Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 21 July 2011
701 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the number of computer servers that are owned or leased by his Department and each State agency under the aegis of his Department; and the capacity of each server. [22492/11]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy Department currently provides computer services to the Department of Health, the new Department of Children and Youth Affairs, Adoption Authority of Ireland, Office of the Ombudsman for Children and the Office of the Disability Appeals Officer. In total there are 60 operational servers providing a range of ICT services with a total disk capacity of approximately 68 TB (terabytes) making the average server capacity approximately 1.13 TB. None of these servers are leased. The requested details in relation to the agencies under my Department's aegis are not readily available as it is an operational matter for the agencies themselves and my Department does not routinely compile or hold this information. I am referring the Deputy's question to the relevant agencies including the Health Service Executive for its attention and direct reply to the Deputy.
