Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 April 2019
105. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual cost in 2017 and 2018 of hosting a website (details supplied); and the breakdown of all associated information and communications technology and staff costs in tabular form. [17972/19]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy Department has developed the gov.ie website which is a key tenant of the Public Service ICT strategy under Digital First. The objective of gov.ie is the creation of a shared website for all Departments, presenting content in an accessible manner for ease of online interaction for citizens and businesses. It will provide easy-to-find information about government services and will improve on separate department websites which have different designs, navigation, writing styles and isolated services. It will involve a significant improvement in how Government delivers access to its information and services online, focusing more on the user of the services rather than the providers of those services. Development of the site started in 2017 and activity increased in 2018 as the Public Consultations portal was incorporated. Three departmental websites have been added in 2019 so far. The gov.ie site was originally hosted exclusively by a company called Linode but we now also use Amazon Web Services (AWS). The cost associated with hosting gov.ie in 2017, including VAT, was €588.96. In 2018, as activity was substantially increased and considerably more resilience and services added, the cost was €5,414.97, also including VAT.
|
Company |
2017 |
2018 |
|
Amazon AWS |
€0 |
€3,749.14 |
|
Linode |
€588.96 |
€1,665.83 |
|
Total |
€588.96 |
€5,414.97 |
