Michael Ring
Question:179 Mr. Ring asked the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of consultants who have been employed by his Department since June 1997 to date; and the salary they have been paid. [22550/01]
Written Answers. - Consultancy Contracts.
A schedule follows for the information of the Deputy which contains details of all consultancies employed by my Department and bodies under the aegis of my Department since June 1997. In some cases, the engagements are ongoing. The cost is identified in each case where payments have been made.
Consultancy and Public Relations Services
|
Name |
Type of consultancy |
Amount |
Year |
|
Dermot Nally |
Cabinet Confidentiality |
£2,400/3,047 |
1997 |
|
Diarmaid McGuinness |
Cabinet Confidentiality |
£4,235/5,377 |
1997 |
|
Rory Brady |
17th Amendment to Constitution – Cabinet Confidentiality |
£4,235/5,377 |
1997 |
|
Mairead Mullaney |
Contract Librarian |
£63,459/80,576 |
1997 to October 1999 – now paid as contract staff |
|
Dr. Kevin Whelan |
1798 Commemoration |
£12,014/15,255 |
1997/1998 |
|
Jim Kirby |
Advisor to MOS Mitchell |
£10,359/13,153 |
1997 |
|
Prof. Philip Beaumont |
Address to seminar on High Level Group on Trade Union Recognition |
£1,785/2,266 |
1999 |
|
Arthur Anderson |
Review of a Proposal by DCU on Capital Funding |
£3,025/3,841 |
1997 |
|
KPMG |
Review on Non-National Roads Study |
£104,756/133,013 |
1997 |
|
Price Waterhouse |
Review of Irish Air Corps and Naval Service |
£76,263/96,834 |
Report published in July 1998 |
|
John Timoney |
Flights & expenses (Garda Review) |
£16,083/20,421 |
1997 |
|
Drury Communication |
Consultancy on SMI communications |
£2,795/3,549 |
1997 |
|
Irish Marketing Surveys |
Customer Survey of Irish Civil Service |
£8,954/11,369 |
1997 |
|
Irish Productivity Centre |
Facilitation of the Partnership Committee |
£3,000/3,809 |
1998 |
|
Fusio Limited |
Design and develop the Department's page on the website |
£6,897/8,757 |
Engaged in 1998 |
|
Hall Public Relations |
PR consultants for the 1798 Commemoration |
£10,000/12,697 |
1998 |
|
PA Consulting |
IT Consultancy |
£7,004/8,893 |
1999 |
|
St. John's UniversityNew York |
Basic Income Study (Phases 1 and 2) |
£27,000/34,283 |
1998 |
|
ESRI |
£76,804/97,521 |
1999/2000 |
|
|
Prospectus Consultants |
Department of the Taoiseach and the Financial Services Industry Association jointly commissioned a Feasibility Study into the establishment of a training facility for IFSC companies |
£5,000/6,349 |
1999 |
|
William M Mercer |
Consultancy service on Performance Management |
£20,966/26,621 |
1998 and 1999 |
|
Deloitte and Touche |
Business Analysis and Review of the Financial Management Function |
£36,772/46,691 |
November 1999 to January 2000 |
|
Farrell Grant Sparks |
Business planning |
£3,857/ 4,897 |
1999 |
|
BIC Systems |
IT Consultancy – Lotus Notes |
£3,000/3,809 |
April 2000 |
|
EPS Software |
IT Consultancy – Lotus Notes |
£478/607 |
May 2000 |
|
Rory O'Donnell &Paul Teague |
To evaluate partnership at work in Ireland |
£40,000/50,790 |
2000 |
|
Drury Communications |
Consultancy Services in respect of design of PMDS packs |
£5,586/7,092.84 |
2000 |
|
BFK Design |
Consultancy Services in respect of design of PMDS packs |
£11,132/14,134 |
2000 |
|
Arthur Anderson |
Management Information Framework |
£60,699.00/77,071 |
2001 |
|
ISI Interact |
Modernisation Website Development |
£12,599/15,998 |
2000 |
|
IPA |
Consultancy services in respect of development of guidelines for the preparation of strategy statements. |
£2,904/3,687 |
