Written Answers. - Departmental Projects. – Dáil Éireann (28th Dáil) – Tuesday, 30 Jun 1998

Written Answers. - Departmental Projects.

Bernard Allen

Question:

158 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the working groups, reports, studies and consultancies commissioned by his Department since taking office; the estimated cost of each, where applicable; the date the report of each was received or is scheduled to be received; and whether each has or will be published. [15760/98]

Minister for Foreign Affairs (Mr. Andrews)

The following are the details requested by the Deputy:

A total of 84 short-term consultancy assignments details of which are shown hereunder were commissioned for the Development Co-operation Division during the period in question. The estimated total cost of these assignments is £780,505. A report for each consultancy is received within a month of completion of the assignment. As the purpose of the assignments is to assist with the review and evaluation of existing projects and to plan, design and prepare new projects under the Irish aid programme, the reports are not published. However, a full list of consultancies is published in the Irish Aid Annual Report entitled "Ireland's Official Development Assistance".

Consultant	Title of Contract	Date Awarded	Paid	Balance Due (estimated)
			£
Holy Rosary Sisters	Ndola Maternity Clinics review, Zambia	1/7/97	6,657.80
Dermot Carty	Northern Province Water Programme, Zambia	3/7/97	5,005.77
Cathy Gaynor	Gender Training Workshops, Tanzania	7/7/97	4,951.62
Iain Atack	Programme for Human Rights & Good Governance, Mozambique	7/7/97	3,000.00
Ernst & Young	GOAL Review	8/7/97	22,126.00
Jim Kinsella	IFAD Programme — Conference, Rome	9/7/97	2,746.87
Geraldine Cusack	Primary Maths Upgrade Review, Tanzania	11/7/97	11,975.75
Precept Consulting	Internal Audit Support	11/7/97 & 29/9/97	3,360.00
Paddy Fullam	Support for Head Teacher Development Study, Tanzania	19/7/97	13,171.27
Michael Scott	Evelyn Home Project Review, Zambia	21/7/97	4,594.38
John McNamara	School Inspectorate Study, Tanzania	22/7/97	3,844.23
Ann Bourke-Garcia	Health Sector Support, Tanzania	24/7/97	5,032.45
Karen Iles	Smallholder Livestock Development Review, Pemba, Tanzania	30/7/97	3,913.75
Frank McMahon	Interview Board for TAs in Tanzania	7/8/97	1,788.20
Theo Derkx	Review of National Council for Development Education	15/8/97	5,173.76
Precept Consulting	Interview Board, Internal Auditor positions	20/8/97	847.00
Emer Dolphin	Adult Education Proposal - Appraisal	23/8/97	400.00
Steffen, Robertsen Kirsten	UCG Hydrology Centre & UDSM Water Sector Review, Tanzania	28/8/97	3,818.40	2,150.00
Bob Bowman	Interview Board, Tourism Sector, Tanzania	5/9/97	625.00
Cambridge Education Consultants	Education Sector Review, Ethiopia	10/9/97	8,749.18	2,000.00
SMEC International Pty Ltd.	Electricity Network Upgrade, Cambodia	11/9/97	7,655.00	10,345.00
Eric Woods	Strategy Plan, Mozambique	16/9/97	4,611.35
Repim (Irl) Ltd.	Macroeconomic Development, Mozambique	16/9/97	7,961.64
Education Research Centre	Examinations & Learning Assessment, Ethiopia	18/9/97	3,827.45
Pat Gibbons	Community Upgrading Tanzania	23/9/97	7,001.20
Ann Bourke-Garcia	Health Sector Support, Zambia	29/9/97	6,337.66
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine	Joint Technical Review Mission, Ministry of Health, Zambia	8/10/97	3,923.49
Niall Clarke	Rural Footbridges Project, Lesotho	9/10/97	3,421.90
Ann Murphy	Basotho Ponies Project Evaluation, Lesotho	10/10/97	1,353.87	6,000.00
Noel O'Connell	Whole School Development Project, Tanzania	22/10/97	10,174.50	1,000.00
IPA	Human Resources Development, Tanzania	Nov. 97-Apr. 98	60,000.00	81,943.00
		(1997)
			140,917.00
			(1998)
Eric Woods	Mozambique Country Planning Programme	5/11/97	4,971.28
Niall Crowley	Mozambique Country Planning Programme	6/11/97	3,911.40
Mary Jennings	Sustainable Lusaka Programme, Zambia	7/11/97	4,989.53
Peadar Cremin	Education Sector Support, Tanzania	12/11/97	6,787.31
Karen Iles	Livestock Project Design, Sidama, Ethiopia	13/11/97	9,790.60
Cathy Gaynor	POCMUS Programme Workshop, Zambia	26/11/97	5,617.52
Ann Bourke-Garcia	Health Sector Support, Tanzania	Nov-Dec.’ 97	4,472.28	1,412.00
Repim (Irl) Ltd.	Interview Board for Programme Officers, Africa	19-23/12/97	2,275.17
Cathy Gaynor	SARIPS, Zimbabwe & Zambia	8/1/98	6,876.27
Moss McCormack	Health Sector, Tanzania	8/1/98	9,939.63
Martin McCormack	Interview Board for TA in Africa	12/1/98	561.38
Dr. Tom Kelleghan	Education Sector Appraisal, Ethiopia	28/1/98	4,479.57
Peadar Cremin	Education Sector Support, Tanzania	28/1/98	7,628.33
Maeve O'Sullivan	Copperbelt Maternity Services Project, Zambia	29/1/98	7,968.02
Martin McCormack	Development & Management of Water Resources Document Review	3/2/98	625.00
Matthew Jowett	Health Sector Appraisal, Ethiopia	11/2/98	7,604.69
Elna Bering	Department of Labour Review, South Africa	11/2/98	1,310.08	5,000.00
Geraldine Cusack	PMUP Korogwe, Tanzania	16/2/98	5,359.19
Sam Moyo	Kimmage Manor & TCDC Arusha, Tanzania, Review	19/2/98	9,856.67
Robert Drayton	Water & Sanitation Review, South Africa	20/2/98	1,484.71	5,000.00
Anthony Shanley	Water Appraisal, Ethiopia	24/2/98	4,497.27
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine	HIV/AIDS Programme, Ghana	25/2/98	3,881.53
John Howe	Irish Aid Road Projects Review, Phase 1	27/2/98	318.17	1,800.00
Mary Jennings	Irish Aid Road Projects Review, Phase 1	5/3/98	900.00
Patrick Gibbons	Community Infrastructure Programme, Tanzania	709.48	2,000.00
Andrew Lyall	Land Bill, Uganda	13/3/98	4,079.15
Ann Bourke-Garcia	Health Sector Reform Review, Tanzania	13/3/98		5,250.00
Mike Fitzgibbon	Financial Database Upgrade, Tanzania	24/3/98	1,863.91	4,000.00
Cathy Gaynor	POCMUS, Zambia	26/3/98	1,107.74	2,500.00
Nicholas Chisolm	Irish Aid & Agenda 2000 Study	7/4/98	1,140.00	3,500.00
John Howe	Irish Aid Roads Projects Review	7/4/98	6,347.05	18,000.00
Mary Jennings	Irish Aid Roads Projects Review	7/4/98	4,030.66	11,000.00
Michael Scott	Zambian Investment Centre, Lusaka	8/4/98	1,086.80	3,000.00
Mary Jennings	Sustainable Programme, Lusaka, Zambia	8/4/98	698.64	2,000.00
John Grindle	Tour Guide Training, Mozambique	8/4/98	2,289.20	4,000.00
Cathy Gaynor	DSM & CIP Review, Tanzania	9/4/98	2,051.58	5,000.00
Patrick Gibbons	Lusaka City Council Research Unit & CIP Tanzania	9/4/98	1,423.41	4,000.00
Barbara McAllister	Expert Tour Guiding, Tanzania	27/4/98	1,368.00	4,500.00
Vivienne Forsythe	Gedo Region Interventions, Somalia	29/4/98	1,768.32	6,000.00
IPA	Local Government Management Training, Tanzania	Apr. '98-Dec. '98		24,300.00
Eric Woods	Education Sector, Mozambique	9/5/98	1,870.74	5,000.00
Repim (Irl) Ltd.	Debt Relief, Tanzania	15/5/98	820.80	5,000.00
Matthew Jowett	Health Sector Appraisal, Ethiopia	15/5/98	1,717.60	4,500.00
Nicholas Chisolm	DAC Environment Meeting, Paris	28/5/98	336.98	1,000.00
Noel Whelan	Public Sector Reform, Uganda	28/5/98	612.41	2,000.00
Martin McCormack	Water Sector Guidelines, Brussels	28/5/98	184.15	500.00
Lagin Consulting Ltd.	Irish Aid Financial Systems Review	29/5/98	228.00	2,000.00
Cathy Gaynor	POCMUS, Lusaka Technical Support	2/6/98	1,314.80	3,500.00
Geraldine Cusack	PMUP, Tanzania	2/6/98	228.00	600.00
Garvan McCann	IFAD & IFPRI Support, Malawi	6/6/98	842.00	2,200.00
Leo O'Keeffe	Education Sector Reforms	6/6/98	148.44	500.00
Mokoro Ltd.	Sector Aid Workshop, Dublin & Sidama, Ethiopia	8/6/98	2,594.36	7,000.00
Moss McCormack	Mid Level Management Training — Health Sector, Tanzania	18/6/98	1,300.97	3,500.00

