Departmental Staff.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 13 February 2008

Wednesday, 13 February 2008

Ceisteanna (270)

Richard Bruton

Ceist:

365 Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Defence the number of full-time specialists who have been procured through open recruitment in the area of information technology procurement and capital project evaluation and management; and the number of IT procurement specialists who have been seconded between the public and private sectors, as proposed by him as part of the improved value from capital projects. [6013/08]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Defence (Deputy Willie O’Dea)

Both my Department and the Defence Forces are allocated limited capital sums for ICT expenditure, mostly in support of existing applications and infrastructure. As these are significantly below the thresholds for major projects, the need for specialist recruitment has not yet arisen. I am, however, open to all support options as necessary.