2000 |
|
Hay MSL |
Performance Management and Development |
£36,050/45,774 |
2000 |
|
Dr. Jane Pillinger |
Research on Equality/Diversity aspect of Quality Customer Service |
£30,576/38,823 |
2001 |
|
CBC |
Customer Service Guidelines Document |
£120/152 |
2001 |
|
Deloitte & Touche |
Value for Money Audit of Mobile Phones |
£6,000/7,618 |
2001 |
|
Sureskills.com |
IT Consultancy |
£17,340/22,017 |
2001 |
|
Hosca Management Consultants |
Employee Opinion Survey |
Nil to date |
2001 |
|
Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business |
Study of Progress on enterprise Partnership |
£40,000.00/50,790 |
2000 |
|
Mr. Alex Mathiseon (OECD) |
Consultancy Services at meetings of the steering group on the evaluation of SMI |
£4,497/5,711 |
2001 |
|
Dominic McCanny |
Consultancy Services on analysis of HRM Questionnaire |
£750/952 |
2000 |
|
Pricewaterhouse Coopers |
eCabinet Project |
£91,930/116,727 |
November 2000 – to date |
National Millennium Committee
|
BDO Simpson Xavier Consulting |
Detailed assessment of a proposal for a Millennium Tower (the old Jameson chimney at Smithfield in Dublin) |
£4,961/6,299 |
1999 |
|
Peter Owens DDB |
Advertising/information campaign |
£325,301/413,047 |
1999 to date |
|
Pembroke Communication |
Public Relations Work |
£84,545/107,350 |
1999 to date |
|
Ireland Film & Television Network |
Millennium Event Guide |
£33,681/42,766 |
2000 |
|
PC Associates |
Creation and distribution of Millennium Newsletters and production and management of the Millennium Book |
£186,084/236,278 |
1999 to date |
|
BFK Design Limited |
Design of the Millennium Logo, put the logo on disc for use by authorised bodies, and to create large backdrops for use at various Millennium launches |
£36,031/45,750 |
1999 to date |
|
Fusio Limited |
Design, set up website |
£21,486/27,282 |
1999 to date |
Information Society Commission
|
Edelman Public Relations |
Engaged on a retainer basis to manage a communications and media strategy for the ISC |
£119,800/152,115 |
Engaged in April1998 – ongoing |
|
The Learning Organisation |
Cyril Drury an educational expert was engaged to assist the Learning Advisory Group in the preparation of a report on the non-formal environment for learning and information and communications technology |
£27,165/34,492 |
April 1998 to June 1999 |
|
Lansdowne Market Research |
Appointed to carry out the Public and Business Survey |
£48,400/61,455 |
1998 |
|
Oniva |
Appointed to design and set up equipment at the “Young Scientists Exhibition” |
£10,285/13,059 |
1998 |
|
Sink Digital Media |
Responsible for the animation of the logo for Tech TV |
£1,573/1,997 |
1998 |
|
Langely Freeman |
Designed and acted as consultants for the back drop for the launch of the ISC report |
£1,033/1,312 |
1998 |
|
Brenda O'Hanlon |
Series of newspaper articles |
£1,119/1,421 |
1998 |
|
MRBI |
Research survey of the general public designed to establish levels of awareness of, and engagement with, the technologies associated with the evolving Information Society |
£28,314/35,951 |
1999 |
|
MRBI |
Survey of Irish businesses to establish awareness of technology |
£18,755/23,814 |
1999 |
|
Edelman Worldwide |
PR Consultancy for Netd@ys |
£52,000/66,026 |
July to November 1999 |
|
MRBI |
Update of 1999 research survey to assess the impact of Netd@ys |
£9,619/12,214 |
November 1999 |
|
MRBI |
Research into awareness and usage of information and communications technology amongst Irish businesses |
£16,880/21,332 |
2000 |
|
MRBI |
Research into General Public Awareness and Usage of Information and Communications Technology 2000 |
