Written Answers. - Consultancy Services.
Brian Cowen
Question:
39
Mr. Cowen
asked the
Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry
the total cost of consultancy services to his Department since his appointment; the names of each consultancy company employed by him and his Department to date this year; the cost of consultancy services for each State body under the aegis of his Department to date this year; and the name of each firm engaged by each State body this year.
[13692/95]
The total expenditure on consultancy services by my Department since my appointment is £325,399. The expenditure on consultancy services to date in 1995 by each non-commercial State body under the aegis of my Department is as follows: Teagasc, £125,043; An Bord Glas, £44,690; An Bord Bia, £511,233.
The remaining information requested by the Deputy is set out in the form of a tabular statement which I propose to circulate with the Official Report.
Consultants employed to date in 1995
Department
Dr. A.G. Greenwood
O'Hare & Associates*
Eugene F. Collins*
Goddard Smith & McCabe*
Colin McIver Associates
Brendan Kearney and Associates
Coopers & Lybrand Ltd.
Geosys
Deloitte Touche-Jaakko Poyry
Sectoral Consultants Ltd.
Dr. G. Gallagher
Fitzpatrick Associates
Ernst and Young
SGS United Kingdom Ltd.
Price Waterhouse
H. Griffith Quirk & Son Ltd.
Casebourne & Southern Ltd.
K.P.O. Mahony & Co. Ltd.
McMahon Sheedy Communications Consultants
Bill O'Herlihy Communications Group
*Following the establishment, under the Milk (Regulation of Supply) Act 1994, of the Interim Board to oversee the operations of the former Dublin and Cork District Milk Boards and their eventual sale, these consultants, originally engaged by the Department, were engaged by the Interim Board which paid them a total of £59,496 in 1995 to date. The Department had earlier paid them a total of £74,001 which is included in the total expenditure of £325,399 by the Department.
Non-commercial State Bodies
Teagasc
A.H. Connolly & Associates
Baydon Ltd.
Mr. D. Murphy
ESRI
Francis Woods & Co.
Maire O'Leary & Associates
Phimac Computing Ltd.
PMI Software Ltd.
Scottish Agricultural College
Seán McHale & Associates
T. Hanrahan & Associates
Trinity College
AGL Software Systems
An Bord Glas
Cregan Quality Consultants
Mr. J. Kelly
P.A. Consultants
An Bord Bia
Deloitte & Touche (two engagements)
Craig Gardner
Arthur Anderson (two engagements)
Linsey
W.P. Rutlidge
P.A. Consultants
Commencements Ltd.
Lansdowne Marketing International
Colin Mclver Associates
Helme Partnership
Strategic Management Services (two engagements)
Healy and Associates
McMahon Sheedy Communications Consultants
Irish Management Institute
Teagasc
Mr. Liam Butler
Mr. John O'Connell
Brendan Kearney and Associates
Binchy & Co.
Dr. A. Mescal
Brunswick Associates
M. Doyle
Dr. M. Elynn
Nutriscan
McLoughlin & Donaldson (two engagements)
Mr. M. Clifford
L'Authentique
Blezat Conseil (two engagements)
McKay Solicitors
Cabinet Sabtier
Meat & Livestock Commission U.K.
Mr. L.G. Colby
Cameron Cheat
Manifred Esser
Guttel and Taranto
P. McHenry
Dr. Fukase
Mr. A. Hedman
An Bord Tráchtála (two engagements)
Intermedia
Mr. B. Turbridge
Mr. M. Papdopoulos
Mr. D. Mockler
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