Vol. 493 No. 3
243 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Finance 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. [15764/98]
The following working groups, reports, studies and consultancies have been commissioned by my Department since I took office:
|
Group/Report/Study/Consultancy |
Estimated Cost |
Date of Report |
Will Report be Published |
|
Credit Unions Working Group |
Nil to date |
30 Sept. 1998 |
No decision has been taken yet |
|
Duty Free Study |
£39, 325.00 (inclusive of VAT) |
30 Mar. 1998 |
Yes |
|
Calendar Tax Year Working Group |
Nil |
Autumn 1998 |
No |
|
Care in the Community Working Group |
Nil |
Autumn 1998 |
No |
|
Irish Registered Non-Resident Companies |
Nil |
Ongoing |
No |
|
Self Assessment Review |
Nil |
Ongoing |
No |
|
Revenue Powers Review |
Nil |
Ongoing |
No |
|
Mercer Ltd. |
£27,500.00 + VAT |
July 1998 |
The Commission on Public Service Pensions will decide how to present the finding of the Mercer report in the context of its own final report |
|
Prose |
£1,725.36 + VAT |
No report |
|
|
ICL/CFM |
£2,867.70 + VAT |
No report |
|
|
Kudos |
£1,583.00 + VAT |
No report |
|
|
Oniva |
£4,000.00 + VAT |
No report |
|
|
Advanced Management and Organisation Ltd. |
£28,835.00 + VAT |
No report |
|
|
Hay Management Consultants |
£62,000.00 + VAT |
Expected shortly |
No decision has been taken yet |
|
Public Private Partnership Interdepartmental Group |
Nil |
Expected shortly |
No decision has been taken yet |
|
Farrell Grant Sparks and Goodbody Economic Consultants |
£20,000.00 + VAT |
July 1998 |
No decision has been taken yet |
|
KPMG Management Consultants |
£25,000.00 + VAT |
No report |
|
|
Working Group on Banking and Consumer issues |
Nil |
Expected shortly |
No decision has been taken yet |
|
Fitzpatrick & Associates |
£81,988.00 + VAT |
31 July 1998 |
Will be available after relevant consideration by the appropriate monitoring committee |
|
ESRI and Deloitte & Touche |
£22,910.00 + VAT |
July 1998 |
Will be available after relevant consideration by the appropriate monitoring committee |
|
Role of Regional Authorities Working Group |
Nil |
27 Jan. 1998 |
Available on request |
|
Group to Review Tax Forecasting Methodology |
Nil |
Summer 1998 |
No decision has been taken yet |
|
Expert Group on Improving Public Finance Statements |
Nil |
Before the 1999 Budget |
No decision has been taken yet |
|
Irish Pensions Trust Ltd. |
£21,500.00 + VAT |
Dec. 1997 |
Likely that the findings of the report will be included as part of the Commission's report on public service pension arrangements. |
|
Interdepartmental Year 2000 Monitoring Committee |
Nil |
Reports to Govt. every two months |
No |
|
Tax Strategy Group |
Nil |
No report |
|
|
ESRI |
£199,700.00 + VAT |
Nov. 1998 |
Will be available after relevant consideration by the appropriate monitoring committee |
|
Business Users' Group |
Nil |
No report |
|
|
Citizens' Users Group |
Nil |
No report |
|
|
Euro Changeover Board of Ireland |
Nil |
No report |
|
|
Carr Communications Ltd. (Public information campaign in relation to the changeover to the euro) |
£62,000.00 + VAT |
No report |
|
|
Disabled Drivers' Scheme |
Nil |
Ongoing |
No decision has been taken yet |