£25,482/32,355 |
2000 |
|
Paul Tanney |
Report on Personal Use of Technology |
£250/317 |
2000 |
|
NW Labs |
To examine the issues of convergence and the implications for telecommunications communications regulation for Ireland |
£21,246/26,977 |
2000 |
|
Centre for Research in Technology in Education |
Research material for seminar |
£16,452/20,890 |
2000 |
|
Dunnion Partners |
Development of Government websites review and report |
£3,630/4,609 |
2000 |
|
KPMG |
Tax incentives & barriers to e working in Ireland |
£5,000/6,349 |
2000 |
|
Barry McCall |
Copywriting of Business & General Public Research reports |
£1,080/1,371 |
2000 |
|
Farrell Grant Sparks |
Research into future needs for Ireland's development as an Information Society |
£24,154/30,669 |
2000 |
|
Jonathan Williams |
Copy – editing & proof-reading of Final Report |
£300/381 |
2000 |
|
Chapman Flood Mazars |
Auditing Services being supplied for Equalskills Initiative |
£10,290/13,066 |
2001 |
Tribunal of Inquiry (Payments to Messrs. Charles Haughey and Michael Lowry)
|
Baker Consultants |
Design, implement and host a Web site |
£12,141/15,416 |
1999 to date |
|
Confidential |
Legal consultancy in relation to the Moriarty Tribunal |
£5,935/7,536 |
1999 |
|
Moss Technology Limited |
Year 2000 compliance report and follow up |
£5,172/6,567 |
1999 |
|
Confidential |
Commercial Research |
£3033/3,851 |
2000 |
|
Ionet Ltd. |
Demonstration |
£84/107 |
2001 |
Multi Media Developments (transferred from the Department of the Taoiseach's Vote in 2001)
|
Executive Services Team for the Digital Hub |
Executive Services |
£145,200/184,366 |
December 2000 |
National Centre for Partnership and Performance
|
Bradley McGurk Partnership |
Corporate logo |
£3,840/4,876 |
2001 |
National Economic and Social Forum
|
Advance Organisation and Management Development |
Consultancy work for the Forum relating to Project Teams |
£11,200/14,221 |
1998 |
|
ESRI |
Labour Market Study |
£2,000/2,539 |
1999 |
|
Hay Consultants, D Halloran and C. O'Connell |
Social Housing |
£8,152/10,351 |
1999 |
|
Anne Clarke |
Local Employment Services |
£6,605/8.387 |
1999 |
|
Agtel (video) NI Housing Executive C O'Connell |
Social Housing |
£30,000/38,092£5,819/7,389£950/1,206 |
200020002000 |
|
Freda Keeshan |
Lone Parents |
£2,340/2,971 |
2000 |
|
Hay ConsultantsMary Murphy |
Labour Shortages |
£2,300/2,920 £1,400/1,778 |
20002000 |
|
Kieran McKeown |
Lone Parents |
£4,900/6,223 |
2001 |
|
Anne Clarke |
Lone Parents |
£3,465/4,400 |
2000 |
|
NUI Maynooth |
Lone Parents |
£6243/7,927 |
2000 |
|
Goodbody |
Draft Opinion on National Anti Poverty Strategy |
£2,475/3,143 |
2000 |
|
UCD (Equality Studies Centre)Professor ChrisMcCrudden |
Draft opinion on Equality Issues |
£14,220/18,056£1,720/2,184 |
20002000 |
|
Ian O'Donnell |
Prisoners and Ex Offenders |
£4,800/6,096 |
2001 |
National Economic and Social Council
|
Dr. John Sweeney & Dr. Kieran McKeown Social and Economic Research Consultant |
Preparing background documents for Strategy Report |
£11,314/14,366 |
1999 |
|
Dr. John GearyMichael Smurfit Graduate School of Business UDC |
Preparing background documents for Strategy Report |
£4,200/5,333 |
1999 |
|
Dr Richard Boyle Institute of Public Administration |
Preparing background documents for Strategy Report |
£4,235/5,377 |
1999 |
|
ESRI |
Research for a project undertaken with regard to a Strategic Review of a Tax and Welfare system as referred to under PPF. |
£10,000/12,697 |
2001 |
|
ITG Computers |
Testing equipment for Year 2000 compliance |
