Vol. 539 No. 1
216 Mr. Higgins (Mayo) asked the Minister for Finance the names of consultancy companies commissioned by his Department to carry out consultancy work since July 1997; the amounts paid to each company; and the schemes, programmes or projects for which consultancy advice was sought. [19098/01]
The following is a list of consultancy companies that have carried out work for my Department since July 1997. The details provided do not include material in respect of agencies associated with my Department or any expenditure on advertising, printing and associated design work.
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Name of Consultant |
Cost |
Brief Description of Project |
|
Deloitte & Touche |
£93,825 + VAT |
Undertake a review of the Department's management information requirements |
|
Farrell Grant Sparks/Goodbody Economic Consultants in association with Chesterton Consulting |
£20,000 + VAT |
To carry out a study on public private partnerships |
|
Ernst & Young |
£8,000 + VAT |
To assist the PPP unit in recruiting a project specialist |
|
PWC |
£90,000 + VAT |
To carry out a review of the existing PPP structures |
|
Deloitte & Touche |
£104,797 |
To provide consultancy in connection with the competitive process to award a new licence to operate the national lottery |
|
DKM Economic Consultants |
£29,524 |
Advice to the Minister in relation to the charging of a fee for universal mobile telecommunications system licences |
|
Howard Johnson/HCM Consultants |
£186,300 |
Payment for actuarial services in respect of the discharge of certain Exchequer pension liabilities – Telecom Éireann, An Post, Irish Aviation Authority, Coillte |
|
McCann Fitzgerald Solicitors |
£46,257 |
Advice regarding liability of the Minister for Finance in respect of pension entitlements of former civil servants |
|
ABN AMRO Corporate Finance and McCann Fitzgerald Solicitors |
£850,247 |
Provision of corporate and legal advice with regard to the sale of ICC Bank plc |
|
Mr. Lauri McDonnell |
£5,500 |
Process auditor to sale of ICC Bank plc |
|
IBI Corporate Finance, Davy Stockbrokers and Donaldson Lufkin and Jenrette |
£376,907 |
Provision of corporate and financial advice with regard to the proposed merger and flotation of ACC and TSB banks |
|
Arthur Cox Solicitors |
£109,444 |
Provision of legal advice with regard to the proposed merger and flotation of ACC and TSB banks |
|
Mr. Lauri McDonnell |
£3,000 |
Process auditor to proposed merger and flotation of ACC and TSB banks |
|
Name of Consultant |
Cost |
Brief Description of Project |
|
Arthur Cox Solicitors |
£59,947 |
Provision of legal advice with regard to the sale of TSB Bank to Irish Life and Permanent |
|
Arthur Andersen |
£50,000 + VATapproximately |
Provision of corporate and financial advice with regard to the sale of TSB Bank to Irish Life & Permanent |
|
Ms N. Hynes |
£3,640 |
Provision of accountancy advice in relation to the management information framework project |
|
Mr. E. Molloy |
£9,450 |
Consultancy on the review of accountability of accounting officers |
|
Capita Consulting |
£54,320 |
Consultancy to review the appropriation accounts and a pilot project on accruals |
|
Mercer Limited |
£15,000 + VAT |
Actuarial review of social welfare pensions in connection with the National Pensions Reserve Fund |
|
Mercer Limited |
£2,000 + VAT |
Additional actuarial work on draw down arrangements for NPRF |
|
Mr. David Kingston |
£1,188 |
Paper and presentation re the potential structure of the NPRF |
|
ESRI |
£18,900 + VAT |
Comparison of public service and private sector pension arrangements |
|
Irish Pensions Trust Limited |
£101,400 + VAT |
Actuarial review of public service pension schemes and actuarial review of impact of changes to pension scheme terms |
|
Mercer Limited |
£27,500 + VAT |
Review of alternative structure – project to design a hybrid pension scheme |
|
Irish Pensions Trust Limited |
£21,500 + VAT |
Follow-up work on initial project |
|
Mercer Limited |
£20,000 + VAT |
Additional voluntary contributions – purchase of notional service |
|
Irish Pensions Trust Limited (Mercer Limited) |
£58,000 + VAT |
Further actuarial review of impact of changes to pension scheme terms |
|
KPMG |
£29,052 |
Procurement of air transport and related services for Departments |
|
Deloitte & Touche/Expense Reduction Analysts Limited |
£172,279 |
Two audits on the operation of travel policy by Departments and offices and Club Travel Limited. Expense Reduction Analysts Limited were hired through Deloitte & Touche |
|
IPA, Trinity College & Goodbody Economic Consultants |
£45,000 + VAT |
To investigate the gender imbalance in the Civil Service at HEO level and above |
|
ESRI |
£216,500 |
Ex-ante evaluation of the investment priorities for post – 1999 Structural and Cohesion Funds |
|
Fitzpatrick & Associates |
£99,205 |
Review of project appraisal and selection procedures in the Community Support Framework for Ireland, 1994-9 |
|
ESRI/Deloitte & Touche |
£25,642 |
Phase 1 of a study of the labour market impact of human resources, education and training, interventions in the Community Support Framework for Ireland, 1994-9 |
|
ESRI |
£46,948 |
Phase 2 of above study |
|
