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Dáil Éireann - Volume 643 - 11 December, 2007

Written Answers. - Departmental Communications.

Deputy Damien English Deputy Damien English

Deputy Damien English asked the Minister for Defence the number of staff in his Department who are provided with a Blackberry device or similar mobile e-mail equipment. [34219/07]

Deputy Willie O’Dea Deputy Willie O’Dea

Deputy Willie O’Dea: Blackberries are provided to six staff in my Department.

Deputy Damien English Deputy Damien English

Deputy Damien English asked the Minister for Defence the number of databases used by his Department; and the number of these that are wholly and partly operated by external organisations or individuals and operated solely within his Department. [34234/07]

Deputy Willie O’Dea Deputy Willie O’Dea

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[1200] Deputy Willie O’Dea: My Department uses two major databases relating to payroll and management information, including accounts, which are wholly operated within the Department. A third Human Resources Management database is used by Departmental HR staff and is owned and operated by Department of Finance. A number of smaller local databases are owned and operated by staff of the relevant administrative areas within the Department. The Defence Forces also maintain Operations, Personnel and Logistics related databases, which are owned and operated by Defence Forces personnel.

Deputy Damien English Deputy Damien English

Deputy Damien English asked the Minister for Defence the number of information technology projects undertaken by or for his Department since 2004 that have been delivered over budget, after their original deadline, on budget, under budget, on their original deadline and ahead of their original deadline; and if he will present the information in tabular readable form. [34249/07]

Deputy Willie O’Dea Deputy Willie O’Dea

Deputy Willie O’Dea: Following is the information requested by the Deputy:

Project	On budget	On deadline
Joint Departmental and Defence Forces Management Information Framework*	Yes	No
Defence Forces Server Replacement programme	Yes	Yes
* The Department of Defence engaged Oracle EMEA Ltd on a fixed price contract, which was signed in April 2004. The target go-live date was January 2005, however it was not possible to meet that target date due to the design, build and testing of the new systems (including a complex technical architecture) taking longer than expected to meet the requirements of the Department and the Defence Forces. The system went live in January 2006.

Dáil Éireann 643 Written Answers. Departmental Communications.

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