Vol. 475 No. 8
73 Mr. Callely asked the Minister for Finance the number of reports or studies which have been commissioned by him since his appointment; the cost of each report in each case; whether the report has been made publicly available; and if not the reason therefor. [6113/97]
74 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Minister for Finance the number of consultants' reports commissioned by his Department since he took office; the number which have been completed; and the cost to date. [6128/97]
I propose to take Questions Nos. 73 and 74 together.
The following is a list of reports, reviews and studies ordered from within my Department and carried out by consultants since my appointment as Minister. The list includes the purpose and cost of the reports and where appropriate, the reason why the report is not publicly available.
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Consultant |
Purpose |
Cost |
Action since completion |
Reason report is not publicly available |
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£ |
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Fitzpatricks |
Mid-term evaluation of the Regional Impact of the Community Support Framework for Ireland 1994-99 |
55,530 |
This report has now been circulated to the eight Regional Authorities for consideration by their Committees. Reports also forwarded to the Monitoring Committees of each of the Operational Programmes. |
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|
ESRI |
Mid-term evaluation of the Community Support Framework for Ireland 1994-99 |
191,000 |
Report is due at the end of April and will be submitted to the CSF Monitoring Committee in July |
|
|
KPMG |
Subsidised loan scheme under the Peace & Reconciliation Programme |
50,820 |
This study is ongoing |
|
|
KPMG |
Baseline study under Peace & Reconciliation Programme |
21,296 |
Report printed to support the better operation of the scheme |
|
|
KPMG |
Evaluation of projects under the Ireland/Northern Ireland INTERREG Programme |
2,480.50 |
Report printed to support the better operation of the scheme |
|
|
KPMG |
Appraisal of Monitoring Framework of the Ireland/Northern Ireland INTERREG Programme |
4,779.50 |
Report printed to support the better operation of the scheme |
|
|
Coopers & Lybrand |
Evaluator for the mid-term report on the Special Support Programme for Peace & Reconciliation |
No payment yet |
Report due in April, 1997 |
|
|
Coopers & Lybrand/Indecon |
Evaluator for the mid-term report on the Ireland/Northern Ireland INTERREG Programme |
No payment yet |
Report due in March, 1997 |
|
|
Dept. Finance |
Review of arrangements for management of European Regional Development Fund & Cohesion Fund Phase 1: Arrangements in Govt. Departments |
54,000(incl. report below) |
Management reports only |
|
|
Review of arrangements for management of European Regional Development Fund & Cohesion Fund Phase 2: Audit and Review of Financial Control and other arrangements at Agency level |
See above |
Management reports only |
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|
Review Body on Higher Remuneration in the Public Service |
Remuneration of medical consultants |
150,000 |
Report published |
|
|
Remuneration of various groups which come within the Review Body's general remit |
260,000 |
Report published |
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Price Waterhouse/Indecon |
Independent evaluation of the economic impact of the Dublin International Financial Services Centre |
40,300 |
Used in discussions on the IFSC corporation tax regime with EU officials in the context of international tax competition |
Report not published given the narrow focus of the study which was in support of discussions with the EU Commission on the IFSC tax regime |
|
ESRI |
Comparison between public service and private sector pension arrangements |
No payments yet |
Ongoing |
|
|
ESRI |
Report on the economic implications for Ireland of European Monetary Union |
105,000 |
Report has been published |
|
|
Price Waterhouse Management |
Strategic Management Initiative |
93,254.70 |
Organisation Review Report |
Internal report only |
|
Hay Management Consultants |
Internal reorganisation of Department's support/consultancy services |
£7,260 |
No published report |
Re-organisation has been completed |
|
Organisational analysis and development work for CMOD |
2,722.50 |
No report |
Internal only |
|
|
Design & Develop a Performance Management System for the Civil Service |
No payments yet |
Ongoing |
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|
Institute of Public Administration |
Research projects on behalf of the committee for Administrative Research |
87,300 |
Reports published or under consideration by the committee prior to publication |
|
|
Price Waterhouse |
Human Resources Consortium Project to assist a number of Departments to advise and develop a Human Resource Strategy in the context of the SMI |
STG£20,974 |
Ongoing |
|
|
Peter Bacon and Pension Deloitte & Touche |
Fund Investment Study in association with Irish Association of Investment Managers and the Irish Association of Pension Funds. |
18,895.36 |
Report published. |
|
|
IPT Actuarial Services Ltd. |
Study on the impact of voluntary severance and early retirement on the Exchequer's pension liability to Telecom Éireann Pension Fund for pre-vesting day service and an analysis of the qualification of its impact |
26,499.00 |
Report to the Dept. only |
Contained commercially sensitive information |
|
Ray Gray, Craig Gardner/Price Waterhouse |
Facilitator in assisting an internal departmental committee on accounting systems in Government |
11,481.69 |
Internal report went to the Committee of Secretaries |
|
|
Irish Pensions Trust |
To design a computerised model for projecting the long-term costs of public service pension schemes |
No payments yet |
Ongoing |
|
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LRDP |
Evaluator for the mid-term Evaluation of the Ireland/Wales INTERREG Programme |
No payments |
Ongoing |
