Vol. 493 No. 3
96 Mr. Allen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the working groups, reports, studies and consultancies commissioned by her 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. [15758/98]
114 Mr. Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of consultancy contracts awarded by her; the value and purpose of these contracts; the cost in terms of salary or consultancy fees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16263/98]
I propose to take Questions Nos. 96 and 114 together.
The information sought by the Deputies is as follows:
|
Working Group/Report/Studies/ Consultancies |
Topic |
Estimated Cost of each where appropriate |
Date Report was received or is scheduled to be received |
Report has or will be published |
|
£ |
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|
Deloitte & Touche |
Expenditure Review of Community Employment Programme |
54,030 |
Final Report expected shortly |
Yes — date to be decided |
|
Eustace Patterson |
Analysis of the Local Employment Service |
28,652 |
July 1998 |
No decision on publication |
|
Interact |
Development of software package in the Department |
38,000 |
No Report |
– |
|
Mentec |
Development of software package in the Department |
15,164 |
No Report |
– |
|
Ptolemy |
Development of software package in the Department |
64,500 to date |
No Report |
– |
|
John Fingleton, Trinity College |
Provide an objective assessment of the operation of the taxi market in Dublin and make recommendations for its future development from a competition perspective |
4,000 |
November 1997 |
Will not be published |
|
Moore McDowell and Joe Durkan, UCD |
Provide an objective assessment of the development of the health insurance market since the arrival of a competitor to the VHI |
4,800 |
December 1997 |
Will not be published |
|
Creative Inputs (Design Consultants) |
Design a logo for the European Social Fund in Ireland |
3,000 plus VAT |
June 1998 |
Logo being incorporated into material |
|
IMI |
Advice in relation to preparation of statement of strategy and business plans |
3,000 |
March 1998 |
Will not be published |
|
Pat Kearney, SME Partnership Dublin |
Assessment of revised County Enterprise Board Plans |
4,700 |
March 1998 |
Will not be published |
|
Brendan Murphy, Abbott International Consultancy Services Ltd. |
Provisional assessment of revised County Enterprise Board Plans |
2,200 |
April 1998 |
Will not be published |
|
Ciara McCarthy |
Provisional assessment of revised County Enterprise Board Plans |
2,200 |
April 1998 |
Will not be published |
|
Pat Kearney, SME Partnership, Dublin |
Training needs assessment of Assistant chief executive officers of County Enterprise Boards |
4,000 |
February 1998 |
Will not be published |
|
Lar Burke |
Comparative evaluation of IT systems for use in project assessment by CEBs |
1,045 |
October 1997 |
Will not be published |
|
Ron Immink, TASC Enterprise Division |
Business survey of childcare facilities funded by the CEBs |
4,000 |
May 1998 |
Will not be published |
|
Coopers & Lybrand |
Study on Cross Border Local and Integrated Area Plans with respect to the Community Economic Development Measures of the Joint INTERREG Programme for Northern Ireland and Ireland, 1994-1999 |
2,154 |
December 1997 |
No decision made |
|
Exselan |
IT system audit and upgrading of the system |
1,650 |
No Report |
– |
|
Chapman Flood |
Financing Needs of Small Business |
39,500 plus VAT |
October 1998 |
Yes — date to be decided |
|
Tom Martin & Associates |
Evaluation of the Pilot Network Programme |
4,895 |
10 March, 1998 |
Will not be published |
|
Irish Registered Non-Resident Internal Interagency/Departmental Working Group |
Problem posed by IRNR Problem |
12,000 incurred by Forfás for consultancy report |
February 1998 |
Details given in response to PQs Nos. 61 and 64 on 26th March '98 and PQ No. 79 on 26 May, 1998 |
|
High Level Group of Officials plus Forfás Chief Executive |
Enterprise supports generally and need for any restructuring of the indigenous enterprise development agencies |
– |
Work completed |
Will not be published |
|
Working Group on Sunday Working in the Retail Sector |
Examine possible solutions to divergent interests of employers and workers regarding the issue of Sunday working the retail sector |
