Vol. 493 No. 3
176 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Defence 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. [15762/98]
The relevant reports, etc., commissioned since my appointment to Defence were as follows:—
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Working Groups, Reports, Studies, Consultancies |
Cost £ |
Completion Dates |
Publication status |
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Steering group to oversee and direct the military board examining the Reserve Defence Forces |
£10,000 (estimated) |
End of 1998 |
Not applicable |
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Provision of career change/outplacement counselling services for members of Permanent Defence Forces availing of Voluntary Early Retirement Scheme. |
Not possible to estimate cost which will depend on the scale of uptake. |
Ongoing |
Not applicable |
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Analysis and design of a fishery control system to enable the Naval Service to meet its obligations under new fishery regulations |
£500,000 inclusive of VAT (estimated) |
September 1998 |
No |
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Steel inspection quality assurance services on new fishery protection vessel. |
Stg £49,000 (estimated) |
Weekly up to May 1999 |
No |
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(1) Oil tanks-report and survey (naval base) |
(1) Survey and Report = £48,400 VAT inclusive; |
Survey in progress |
No |
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(2) Design and supervision of repairs to oil tanks |
(2) Design and Supervision = 5 per cent of contract value under £500,000; |
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4 per cent of contract value over £500,000; |
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Overall contract value not known at this stage |
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Project report and contract design/supervision for fire suppression/detection system Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel. |
Project Report = £10,825 VAT inclusive Contract design/supervision = 8 per cent of estimated contract cost of £427,000 plus VAT. |
May 1998 |
No |
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Swimming pool — Curragh Camp survey and status report. |
£6,000 VAT inclusive |
May 1998 |
No |
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Design and supervise alteration and upgrading of fueling installation, Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel. |
7 per cent of estimated project cost of £360,000 plus VAT |
Survey in progress |
No |
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Land inspection and ground water survey at Curragh Camp. |
£6,087 plus VAT |
Ongoing |
No |
