Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 30 Jan 1990

Vol. 394 No. 8

Written Answers. - Public Relations or Consultancy Companies.

Peter Barry

Question:

227 Mr. Barry asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce the names of the public relations or consultancy companies employed by his Department in 1989; and the fees paid to each of them.

Minister for Industry and Commerce (Mr. O'Malley)

Details of the companies/persons, in respect of whose services payment was made during 1989 together with the fees paid, are set out in the table below.

Certain of the payments may have related to work carried out prior to 1989.

Consultancy Firm	Payment 1989
	£
Liam Lysaght & Co.	10,557
Arthur Andersen & Co.	987
Joseph Chadwick	3,460
A. and L. Goodbody	5,662
Tillinghast	11,751
Jimmy Joyce	4,930
R. Watson & Sons	20,599
Dr. Ray Kinsella	3,626
Economic and Social Research Institute	17,000
Touche Ross and Co.	2,188
Ernst and Young (Ernst and Whinney)	76,698
NCB Corporate Finance	3,750
Frank Roche	7,125
Petroleum Economics Limited	1,328
Carr Communications Limited	2,179
Quid Limited	625
Majorie Farrelly	368
Patrick Hunt	8,000
Deloitte Haskins and Sells	4,063
Patrick C. Kelly	248
Patrick J. Twomey	188
O'Reilly Thornton and Co.	150
Liam McHale	443
Coughlan and Co.	309
Myles C. Murphy and Co.	688
University College Cork	4,268
University College Dublin	2,250
Augustus Cullen and Sons	767
Martin Linane and Co.	250
Fintra Associates Limited	93,770
Data Options Limited	36,677
Cara Data Processing Limited	7,087
Anthony Maguire	85
Michael Cush	1,144
O'Mara and Co.	14,796
Martin Giblin	1,469
Frank Clarke	1,523
Eolas	811
C.S. Kelly and Co.	168
Craig Gardner	2,273
William J. Kennedy and Co.	393
Mary Finlay	2,382
Cooney Corrigan and Co.	2,218
Eastern Health Board	850
Edge Anderson and Co.	579
Irish Refining PLC	193
Barry St. J. Galvin	158
Eircom — Computer Technology	35
James Connolly	131