Pricewaterhouse Coopers |
£76,230 |
Report on planning phase 1 for CSF – ERDF – Cohesion Fund Community initiatives computer system |
|
CMG UK Limited |
£496,870 |
Analysis, design and development of a computerised system for the Structural and Cohesion Funds management |
|
Arthur Andersen |
£126,445 |
Review of the financial management and control systems relating to the European Regional Development Fund, the EU Cohesion Fund and the EFTA Cohesion Fund |
|
Cognitronics Limited |
£49,490 |
Installation of an optical character recognition scanner for the bank clearing process for the Paymaster General's office |
|
Compaq Computer Ireland Limited |
£643,658 |
Payable order reconciliation system for the bank clearing process for the Paymaster General's office |
|
PROSE, Progressive Enterprise Systems Limited |
£3,955 |
Enhancement to financial management system |
|
David Duffy Prospectus Strategy Solution |
£35,000 |
Advice on corporate governance aspects of review of Office of the Revenue Commissioners |
|
KPMG |
£893,846 |
Customising a human resource management system to Civil Service requirements |
|
Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Belfast |
£60,000 approximately |
Ongoing evaluation of the special Programme for Peace and Reconciliation |
|
Lansdowne Market Research Limited |
£31,018 |
Research on public awareness of the euro |
|
Fitzpatrick Associates (in conjunction with Ernst & Young) |
£56,910 |
Review of public sector pay determination |
|
Advanced Management & Organisation Development Limited |
£21,660 |
Provision of mentoring services to CMOD on organisation development models and strategies to meet client needs |
|
Watson Wyatt |
£2,200 + VAT |
Report in relation to Irish Aviation Authority pensions |
|
Coopers & Lybrand |
£5,000 Sterling |
Economic appraisal of an Ireland-Northern Ireland INTERREG economic development project application entitled the Cross-Border Furniture Development Programme |
|
Hay Management Consultants |
£69,445 |
Evaluation and market pricing of chief executive positions in the commercial State organisations |
|
Institute of Public Administration |
£90,000 |
Administrative research, CPMR |
|
Hayes MSL |
£159,200 |
Proposed performance management system for the Civil Service |
|
University of Glasgow |
£22,285 |
Records management training |
|
Hayes MSL |
£67,800 |
Design and implementation of a report entitled New Performance Management Process |
|
Name of Consultant |
Cost |
Brief Description of Project |
|
Carr Communications |
£182,658 |
Provision of public relations services, 1998 to date, in relation to the euro changeover |
|
Irish Marketing Surveys |
£27,497 |
Research on public awareness about the euro |
|
Deloitte & Touche |
£3,185 |
Advice on blueprint for cash changeover plan and assistance in development of changeover oversight plan |
|
Clear Systems Solutions |
£5,324 |
Development of software for computer tool for retailers |
|
Information Consultants Pty Limited |
£1,400 |
Production of train the trainer manual for FOI |
|
Economics Dept NUI |
£1,600 |
Study on labour market impact of HR interventions |
|
IPA |
£907 |
Consultancy regarding ongoing evaluation in the CSF |
|
Baker Consultants |
£423 |
Consultancy in regard to computer software upgrades |
|
Economics Dept NUI |
£1,600 |
Consultancy re: labour market impact of HR management |
|
Fitzpatrick Associates |
£2,904 |
Consultancy re: prior appraisal of National Development Plan 2000-2006 |
|
IPA |
£1,815 |
Project advice on production of CSF indicators paper |
|
Fleishman-Hillard Saunders |
£16,252 |
Consultancy on NDP communications strategy |
|
IPA |
£22,522 |
Drafting and production of Structural Funds procedures manual |
|
Drury Research |
No payment to date |
Public awareness research on NDP/CSF 2000-2006 |
|
Hay Management Consultants |
£2,259 |
Evaluation of chief executive positions in commercial State organisations |
|
Fitzpatrick Associates |
£3,630 |
Presentation on private sector pay structures and benchmarking |
|
MCG Consulting Group |
£40,000 + VAT(Estimate) |
Internal consultancy for the benchmarking body |
|
O'Donnell Sweeny Solicitors |
No paymentmade to date |
Provision of legal advice with regard to the drafting of legislation on dormant accounts |
|
A & L Goodbody Solicitors |
No paymentmade to date |
Provision of legal advice in relation to the sale of ACC Bank plc |
|
A & L Goodbody Solicitors |
No paymentmade to date |
Provision of legal advice in relation to the drafting of legislation on the establishment of the new financial services regulatory authority |
|
MMP Consultancy & Training |
£6,884 Sterling |
A review of project management of the management information framework |
|
Hay Management Consultants |
£3,600 |
Salary review of the National Treasury Management Agency |
|
Hay Management Consultants |
£9,799 |
Job evaluations – NTMA |
|
Goodbody Economic Consultants |
£85,000 (contract value, this project is not due for completion until October 2001) |
Research into the career progression of persons with disability at all general service grades within the Civil Service |
|
Deloitte & Touche |
£76,891 |
Assistance in development of the euro changeover oversight plan (2001) |