£2,588/3,286 |
1999 |
Information Society Fund
|
System Dynamics |
Design of Social Partners Extranet |
£59,753/75,871 |
2000 |
|
Irish Marketing Surveys |
Independent evaluation of training Roadshow |
£5,385/6,838 |
2000 |
|
Dan Collins |
Production & Presentation of radio Programmes |
£2,995/3,803 |
2000 |
|
Computer Gym |
Supply of mobile unit and training consultancy for Training Roadshow |
£94,900/120,498 |
2000 |
|
Eirtrade |
Consultancy services for web site development – sub contracted to Frontend |
£24,724/31,393 |
1999 |
|
Frontend |
Work on Website for Internet Venue Directory |
£16,399/20,822 |
2000 |
Western Development (transferred from the Department of the Taoiseach's Vote in 1997)
|
Brendan McKenna |
Updating Aran Islands |
£1,198/2,537 |
1997 |
|
Centre for Adult Education |
Public Services in Rural Areas |
£10,000/12,697 |
1997 |
Referendum Commission (operated in 1998)
|
Drury Communications |
PR Consultants on the Northern Ireland Referendum |
£1,864,241/2,367,098 (of which £111,622/141,731 was media consultancy management fee; the balance was sub-contractor/supplier expen- diture via media consultants ) |
1998 |
Local Development (transferred from the Department of the Taoiseach's Vote in 1997)
|
Keating & Associates |
Operational Programme for Urban & Rural Development |
£16,237/20,617 |
1997 |
|
Goodbody Economic Consultants |
External Evaluation of Operational Programme |
£59,835/75,975 |
1997 |
|
EPS Computer Systems |
Computer System for Local Development |
£28,219/35,831 |
1997 |
All Party Committee on Constitution
|
IT Assist |
Advice on e mail and internet systems |
£726/922 |
1997 and 1999 |
|
Brian Murphy |
PR – regarding launch of 2nd Progress Report |
£250/317 |
December 1997 |
|
Datapac |
Installation of computer network |
£726/922 |
1997 |
|
Coakley/Laver |
Study on the future of Seanad Eireann |
£1,000/1,270 |
1997/98 |
|
Dr. Richard Synott |
Research on Referendum |
£1,000/1,270 |
1998 |
|
Lansdowne Market Research |
Research on Referendum Voting |
£5,445/6,914 |
1998 |
|
Gerard Hogan SC |
Honorarium for legal drafting on constitutional amendments |
£2,420/3,073 |
1998 |
|
Laura Rattigan BL |
Legal Research |
£1,310/1,663 |
1999 |
|
Frank Farrell In house Services |
Creation of a database to record public submissions on the Committee's Reports |
£150/190 |
1999 |
|
Moss Technologies |
Year 2000 Compliance |
£242/307 |
2000 |
|
Shelbourne Public Affairs |
Public Relations |
£11,460/14,551 |
2000 to date |
|
Sureskills.com |
IT support |
£2,904/3,687 |
2000 |
|
Diarmuid Rossa Phelan |
Legal Research |
£4,883/6,200 |
2000 |
|
Richard Humphreys |
Research on Rights |
£5,000/6,349 |
2001 |
Devolution Commission (transferred from the Department of the Taoiseach's Vote in 1997)
|
Lansdowne Market Research |
Survey on Attitudes to Local Government |
£49,241/62,523 |
1997 |
Communicating Europe
|
International Music Event |
Europe Day Concert |
£27,450/34,854 |
1997 |
|
Patsy McArdle |
Production of Euro link column |
£7,500/9,523 |
1997 |
Campus & Stadium Ireland Development Ltd (transferred from the Department of the Taoiseach's Vote in 2001)
|
Price Waterhouse Coopers |
Feasibility studies |
£474,827/602,906 |
Up to December 2000 |
|
McCann Fitzgerald |
Legal Consultancy |
£10,511/13,346 |
Up to December 2000 |
|
Wilson Hartnell |
Public Relations |
£55,547/70,530 |
Up to December 2000 |
|
RIAI |
Architectural consultancy |
£15,000/19,046 |
Up to December 2000 |
|
Deloitte & Touche |
Tax Consultancy |
£12,500/15,872 |
Up to December 2000 |