Vol. 481 No. 2
138 Ms Hanafin asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of consultants, if any, engaged by his Department between 1 April 1997 and 26 June 1997; the amounts paid to each consultant; the work undertaken by each consultant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15866/97]
The information sought by the Deputy in relation to consultants engaged by my Department in the period 1 April 1997 to 26 June 1997 is set out in the following statement:
|
Name of consultants |
Date of appointment |
Nature of contract |
Amount paid to consultants |
|
Open Management Training Ltd. |
21 April 1997 |
To provide training to the Department's staff on Performance Appraisal. |
£8,560 |
|
Crotty Design Management |
22 April 1997 |
To design a new logo-symbol for the Department. |
£6,957.50 |
|
Cara Data Processing |
13 May 1997 |
To carry out a technical review of the Department's computer network. |
Nil to date. |
|
Coopers and Lybrand |
19 May 1997 |
To carry out an Information Technology Scoping Study in the context of (a) replacing obsolete systems and (b) the change to new structures in the justice area. |
Nil to date |
|
Price Waterhouse |
21 May 1997 |
To assist in the development of the management function in the Department. |
Nil to date |
|
Economic and Social Research Institute |
21 May 1997 |
To advise on the development of a capacity for generating and utilising social research on the criminal justice system. |
Nil to date |
|
Nexus Research |
25 May 1997 |
To carry out research in connection with the European Year Against Racism. |
£3,500 |
|
Coopers and Lybrand |
12 June 1997 |
To develop a focused overview of the Department's financial management requirements arising from the change to new structures in the justice area and to identify, in the case of prisons, how these requirements would be met in practice. |
Nil to date |
|
*8 consultancy firms |
1 April to 26 June 1997 |
Prison design works or specific prisons building projects. |
£29,867.82 |
