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Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 19 Dec 1996

Vol. 473 No. 3

Written Answers. - Departmental Staff.

Ivor Callely

Question:

143 Mr. Callely asked the Minister for Education the persons appointed by her or by the Minister(s) of State at her Department as programme managers, advisers, assistants or back-up staff either in her Department or in constituency offices; the annualised remuneration paid to these staff; the names of individuals, groups or companies which have undertaken or have been approved to undertake full-time, part-time or casual consultancies, reviews, examinations or analyses or any public relations service on her behalf or on behalf of the Minister(s) of State at her Department; the actual and estimated cost for 1997 in this regard; the persons companies, consultants or otherwise she or the Minister(s) of State at her Department have appointed to carry out work on behalf of semi-State bodies under the aegis of her Department; the reviews, consultancies or reports which she or the Minister(s) of State at her Department have commissioned or are due to commission; and the full costs in respect of all of these matters to her Department. [25101/96]

The personnel and salaries details of the staff in my office and in the offices of the Ministers of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Office of the Tánaiste are a matter of public record. To assist the Deputy, I refer him to my reply to Questions Nos. 162, 181 and 182 on 22 October.

The following consultants were employed by the Department in 1996:

Consultant

Service

Amount

£

Pinglestone Systems Ltd.

Information Technology

28,650.58

Vision Computing Ltd.

40,852.02

LAN Communications Ltd.

3,327.50

Gartner Group Ltd.

7,291.06

Formscan

23,746.22

ESBI Computing Ltd.

5,553.90

Core Computer Consultants

605.00

Quest Computing Ltd.

5,445.00

DTP Workshop Ltd.

169.40

Oliver Freaney & Co. Ltd.

Financial Management

54,599.36

HAY MSL Management Consultants

Training Analysis Needs

22,295.00

Craig Gardner & Co.

Management Analysis

3,753.88

Bill O'Herlihy Communications Group

Public Relations Consultancy

11,595.30

Drury Communications Ltd.

Communications Consultancy

5,843.65

Deloitte & Touche

Organisational Structures

82,745.00

CHL Consulting Co. Ltd.

Youthreach Staffing Review

15,968.00

Thomas McCarthy

School Governance Mediation

2,419.97

Séamus McGuinness

Editorial Consultancy

300.00

Mary McGuire

County Westmeath vocational education committee Inquiry

1,725.00

Sarah Moorhead

Drafting School Legislation

4,840.00

Brother Denis Minehan

Ballinasloe Post Primary Needs

878.38

Frank Murray

Ballinasloe Post Primary Needs

1,057.50

Aidan Bunyan

Facilitator

500.00

Medb Ruane

Editorial Work

125.00

Jonathan Williams

Editorial Work

80.00

A sum of £300,000 has been allocated for consultancy services in 1997.
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