Vol. 539 No. 1
336 Mr. Higgins (Mayo) asked the Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs 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. [19101/01]
As part of the ongoing work in my Department, a wide range of reviews and studies are carried out by staff of the Department as part of their normal work. These tasks generally do not involve additional costs.
From time to time external consultants may be commissioned to carry out specific assignments in relation to policy issues or to aspects of the administration of the Department's schemes and services. These consultancies are arranged at official level under standard procurement procedures.
Details of the names (in alphabetical order), the amounts paid and the nature of the work or study involved in each case in respect of consultancy companies employed by my Department since June 1997 are as follows:
Consultancy Expenditure July 1997 – end May 2001
|
Company |
Amount Paid |
|
Accenture, formerly Anderson Consulting – IS Services Reorganisation, Service Delivery Model project, modernising civil registration (GRO project) |
£410,917 |
|
Accord – Families Research Programme |
£49,986 |
|
Adept Scientific Plc – Licence |
£280 |
|
Admiral IT Services Ltd – Reach Initiative |
£79,859 |
|
Alignment Consulting – IT Re-organisation project |
£9,347 |
|
Age Action Ireland Ltd – Families Research project |
£28,610 |
|
Apec Enterprises – Reach Initiative |
£1,845 |
|
Applied Card Technologies Ltd – Smart Card Scoping Study |
£21,075 |
|
Barre Fitzpatrick & Associates – Family Mediation Services |
£4,880 |
|
Business Objects (U.K.) Ltd – Business Objects project |
£3,193 |
|
Company |
Amount Paid |
|
Cadwell Consulting and Training – Business process improvement |
£28,024 |
|
Cap Gemini Ireland Limited – Y2K project/review |
£8,482 |
|
Carr Communications Ltd – Reach Initiative |
£31,896 |
|
Centre for Social and Educational Research – Families Research Programme |
£33,500 |
|
Centre for Women's Studies – Labour market study |
£4,005 |
|
CFM Group Ltd – Financial System |
£61,513 |
|
Clear System Solutions Ltd – Lotus Notes project |
£11,556 |
|
Colgan and Associates – White Paper on Voluntary Activity |
£42,937 |
|
Combat Poverty Agency – Social Exclusion Project |
£15,000 |
|
Comino Plc – Client Identity Services scanning project – technical support |
£10,044 |
|
Community Technical Aid – Equality and Anti-racism Project. |
£17,000 |
|
Compaq Ireland Limited – Y2K consultancy, Network Integration, Euro Transition |
£176,112 |
|
Computer Futures Ltd – NT Project |
£77,051 |
|
Core Computers Consultants Ltd – Corepay project |
£14,029 |
|
Cork Marriage Counselling Centre – Families Research Programme |
£20,000 |
|
Crotty Design Management – Strategic Management Initiative |
£3,813 |
|
Cumas TEO – Translation |
£1,525 |
|
Edward Delany & Associates – SMI Workshop |
£2,178 |
|
Deloitte & Touche – Pensions Board Review |
£104,320 |
|
Delphi Software Ltd – Y2K assessment |
£6,655 |
|
Digital Equipment Ireland Ltd – Client Management System |
£38,617 |
|
DMR Consulting Group – Service Delivery Model |
£60,500 |
|
Economic & Social Research Institute – Live Register study |
£20,600 |
|
EPS Lotus Notes – project |
£605 |
|
Emigrant Advice – Returning to Ireland Research |
£6,500 |
|
Ernst & Young – Evaluation of Back to Work Fund |
£30,432 |
|
ETP (Ireland) Ltd – Project Management Services |
£7,941 |
|
Eurokom – Software consultancy |
£4,765 |
|
Eustace Patterson Ltd – Evaluation of Money Advice & Budgeting Service |
