Departmental Equipment

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 5 July 2023

Wednesday, 5 July 2023

Ceisteanna (103)

Catherine Murphy

Ceist:

103. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the number of instances in which her Department used unlicensed software and/or lapsed licenced software in the past ten years to date; the associated expenditure on same to remedy the situation; and the software that was used. [33152/23]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Education

My Department has recorded one instance of using freeware consumer software licences, as opposed to enterprise type licences, for a back-end testing product. The position was regularised for €500.