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Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 22 Jan 1997

Vol. 473 No. 4

Written Answers. - Ministerial Appointments.

Ivor Callely

Question:

77 Mr. Callely asked the Taoiseach the persons appointed by him or by the Minister(s) of State at his Department as programme managers, advisers, assistants or back-up staff either in his 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 his behalf or on behalf of the Minister(s) of State at his Department; the actual and estimated cost for 1997 in this regard; the persons, companies, consultants or otherwise he or the Minister(s) of State at his Department have appointed to carry out work on behalf of semi-State bodies under the aegis of his Department; the reviews, consultancies or reports which he or the Minister(s) of State at his Department have commissioned or are due to commission; and the full costs in respect of all of these matters to his Department. [25214/96]

The information sought by the Deputy is contained in the following schedules.

Schedule I

Annualised remuneration of contract staff in the Offices of the Taoiseach and Ministers of State

Taoiseach's Private and Constituency Offices (8)

Staff Salaries 1996

£

Seán Donlon, Special Adviser/Programme Manager

81,896

Roy Dooney, Special Adviser

44,052

Gerry Boyle, Economic Policy Adviser

48,165

Kevin Gilna, Personal Assistant

23,289

Dee Johnstone, Personal Assistant

24,695

Ruth Cashill, Personal Secretary

13,207

Deirdre Concannon, Personal Secretary

18,797

254,101

Minister of State's Private and Constituency Offices (12)

Staff Salaries 1996

£

Chris Macey, Special Adviser (Minister of State Mitchell)

26,271

Brian Murphy, Personal Assistant (Minister of State Mitchell)

27,847

Máiread Hartnett, Personal Secretary (Minister of State Mitchell)

16,306

Seán Lynch, Civilian Driver (Minister of State Mitchell)

13,584

John Staunton, Civilian Driver (Minister of State Mitchell)

13,584

Jim O'Callaghan, Special Adviser (Minister of State Carey)

34,356

Bernadette Dillon, Personal Secretary (Minister of State Carey)

15,532

Terry Wilson, Civilian Driver (Minister of State Carey)

13,584

Frank Cullinan, Civilian Driver (Minister of State Carey)

13,584

Paddy O'Toole, Special Adviser (Minister of State Higgins)

45,074

Margaret Brady, Personal Assistant (Minister of State)

19,593

Brid Coen, Personal Secretary (Minister of State)

11,656

250,971

Press Office (5)

Staff Salaries 1996

£

Shane Kenny, Government Press Secretary

56,114

John Foley, Deputy Government Press Secretary and Head of GIS

47,441

Marie McHale, Personal Secretary to Deputy Government Press Secretary

24,111

Tony Heffernan, Assistant Government Press Secretary

33,626

Lorraine Glendenning, Personal Secretary to Assistant Government Press Secretary

11,758

173,050

Schedule 2
Consultancies/Research/Other Services during 1996 in the Taoiseach's Department

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

New consultancies proposed for 1997:
Efficiency Audit Group:
A review of local government expenditure on non-national roads is to be undertaken by the Efficiency Audit Group this year at an estimated cost of £165,000. Tenders have yet to be invited.
Devolution Commission
Landsdowne Market Research Ltd. — Survey on Attitudes to Local Government and Local Development — £51,055
Local Development & URBAN Programmes
The Monitoring Committee for the Operational Programme for URBAN was established in October, 1996. The Operational Programme states that an independent external evaluator will be appointed to assist the Monitoring Committee in regard to ongoing monitoring and evaluation of the Programme. It is likely that this appointment will be made in 1997 but the cost will not be known until the terms of reference are agreed by the Monitoring Committee and tenders are received.
Library/Information Facilities
Consultancy to develop the Library/Information Facilities in the Department. The estimated cost is £25,000.
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