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Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 27 Jun 2000

Vol. 522 No. 2

Written Answers. - Consultancy Contracts.

Bernard J. Durkan

Question:

79 Mr. Durkan asked the Taoiseach the names and number of consultants employed by him or his Department in each of the past three years; the total cost involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18478/00]

Bernard J. Durkan

Question:

81 Mr. Durkan asked the Taoiseach the names and numbers of public relations firms employed by him and or his Department in each of the past three years; the total cost in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18508/00]

I propose to take Questions Nos. 79 and 81 together.

Following is a schedule which contains details of all consultancies and public relations firms employed by my Department and bodies under the aegis of my Department in the past three years. In some cases, the engagements are ongoing. The cost is identified in each case where payments have been made.

Consultancy and Public Relations Services

Name

Type of consultancy

Amount

Year

Dermot Nally

Cabinet Confidentiality

£2,400

1997

Diarmaid McGuinness

Cabinet Confidentiality

£4,235

1997

Rory Brady

17th amendment to Constitution – Cabinet Confidentiality

£4,235

1997

Noel Dorr

UN Carlsson Group

£29,545.71

Ongoing

Mairead Mullaney

Contract Librarian

£63,459.15

1997 to October 1999 – now paid as contract staff

Dr Kevin Whelan

1798 Commemoration

£12,013.63

1997/98

Jim Kirby

Adviser to MOS Mitchell

£10,358.95

1997

Prof. Philip Beaumont

Address to seminar on High Level Group on Trade Union Recognition

£1,784.89

1999

Arthur Anderson

Review of a Proposal by DCU on Capital Funding

£3,025.00

1997

KPMG

Review on Non-National Roads Study

£104,755.75

1997

Price Waterhouse

Review of Irish Air Corps and Naval Service

£76,262.67

Report published in July 1998

John Timoney

Flights & expenses (Garda Review)

£16,083.24

1997

Drury Communication

Consultancy on SMI communications

£2,795.10

1997

Irish Marketing Surveys

Customer Survey of Irish Civil Service

£8,954.00

1997

Irish Productivity Centre

Facilitation of the Partnership Committee

£3,000

1998

Fusio Limited

Design and develop the Department's page on the website

£6,897

Engaged in 1998

Hall Public Relations

PR consultants for the 1798 Commemoration

£10,000

1998

PA Consulting

IT Consultancy

£54,406.80

1999

St. John's University, New York

Basic Income Study(Phases 1 and 2)

£27,000

1998 (ongoing)

ESRI

£63,582

Prospectus Consultants

Department of the Taoiseach and the Financial Services Industry Association jointly commissioned a Feasibility Study into the establishment of a training facility for IFSC companies

£5,000

1999

Price WaterhouseCoopers

Feasibility study on The Stadium for a New Century.

£380,033

1999

William M Mercer

Consultancy service on Performance Management

£20,965.90

1998 and 1999

Name

Type of consultancy

Amount

Year

Deloitte and Touche

Business Analysis and Review of the Financial Management Function

£36,771.90

November 1999 to January 2000

Farrell Grant Sparks

Business planning

£3,856.88

1999

Deputy Michael O'Kennedy

Taoiseach's personal representative on the EU Body established to develop a Charter on Fundamental Rights for the Union.

£2,083.46(expenses only)

1999 to date

Mr Mahon Hayes

Engaged on an on-going basis as an alternate to Deputy O'Kennedy

£4,438.50(fees and expenses)

1999 to date

BIC Systems

IT Consultancy – Lotus Notes

£3,000

April 2000

EPS Software

IT Consultancy – Lotus Notes

£477.95

May 2000

Rory O'Donnell &Paul Teague

To evaluate partnership at work in Ireland

Payment not yet made

1999/2000

ISI Interact Services Ireland

Design of central website on the Delivering Better Government and Modernisation Programme

Payment not yet made

2000

Drury Communications/ BFK Design

Forms design for performance management

Payment not yet made

2000

Wilson Hartnell PR

Public Relations for Sports Campus Ireland

Payment not yet made

2000

National Millennium Committee

Name

Type of consultancy

Amount

Year

BDO Simpson Xavier Consulting

Detailed assessment of a proposal for a Millennium Tower (the old Jameson chimney at Smithfield in Dublin)

£18,723.86

1999

Peter Owens DDB

Advertising/information campaign

£279,815.05

1999 to date

CMS Marketing (Century Merchandising)

Public Relations Work

£309,420.30

1999 to date

Pembroke Communication

Public Relations Work

£78,607.67

1999 to date

Fusio Limited

Design, set up website

£16,710.00

1999 to date

BFK Design Limited

Design of the Millennium Logo, put the logo on disc for use by authorised bodies, and to create large backdrops for use at various Millennium launches

£45,724.51

1999 to date

Information Society Commission

Name

Type of consultancy

Amount

Year

Edelman Public Relations

Engaged on a retainer basis to manage a communications and media strategy for the ISC

£157,083.78

Engaged in April 1998 – ongoing

The Learning Organisation

Cyril Drury, an educational expert was engaged to assist the Learning Advisory Group in the preparation of a report on the non-formal environment for learning and information and communications technology

