I propose to take Questions Nos. 567 and 568 together.
My Department has not incurred any expenditure on external IT consultants in the years in question.
The Information Systems Division of my Department, does however, have contracts with six IT companies for the provision of ICT personnel, who are classed as contractors rather than consultants. The amount spent under this heading is as follows:
Company
|
2010
|
2011
|
2012
|
2013
|
2014 to date
|
Compass Informatics
|
€41,980
|
€69,375
|
€85,931
|
€79,815
|
€107,453
|
Client Solutions
|
€99,642
|
€100,050
|
€97,875
|
€101,572
|
€113,190
|
CPL
|
€93,060
|
€103,224
|
€104,033
|
€96,408
|
€118,344
|
ESRI
|
€126,229
|
€126,771
|
€130,464
|
€119,406
|
€124,988
|
System Dynamics
|
€136,568
|
€187,210
|
€199,651
|
€166,377
|
€204,592
|
IT Force
|
€270,795
|
€219,908
|
€136,377
|
€122,969
|
€129,418
|