|
|
Actual Cost in 1996
|
Estimated Cost in 1997
|
|
£
|
£
|
£
|
Mr. Kevin Whelan:
|
|
|
|
Consultant for Minister of State Doyle
|
|
5,000
|
10,000
|
Mr. Jim Kirby:
|
|
|
|
Consultant/Researcher for Minister of State Mitchell
|
|
9,920
|
10,000
|
Netting of Financial Contracts Bill — Legal advice:
|
|
|
|
Mr. John Cooke
|
420
|
|
|
Mr. Michael Collins
|
1,839
|
|
|
Mr. Michael Cush
|
508
|
2,767
|
nil
|
Arthur Anderson:
|
|
|
|
Balance due for Anderson report on financial procedures
|
|
2,239
|
nil
|
Mr. Padraig Golden:
|
|
|
|
Fee for attendance at interview
|
|
140
|
nil
|
Dr. Dermot Nally:
|
|
|
|
Consultancy in relation to cabinet confidentiality
|
|
600
|
2,000
|
Mr. Noel Dorr:
|
|
|
|
Consultancy fee for UN Carlsson Group
|
|
1,120
|
6,000
|
Mr. Jim Rowe:
|
|
|
|
Editing re-writing booklet of Government Achievements
|
|
1,200
|
nil
|
Commencements Ltd:
|
|
|
|
Workshop fee for SMI
|
|
1,484
|
nil
|
Deloitte and Touche:
|
|
|
|
SMI — Review of the Garda Síochána
|
|
180,290
|
nil
|
Price Waterhouse:
|
|
|
|
EAG — Review of the Irish Air Corps and Naval Service
|
|
140,245
|
35,000
|
National Anti-Poverty Strategy:
|
|
|
|
Seminar on disadvantaged urban areas
|
|
|
|
— consultancy by Andrew McLaren: preparation and presentation of document
|
450
|
|
|
—Nexus Research Co-Operative: reporting and editing of proceedings
|
484
|
934
|
nil
|
Galway County Council:
|
|
|
|
Recoupment for a study for a bridge at Knockferry/Kilbeg, Co. Galway
|
|
|
|
(Report by Harewood and Associates
|
6,885
|
|
|
Economic Study by Dept of Economics, TCD
|
2,500
|
9,835
|
nil
|
Langley Freeman Design:
|
|
|
|
Design consultant for SMI Newsletter
|
|
25,139
|
25,000
|
ACROBAT:
|
|
|
|
Design Work on Strategy Statement for the Department
|
|
3,706
|
2,500
|
EU Presidency:
|
|
|
|
Peter White:
|
|
|
|
Temporary Adviser for EU Presidency
|
|
15,114
|
nil
|
Brendan Matthews and Associates:
|
|
|
|
Design and printing of EU Presidency Bulletin
|
|
16,589
|
nil
|
Local Development:
|
|
|
|
Keating and Associates:
|
|
|
|
Ongoing PR consultancy with reports and presentations to Monitoring Committee
|
|
|
|
in relation to the Operational Programme for Local Urban and Rural
|
|
|
|
Development
|
|
20,000
|
4,000
|
Goodbody Economic Consultants:
|
|
|
|
Ongoing consultancy — external evaluator of the Operational Programme for
|
|
|
|
Local Urban and Rural Development
|
|
93,798
|
35,000
|
D & G Information Consultants:
|
|
|
|
Facilitation at Local Development Seminar (July '95)
|
3,243
|
|
|
Report on the Seminar
|
5,750
|
8,993
|
nil
|
Seminar on Estate Management (Local Development) in November 1995:
|
|
|
|
Ingrid McElroy — writing of report
|
700
|
|
|
Emer Dolphin — facilitation fee
|
180
|
880
|
nil
|
Services Industry Research Centre:
|
|
|
|
Ex-Ante Appraisal of URBAN
|
|
2,500
|
nil
|
Goodbody Economic Consultants:
|
|
|
|
Appraisal of the Action Plans submitted under the Operational Programme for URBAN
|
|
9,377
|
nil
|
Western Development:
|
|
|
|
Centre for Adult and Community Education,
|
|
|
|
Maynooth College:
|
|
|
|
—Implementation of the Pilot Programme on the Integrated Provision of Public Services in Rural Areas
|
|
13,336
|
20,000
|
—Feasibility Study for Distance Learning
|
|
1,450
|
nil
|
Patrick F. O'Reilly and Co:
|
|
|
|
Legal advice in relation to the Western Development Partnership Board
|
|
1,906
|
nil
|
Langley Freeman Design:
|
|
|
|
Design of Report on the Interdepartmental Co-Ordinating Committee on Island
|
|
|
|
Development
|
|
8,129
|
nil
|
‘Communicating Europe’
|
|
|
|
Barrie Kidd Graphic Design:
|
|
|
|
Design of EU Calendar
|
3,219
|
|
|
Design of publication — Guide to European Funding
|
3,319
|
6,538
|
nil
|
Famine Commemoration:
|
|
|
|
Reality Design and Marketing Consultants:
|
|
|
|
Design of Famine Commemoration Concert Programme (Liverpool)
|
|
1,123
|
nil
|
Design Factory Sales:
|
|
|
|
Design of Famine Commemoration Information Booklet
|
|
1,391
|
nil
|
Stopforth, Bright, Anderson:
|
|
|
|
PA services for Liverpool Commemoration Concert
|
|
20,670
|
nil
|
Bodies under the Aegis of the Department
|
|
|
|
NESC:
|
|
|
|
Dr. C. Driver:
|
|
|
|
Report on Investment in Ireland
|
|
28,625
|
nil
|
Prof. P. Cooke:
|
|
|
|
Report on Networking for Competitive Advantage
|
|
18,385
|
nil
|
Graduate School of Business Studies, UCD:
|
|
|
|
Ongoing Study on Clusters
|
|
31,800
|
42,400
|
Prof. R. O'Donnell:
|
|
|
|
Consultancy fees for Strategy Report No. 99 and other studies
|
|
4,000
|
22,000
|
Professor T. Kochan:
|
|
|
|
Consultancy for Strategy Report No. 99
|
|
nil
|
5,000
|
Proposed Studies:
|
|
|
|
— Demographics and Settlement Patterns
|
|
|
|
— Public Sector Benchmarking
|
|
nil
|
30,600
|
Constitution Review Group:
|
|
|
|
Legal Research
|
|
|
|
Mr. Michael Conlon BL
|
|
600
|
nil
|
Ms Eileen Barrington BL
|
|
464
|
nil
|
Legal Consultancy
|
|
|
|
Honorarium to Prof. William Duncan
|
|
300
|
nil
|
Design
|
|
|
|
Butler Claffey Design
|
|
1,349
|
nil
|
IT consultancy
|
|
727
|
nil
|
All-Party Committee on the Constitution
|
|
|
|
Research Fees:
|
|
|
|
Professor Michael Laver
|
|
nil
|
500
|
John Coakley
|
|
nil
|
500
|
Forum for Peace and Reconciliation:
|
|
331,311
|
|
Dr. Colm Campbell (outstanding expenses)
|
|
311
|
nil
|
Ed Milliano (design consultancy)
|
|
182
|
nil
|
Total expenditure (estimated costs for 1997)
|
|
692,406
|
250,500
|