The Department has commissioned ECA, Employment Conditions Abroad Ltd., a London-based firm, as consultants in connection with the review of the allowance system which the Department is currently undertaking. ECA offers advice and assistance in devising remuneration packages for staff serving abroad. They have been commissioned by the Department to advise on and test the design of a new, more transparent and effective system for calculating foreign allowances currently being developed by the Department.

The cost of the consultancy is estimated at £6,800. The consultancy is under way and is expected to be completed within the next month or so. Given the nature of the consultancy, no formal report will be produced by ECA. As the advice and assistance which ECA will make available is intended solely for internal use it is not intended to publish the findings.

The Department has requested CMOD, the Centre for Management and Organisation Development, in the Department of Finance, to carry out a study of the human resources management function within the Department of Foreign Affairs and to suggest the optimum organisational arrangements for performing this function. This study is currently under way and it is hoped that it will be completed by the end of July. Given the nature of the study, there are no plans at present to publish the CMOD recommendations and there is no cost to the Department for this study.

Mr. Rory McCabe was employed on a consultancy basis for the six month period from 1 January to 30 June 1998 to advise me on the major issues arising in the European Union over the six months in question, including follow-up to the Luxembourg Summit and the issues arising in the context of the Amsterdam Treaty. The fee payable to him is aper diem rate of £150, subject to a maximum of £3,000 per month, plus VAT. As his role was purely advisory the question of providing a report does not arise.

Dáil Éireann debate - Tuesday, 30 Jun 1998