Dáil Éireann - Volume 653 - 08 May, 2008

Written Answers. - Departmental Expenditure.

Deputy Damien English asked the Minister for Transport the cost to his Department [1152] of implementing the pay roll system within his Department and within bodies under his Department’s aegis for each of the years 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and to date in 2008 in tabular readable form. [17722/08]

  Deputy Noel Dempsey: The information sought by the Deputy is set in the table below.

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008 (to date)

Hardware/Software/Maintenance

35,454

1,118

163,617

3,373

55,265

Staffing

146,592

164,290

157,583

178,286

58,229

The significant increase in spending in 2006 reflects a full system upgrade, installation of CorePension system, increased operational support and the costs of incorporating staff from the former Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources onto my Department’s payroll system. Staffing costs are calculated on the basis of the numbers and grades of staff based on the mean of scale. Data in relation to bodies under the aegis of my Department is a matter for the bodies concerned.