723,080.00 |
€657,690 |
|
2017 |
€92,969.49 |
€698,200.00 |
€881,592 |
|
2018 |
€44,617.50 |
€871,065.00 |
€550,022 |
|
2019 |
€93,409.27 |
€1,244,097.00 |
€526,084 |
|
2020 |
€50,031.94 |
€1,417,247.00 |
€564,374 |
|
2021 |
€183,854.02 |
€1,463,254.00 |
€602,509 |
|
2022 |
€264,209.23 |
€1,866,559.17 |
€1,179,791 |
|
2023 |
€534,066.61 |
€1,919,144.17 |
€792,424 |
|
2024 (to date) |
€4,674.00 |
€174,742.16 |
€7,785 |
The purchase of IT equipment in 2022 includes equipment to support the response to the Ukraine crisis, as well as the scheduled replacement of older equipment, which was delayed during the pandemic.
The 2023 costs mainly relate to the provision of equipment for additional offices and increased staffing to support the International Protection Office.
The Deputy may also wish to note that over the period 2015-2017 my Department's ICT function took on responsibility for providing equipment to over 80 additional offices nationwide which had been previously provided by an external contractor.
*The majority of properties occupied by my Department are owned or leased on its behalf by the Office of Public Works (OPW). Information in respect of buildings/office accommodation leased directly for office space for areas of my Department which are paid for from the Justice vote are included in the table.
** Expenditure on IT equipment includes laptops, personal computers, photocopiers and printers.