£43,137

April 1998 to June 1999

Lansdowne Market Research

Appointed to carry out the Public and Business Survey

£48,400

1998

Oniva

Appointed to design and set up equipment at the “Young Scientists Exhibition”

£10,285

1998

Sink Digital Media

Responsible for the animation of the logo for Tech TV

£1,573

1998

Langely Freeman

Designed and acted as consultants for the backdrop for the launch of the ISC report

£1,033.34

1998

Brenda O'Hanlon

Series of newspaper articles

£1,119.09

1998

MRBI

Research survey of the general public designed to establish levels of awareness of, and engagement with, the technologies associated with the evolving Information Society

£28,314

1999

MRBI

Survey of Irish businesses to establish awareness of technology

£18,755

1999

Edelman Worldwide

PR Consultancy for Netd@ys

£52,000

July to November 1999

MRBI

Update of 1999 research survey to assess the impact of Netd@ys

£9,619

November 1999

MRBI

Research into awareness and usage of information and communications technology amongst Irish businesses

£16,880

2000

MRBI

Research into General Public Awareness and Usage of Information and Communications Technology 2000

No payment to date

2000

Paul Tanney

Report on Personal Use of Technology

£250

2000

Name

Type of consultancy

Amount

Year

NW Labs

To examine the issues of convergency and the implications for telecommunications communications regulation for Ireland

£6,388.80

2000

Centre for Research in Technology in Education

Research material for seminar

£13,160

2000

Farrell Grant Sparks

Research into future needs for Ireland's development as an Information Society

£8,034

2000

Frontend

Work on website for Internet Venue Director

£18,215

2000

Computer Gym

Supply of mobile unit and training consultancy for Training Roadshow

£47,500

2000

Irish Marketing Surveys Ltd

To independently evaluate the training Roadshow.

No payment to date

2000

Tribunal of Inquiry (Moriarty)

Name

Type of consultancy

Amount

Year

Baker Consultants

Design, implement and host a Web site

£6,650

January 1999

Moss Technology Limited

Year 2000 compliance report and follow up

£5,002.72

1999

Confidential

Legal consultancy in relation to the Moriarty Tribunal

£5,934.72

1999

National Economic and Social Forum

Name

Type of consultancy

Amount

Year

Advance Organisation and Management Development

Consultancy work for the Forum relating to Project Teams

£11,200

1998

ESRI

Labour Market Study

£2,000

1999

Hay Consultants,D Halloran and C. O'Connell

Social Housing

£8,151.95

1999

Anne Clarke

Local Employment Services

£6,604.55

1999

Agtel (video)NI Housing Executive

Social Housing

£30,000£8,000

2000

Hay ConsultantsMary Murphy

Labour Shortages

£2,300£1,500

2000

Lone Parents Project GroupGoodbody

Draft Opinion on National Anti-Proverty Strategy

Payment not yet made

2000

UCD

Draft opinion on Equality Issues

Payment not yet made

2000

National Economic and Social Council

Name

Type of consultancy

Amount

Year

Dr John Sweeney andDr Kieran McKeownSocial and Economic ResearchConsultant

Preparing background documents for Strategy Report

£11,313.50

1999

Dr John GearyMichael Smurfit GraduateSchool of Business UDC

Preparing background documents for Strategy Report

£4,200

1999

Dr Richard BoyleInstitute of PublicAdministration

Preparing background documents for Strategy Report

£4,235

1999

ITG Computers

Testing equipment for Year 2000 compliance

£2,587.50

1999

Western Development (transferred from Taoiseach's Vote in 1997)

Name

Type of consultancy

Amount

Year

Brendan McKenna

Updating Aran Islands

£1,197.90

1997

Centre for Adult Education

Public Services in Rural Areas

£10,000

1997

Referendum Commission (operated in 1998)

Name

Type of consultancy

Amount

Year

Drury Communications

PR Consultants on the Northern Ireland Referendum

£1,864,241(of which £111,622 was media consultancy management fee; the balance was sub-contractor/ supplier expenditure via media consultants)

1998

Local Development (transferred from Taoiseach's Vote in 1997)

Name

Type of consultancy

Amount

Year

Keating & Associates

Operational Programme for Urban & Rural Dev

£16,237.47

1997

Goodbody Economic Consultants

External Evaluation of Operational Programme

£59,834.86

1997

EPS Computer Systems

Computer System for Local Development

£28,219.02

1997

All Party Committee on Constitution

Name

Type of consultancy

Amount

Year

Coakley/Laver

Study on the future of Seanad Eireann

£1,000

1997/98

Richard Synott

Research on Referendum

£1,120

1998

Lansdowne Market Research

Research on Referendum

£5,445

1998

Gerard Hogan

Honorarium for legal drafting on constitutional amendments

£2,000

1998

Laura Rattigan BL

Legal Research

£995.60

1999

Devolution Commission (transferred from Taoiseach's Vote in 1997)

Name

Type of consultancy

Amount

Year

Lansdowne Market Research

Survey on Attitudes to Local Government

£49,240.95

1997

Communicating Europe

Name

Type of consultancy

Amount

Year

International Music Event

Europe Day Concert

£27,450.00

1997

Patsy McArdle

Production of Euro link column

£7,500.00

1997

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