I refer the Deputy to my reply to Question No. 59 of 19 October 1995 in which I gave details of consultants engaged in the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Office of the Tánaiste. The following is an update of that position:
Department of Foreign Affairs.
Mr. Dennis Driscoll was employed on a full-time basis as a consultant with the Legal Division up to 24 July 1995. The total cost of his contract in 1995 was £45,572.36.
Mr. Declan Fitzgerald was retained on a part-time basis to assist in the technical aspects associated with the introduction of a new computerised financial management system up to 2 June 1995. The cost of his contract in 1995 is £7,800.
Ms Mairead Mullaney was engaged on a full-time basis to upgrade the Department's Library from 1 March to 31 August 1995. The total cost of her contract in 1995 is £12,000.
The firm, Price Waterhouse, is engaged in a consultancy study on staff appraisal. No actual costs have been incurred to date but it is estimated that the total costs will be £15,000.
Ms Lucinda Bray is engaged at present on a part-time basis as a staff training consultant. No actual costs have been incurred to date but it is estimated that the total costs will be £1,200.
Development Co-operation Division
|
Name
|
Specific Project
|
Total Cost to Date
|
Completion Date
|
Estimated Balance Due
|
|
|
£
|
|
£
|
|
Edmund Cahill
|
Microinformatics Training (Lesotho)
|
2,500
|
Completed
|
|
|
Patrick Lavin
|
Education Planning Mission (Tanzania)
|
14,500
|
Completed
|
|
|
Philip Ryan
|
Review of Centre of Accounting Studies Project (Lesotho)
|
11,805
|
Completed
|
|
|
Florence Armstrong
|
Kasana Education Project (Zambia)
|
13,500
|
Completed
|
|
|
John Grindle
|
Zambia Country Review
|
9,520
|
Completed
|
|
|
Philomena Tuite
|
Land Use — Northern Zambia
|
5,000
|
Completed
|
|
|
Donal Corcoran
|
Computerisation of Division's Accounts
|
5,505
|
Completed
|
|
|
Joe Mullen
|
Review of Kilosa District Programme (Tanzania)
|
10,000
|
Completed
|
|
|
Boem Van Ravensway
|
Fellowship Programme Review
|
9,700
|
Completed
|
|
|
Jim McCabe
|
Fellowship Programme Review
|
3,250
|
Jan. 1996
|
3,250
|
|
Clodagh McCumiskey
|
Research for Fellowship Review
|
240
|
Completed
|
|
|
Cathy Gaynor
|
Development of Gender Guidelines for the Air Programme
|
7,350
|
Jan. 1996
|
3,150
|
|
Winifred O'Neill
|
Review of Cytology Screening Project (Lesotho)
|
975
|
Jan. 1996
|
2,275
|
|
Philip Callery
|
Review of Ministry of Works Project (Lesotho)
|
2,250
|
Completed
|
|
|
CIE Consult
|
Feasibility Study on Rehabilitation of Railway Line (Mozambique)
|
25,000
|
Completed
|
|
|
Brian Lewis
|
Livestock Development Project (Tanzania)
|
4,500
|
Completed
|
|
|
Garvan McCann
|
Livestock Development Review (Tanzania)
|
19,400
|
Completed
|
|
|
Anne Bourke-Garcia
|
Kilosa Health Project (Tanzania)
|
4,000
|
Jan. 1996
|
6,000
|
|
Sr. Mona Tyndall
|
Kitwe Maternity Project (Zambia)
|
5,750
|
Completed
|
|
|
Cliona Foley-Nolan
|
HIV Testing Project (Zambia)
|
1,125
|
Feb. 1996
|
2,625
|
|
Shane Allwright
|
Jimma Health Project (Ethiopia)
|
3,250
|
Completed
|
|
|
John Kevaney
|
Jimma Health Project (Ethiopia)
|
4,000
|
Completed
|
|
|
Bob Bowman
|
Tourism Project (Zambia)
|
4,250
|
Completed
|
|
|
Austin Mescal
|
CGIAR/Agriculture Project
|
750
|
Completed
|
|
|
Colette Craven
|
Rwanda Feasibility Study
|
300
|
Completed
|
|
|
Mary Jennings
|
Review of Labour Construction unit
|
4,750
|
Completed
|
|
|
Frits Wils
|
NGO Co-Financing Scheme Review
|
5,250
|
Jan. 1996
|
5,250
|
|
Alan King
|
Review of Sokoine Extension Project, Tanzania
|
1,125
|
Jan. 1996
|
2,625
|
|
Bernard Pierce
|
CAS Review
|
14,025
|
Jan. 1996
|
3,325
|
Office of the Tánaiste
The Office of the Tánaiste has used the services of one consultant during the course of 1995. On 23 May 1995 consultants were appointed to carry out research on the employment options for the long-term unemployed for the Task Force on Long-Term Unemployment. The contract was awarded to Fitzpatrick Associates (Economic Consultants) in conjunction with Kieran McKeown Ltd. (Social and Economic Research Consultants) at a cost of £26,862.