£76,275 |
|
Exselan Computer Systems – Lotus Notes project, Family Mediation Services |
£44,378 |
|
Fitzpatrick Associates Economic Consultants Ltd – Security for the Elderly Project |
£12,035 |
|
Gartner Group UK Limited – IS Division Organisation Review, ICT General Industry consulting and subsequent annual fees |
£270,097 |
|
Geac Computer Systems UK Ltd – General Ledger millennium and Y2K testing. |
£10,536 |
|
Goodbody Economic Consultants Limited – Research studies |
£119,358 |
|
ICL CFM – Financial system |
£4,843 |
|
ICL Computers IRL Ltd – Accounts and Appeals Office systems support |
£138,972 |
|
Indecon International Economic Consultants – Study of Back to Work schemes |
£82,521 |
|
Insight – Questionnaire design |
£8,470 |
|
Institute of Public Administration – Families Research Programme |
£18,029 |
|
IPC Consultancy Facilitation & Training – Salary Scales Review |
£16,335 |
|
IS Integration Ltd – IT Stress Testing |
£107,966 |
|
Kelleher Associates – Family Research project |
£29,250 |
|
KPMG Consulting – HRM project |
£221,504 |
|
Lan Communications – Internet Security |
£545 |
|
LK Shields (Solicitors) – Legal advice |
£14,460 |
|
McCann Fitzgerald (Solicitors) – Legal advice |
£21,953 |
|
Marriage and Relationship Counselling Services – Families Research Programme |
£27,450 |
|
Matheson Ormsby Prentice – Legal advice |
£89,532 |
|
Mediatec – Hardware Conversion |
£424 |
|
Memorex Telex Ireland Limited – NT project |
£10,043 |
|
Mercer Ltd – PRSA Review |
£51,498 |
|
Microsoft Consulting – Distributed application |
£12,100 |
|
MRBI – Customer Satisfaction Research |
£26,730 |
|
Nexus Research Co-operative – Evaluation studies |
£120,743 |
|
NGM Ltd – Report for Family Conference |
£1,573 |
|
Open Text UK Ltd – BASIS product support |
£3,985 |
|
Opinionation – Touchscreen survey |
£6,504 |
|
Oracle Emea Ltd – Upgrade of Financials system |
£24,079 |
|
Peoplesoft UK Ltd – HRM Project – software training services |
£25,032 |
|
Philip Andreae & Associates – Consultancy for REACH |
£2,695 |
|
Pixel Foundation – Computer Based Training |
£25,461 |
|
PricewaterhouseCoopers – Appeals Office system and support |
£213,565 |
|
Revenue Commissioners – VAT payments |
£24,176 |
|
Scan Images Services Ireland Ltd – Scanning Charges |
£205,177 |
|
SD Media Products Ltd – Service Delivery Model, REACH Initiative |
£144,786 |
|
SD Technology Institute Ltd – IT workshops and research |
£135,240 |
|
Setanta Communications Ltd – Pensions Communications Strategy |
£2,420 |
|
Sound & Vision – Recording Services |
£1,609 |
|
Stratathree – Design of Website |
£71,814 |
|
The Children's Research Centre – Families Research Programme |
£20,000 |
|
The Katherine Howard Foundation – Family Research Programme |
£10,000 |
|
The Pensions Board – National Pensions Policy Initiative |
£117,896 |
|
The Queen's University of Belfast – Families Research Programme |
£22,500 |
|
Tramtrax Ltd – Y2K equipment survey |
£52,254 |
|
Trinity Mail – Y2K testing |
£1,815 |
|
Company |
Amount Paid |
|
Trinity Technology Group – PMDF Consultancy |
£908 |
|
Trutz Hasse – Data Analysis |
£1,815 |
|
University College Dublin – Families Research Programme |
£34,141 |
|
VMRA – Mechanical and Electrical Services |
£4,175 |
|
Watson Wyatt Partners – Assistance with preparation of PRSA Framework |
£48,491 |
|
Wilco Computer Services – Autofax Y2K upgrade |
£841 |
|
Work Research Co-operative Ltd – Community Development Project |
£29,000 |
