asked the Minister for Finance what reports and surveys, if any, have been commissioned by his Department in each of the past ten years; the amount of money spent on each such report or survey; by whom they were conducted; and how many, if any, reports or surveys are outstanding.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Reports and Surveys.
The information sought by the Deputy is set out in a statement which, with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, I propose to circulate with the Official Report.
Following is the statement:
Year |
Report/Survey |
Conducted by |
Cost |
Is Report/Survey outstanding? |
1962 |
Report on proposed introduction of Incentive Bonus on Arterial Drainage |
Associated Industrial Consultants |
£40,000 |
No |
1963 |
Report on proposed new Stationery Office warehouse lay-out and procedures |
Production Engineering Ltd. (now PE Consulting Group Ltd.) |
£2,000 |
No |
1964 |
Report of Committee on Post Retirement Adjustments in Public Service Pensions |
Committee on Post Retirement Adjustments in Public Service Pensions |
£135 viz. cost of printing report |
No |
1966 |
Report on operation of New Works Architectural Division in the Office of Public Works |
Polycon Group |
£2,730 |
No |
1966 |
Report of the Public Services Organisation Review Group |
Public Services Organisation Review Group. The Group engaged a firm of consultants (Booz, Allen and Hamilton International) to assist it in its work |
£124,000 (£93,640 of which was paid to the consultants) |
No |
1967-68 |
The following research projects were commissioned by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) in consultation with the Department of Finance: |
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Relationship between investment and growth in output and, if possible, in capacity, by sector and subsector |
M. O'Donoghue (T.C.D.) |
£230 |
No |
|
Analysis of behaviour of profits of public companies in manufacturing industry in Ireland over the last 10-15 years, and of any changes which occurred in the proportions of profits distributed and ploughed back |
M. MacCormac (U.C.D.)Prof. J. Bates (Q.U.B.) |
Cost borne by ESRI |
No |
|
Projections to 1970-75 of probable changes in input/output co-efficients in selected industries or industry groups |
J. McGilvray (T.C.D.) |
£350 |
No |
|
Relationship (including lags) between wages and prices. Subsequently published by the ESRI under the title “Costs and prices in transportable goods industries” |
W. Black and J. Simpson (Q.U.B.) |
Cost borne by ESRI |
No |
|
Analysis of general economic relationships between public and private sectors: multiplier effects of changes in government expenditure within framework of balanced budget |
W.K. O'Riordan (U.C.D.) |
£1,000 |
No |
|
Factors taken into account in investment decisions in Irish industry |
P. Lynch, J. Doolan (U.C.D.) P. Lyons (T.C.D.) |
£750 |
No |
|
The economic consequences of the introduction of a system of added-value tax on the EEC model, covering industrial production, agricultural production and services |
A.A. Tait (T.C.D.) |
Cost borne by ESRI |
No |
|
Examination of the levels and trends of public expenditure on certain social services in a number of smaller European countries |
Prof. P.R. Kaim-Caudle (Durham University) |
Cost borne by ESRI |
No |
|
1967 |
Motivational research study on the greater use of the Irish language |
Institute for Motivational Research, New York |
£7,242 |
No |
1967 |
Assistance in the initial CR projects undertaken by the newlyformed OR Unit in the Department of Finance |
University of Lancaster |
£3,948 |
No |
1968 |
Report on research into civil service work at certain higher levels with a view to advising on training needs |
Institute of Public Administration |
£18,200 |
Final report from IPA still awaited |
1968 |
Review of the development of ADP and computers in the Civil Service (part of a larger undertaking carried out on behalf of the Economic and Social Research Institute) |
Professor F.G. Foster, Department of Statistics, T.C.D. |
Cost borne by ESRI |
No |
1969 |
Survey on clerical work measurement in the Office of the Revenue Commissioners |
W.D. Scott & Co. Ltd., Management Consultants, London |
£9,534 |
No |
1969 |
(a) Technical change in Irish industry. (b) Foreign investment and its influence on technological transfer in Irish Economic Development |
Department of Economics, University College, Dublin |
(a) and (b) £170 |
|
1969 |
Survey of Provincial Museums, Great Houses and Gardens |
An Taisce |
£5,221 |
No |
1969 |
Amenity study of Kilkenny city in context of National Park Planning |
Students of College of Technology, Bolton Street |
£350 (estimated) |
No |
1969 |
Report on research in attitudes towards the Administrative Officer grade in the Civil Service |
Institute of Public Administration |
£1,450 |
No |
1970 |
Report of the Commission on the Status of Women |
Commission on the Status of Women. The Commission have engaged the consultancy services of the Economic and Social Research Institute to assist it in its work |
£9,500 (approx.) to date |
The Commission have not yet published any report. They have given priority to the question of equal pay and they are at present engaged on the preparation of an interim report on this subject. |
1970 |
Survey of civil service typing services |
Economic and Social Research Institute |
£500 |
Final report still awaited. |
1970 |
Assessment of the environment for research and development in Ireland |
Science Policy Research Centre, University College, Dublin |
£4,000 |
Final report ill awaited. |
1970 |
Sectoral review for Science Policy purposes |
Professor C.T.G. Dillion, University College, Cork |
£1,500 |
Final report still outstanding. |
1971 |
Report on research on current attitudes towards the Irish language and on the extent to which the public would support policy developments which seemed to offer a greater chance of achieving the aim of restoring Irish as a general means of communication in a significant range of language functions |
Dr. L.A. Brudner, Pittsburg University |
£500 to date |
Final report still outstanding. |
1971 |
Survey of Scientific and Technical Information |
Institute for Industrial Research and Standards (IIRS), in collaboration with the National Science Council (NSC) |
Nil |
Survey findings still awaited |
1971 |
Survey of communications pattern among scientists |
An Foras Talúntais in collaboration with the NSC |
£1,250 |
Survey findings still awaited. |
1971 |
Survey of Marine activity and Marine resources |
IIRS in collaboration with NSC |
Nil |
Survey findings still awaited. |