Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 21 April 2021
81. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost to date of all Covid-19-related payments in his Department to individuals and corporate entities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15409/21]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe information requested by the Deputy in relation to Covid-19-related payments by my Department and the Office of Government Procurement, which is also part of my Department, is set out in the tables below.
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
|
Category |
2020 |
2021 (to March) |
|
ICT * |
€621,050 |
€30,020 |
|
Non-IT equipment and other costs |
€44,300 |
€5,600 |
|
Staffing |
€39,500 |
€25,550 |
|
Cleaning |
€24,600 |
- |
|
Personal Protective Equipment/Sanitiser |
€24,000 |
€250 |
* ICT costs include, for example, IT equipment, web services costs, additional IT security measures and costs related to the Covid-19 Tracker mobile app and the Vaccination Website
Office of Government Procurement
|
Category |
2020 |
2021 (to March) |
|
ICT * |
€182,600 |
€941 |
|
Non-IT equipment and other costs |
€43,900 |
€4,065 |
|
Personal Protective Equipment/Sanitiser |
€9,200 |
- |
* A portion of this is standard spend for new entrants at particular grades, a portion of it was a business decision to move away from replacing older desktops with laptops and the remaining spend was to enable OGP to work remotely and carry on business as usual during the pandemic
