Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 19 Oct 1995

Vol. 457 No. 3

Written Answers. - Ministerial Costs.

Charlie McCreevy

Question:

74 Mr. McCreevy asked the Minister for Finance the number and cost of staff in his general and private ministerial offices and the general and private ministerial offices of the Minister(s) of State at his Department; the number and cost of contract and part-time staff employed in such offices; the cost of all travel undertaken by him or the Minister (s) of State at his Department since appointment to office outlining the destinations visited, the duration, dates and purpose of the trips; the total expenses incurred by him or the Minister (s) of State at his Department; and the cost and names of consultancy services to his Department and each State body under the aegis of his Department to date in 1995. [15309/95]

Minister for Finance (Mr. Quinn)

The information in relation to the staffing of my general and private offices and those of the Ministers of State at my Department is set out in the following table.

	Number	Annual cost
		£
Minister
Civil Servants	18	277,048
Contract Staff	5	161,172
Minister of State Doyle
Civil Servants	5	82,383
Contract Staff	5*	94,924
Minister of State Coveney (Department of Finance)
Civil Servants	2	36,581
Contract Staff	1	34,111
Minister of State Coveney (Office of Public Works)
Civil Servants	7	104,690
Contract Staff	3*	41,440

* Includes 2 civilian drivers.

With regard to the information requested in respect of travel undertaken by me and the Ministers of State at my Department, I refer the Deputy to the reply given to Deputy Ivor Callely in respect of Parliamentary Question No. 74 answered on 18 October 1995.

The following is a schedule of consultancy services provided to my Department in 1995 and the costs to date:

Name of Consultants	Cost to date
Ray Gray, Craig
Gardner/Price
Waterhouse	£11,481,69
Price Waterhouse/ INDECON	No payments to date¹
Goodbody Stockbrokers Merill Lynch International	No payments to date — total cost will be £0.992m
Price Waterhouse Management	£93,254.70
Tansey, Webster & Associates	No payments to date
Price Waterhouse	£32,670
ICC Bank plc	£15,750
Prose	£655.50
Openware Software	£3,194.40
Computer Facilities Management	£30,146.50
Baker Consultancy	£302.50
Baltimore Technologies	£26,668.40
KPMG Management Consultants	£20,763.60
Bill O'Herlihy Communications	£2,900

1 In reply to a written parliamentary question by Deputy McCreevy on 13 June 1995, it was indicated that an amount of £30,000 had been paid to Price Waterhouse/INDECON. In fact no payment had or has since been paid though it is now estimated that the final payment will be in the region of £40,000.

The following consultants were retained by offices for which my Department has responsibility;

Name of Consultants	Cost to date
	£
Office of the Ombudsman
Chapman Flood Accountants	1,832
Mason, Hayes & Curran, Solicitors	12,961.15
Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Andersen Consultants	270,000
Bull Information Systems Ltd	52,158.26
Redacteurs Software Documentation	847
Mr. Alan Moore	36,300
Telecom Eireann	4,537.50
Gerard O'Leary	3,750
P. Michael Connor	2,553.10
Forbairt	1,963.00
Systems Modelling Ltd.	900.06
Civil Service Commission
Price Waterhouse	No payment to date
Saville & Holdsworth (IRL) Ltd	No payments to date
Management Agency
Delphi Software Ltd.	908
Michael Burns	2,000
Pat Hyland Consultancy Service	3,041
Computer Placement	3,194
Hay MSL Management Consultants	3,382
Executive Connections	5,778
Mercer Ltd.	9,422
Frank Dunlop & Associates	11,802
TASA International	7,645
Electricity Supply Board	13,915

The question of consultancy services provided to the State bodies under the aegis of my Department is a matter for the bodies concerned and the information requested is not therefore available to my Department.