2,100 |
May 1998 |
Will not be published |
|
North Mayo Enterprise initiative |
Response to closure of Asahi Ireland Ltd |
– |
No time limit. Work ongoing. Interim report submitted in 1997 |
Will not be published but report can be viewed |
|
Tullamore Inter-Agecy Group |
Established following closure of Atlantic Mills |
– |
As above |
As above |
|
Tralee Inter-Agency Group |
Set up after closure of Klopman plant |
– |
As above |
As above |
|
Leitrim Enterprise Project Group |
To maximise employment in County Leitrim |
– |
As above |
As above |
|
National Advisory Council on Teleworking |
Teleworking |
– |
30 April 1999 |
Yes — date to be decided |
|
Business Education and Training Partnership Forum (which includes an Expert Group on Skills and a Management Implementation Group) |
Skills needs, manpower forecasting and education for industry and business |
– |
Ongoing |
Will not be published |
|
Clonmel Task Force |
To make proposals and advise the Tánaiste in response to the situation in Clonmel arising from the closure of Seagate Technology |
– |
Interim Report submitted in April 1998 |
Will not be published |
|
Inter-departmental and Agency Group on EXPO 2000 |
Ireland's presentation at EXPO 2000 |
– |
Ongoing |
Will not be published |
|
Inquiry under section 38(2) of the Industrial Relations Act, 1990 |
Mr. Phil Flynn and Mr. Dan McAuley were requested under the aforementioned Act to undertake an urgent inquiry into the current dispute between SIPTU and Ryanair |
5,900 to date |
Report expected shortly |
yes — date to be decided |
|
Year 2000 Awareness Campaign |
To advise the Minister with responsibility for Science, Technology and Commerce on the Year 2000 computer problem. |
– |
Ongoing |
Information material being disseminated on regular basis |
|
Ad-hoc Working Group on Mainstreaming |
To devise a workable model for “mainstreaming” the learning from the Employment Initiative with a view to further application |
To-date, no costs associated with this group |
No specific reporting date |
No report formulated |
|
Social Economy Working Group |
To undertake a detailed examination of the potential of the social economy both in terms of employment and also in the supply of services |
– |
Mid 1998 |
Yes — date to be decided |
|
Ad-hoc Working Group on Seed Capital |
Feasibility of setting up a joint public- private sector seed capital fund |
– |
Work completed end May 1998 |
No report formulated |
|
National Minimum Wage Commission |
To examine and advise the Government on the implementation of a national minimum wage |
42,000 |
March 1998 |
5 April 1998 |
|
Inter-departmental Group on national minimum wage |
To assist the Government in formulating proposals and a plan of action in respect of implementing the recommendations of the National Minimum Wage Commission |
None to date |
Early in 1999 |
Will not be published |
|
Rate for the Job Advisory Group |
To provide report on applicaton of Rate for the Job concept to Community Employment |
5,324 |
18 May, 1998 |
Will not be published |
|
EU Pilot Benchmarking Programme financed jointly by Commission and member states, incl. Ireland |
To study competitiveness in EU industry. Studies in Ireland will concern logistics, financing of innovation, labour skills and information communication technologies. Forbairt and the Department are carrying out the study in Ireland |
40,000 |
Irish studies to be completed by November 1998 |
The Cion. will publish EU Report in due course |
|
Reports of Company Investigations |
To examine the affairs of the companies involved |
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|
Garuda Limited |
As above |
2,000 |
Third Quarter 1998 |
|
|
Celtic Helicopters Limited |
As above |
2,000 |
Third Quarter 1998 |
|
|
Bula Resources (Holdings) plc |
As above |
250,000 |
July 1998 |
A decision on publication will be made on receipt of Report and in light of any legal advice obtained |
|
Ansbacher (Cayman) Ltd. |
As above |
5,000 |
Late 1998 |
|
|
Guinness and Mahon (Irl) Ltd |
As above |
1,000 |
Late 1998 |
|
|
Hamilton Ross Co Ltd |
As above |
3,000 |
Late 1998 |
|
|
Irish Intercontinental Bank Ltd |
As above |
1,000 |
Late 1998 |
|
|
Kenford Securities Limited |
As above |
Late 1998 |
