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Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 26 Mar 2002

Vol. 551 No. 2

Written Answers. - Consultancy Contracts.

Ruairí Quinn

Question:

99 Mr. Quinn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount paid since 26 June 1997 to date in fees, salary, allowances, including delegates' allowances, expenses and other payments to any person including a body corporate or an unincorporated body of persons in or under the aegis of her Department, who is or was a consultant, or was a person performing functions normally performed or capable of being performed by permanent civil servants or special advisers, but who was neither a permanent civil servant nor a special adviser within the meaning of the Ethics in Public Office Act, 1995; the name of the person in each case; the amount paid to each person; if he will provide a breakdown as between salary, allowances, expenses and other payments; the date on which each person was appointed; in the case of persons no longer holding such position, the date on which the appointment ceased; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9944/02]

Arising from recommendations from the Comptroller and Auditor General's office, my Department records details of all consultancy type projects since 2000 on an interdepartmental consultancy database. The following schedule sets out details of all such consultancies in respect of 2000 and 2001 as transcribed from the database. It also includes similar details in respect of 1997 to 1999. Consultancies that were not completed or were ongoing as at end 2001 are included. Where consultancies were not complete as at end 2001 and no payments had been made until then, the cost included is the estimated final cost of the consultancy.

Purpose

Cost £

Year

Study of Dublin Taxi Market

4,000

1997

Report on Health Insurance Market

9,700

1997

IT Consultancy

1,943

1997

Staff Development

5,000

1997

System development and Organisational review projects

7,713

1997

System development and Organisational review projects

107,702

1997

System development and Organisational review projects

25,834

1997

System development and Organisational review projects

15,530

1997

System development and Organisational review projects

55,174

1997

Evaluation IT System for use in project assessment

1,331

1997

System development + Organisational review projects

26,305

1997

Legal fees

1,838

1997

Legal fees

342

1997

Consultant Study on IFI

23,595

1997

SMI Resources

8,300

1997

Management Consultancy Service

5,000

1997

Inquiry under Section 38(2) Industrial Relations Act

78,816

1997-1999

Evaluation of Pilot Network Scheme

4,895

1998

Working Group on Sunday Trading in the Retail Sector

2,100

1998

Study in relation to National Minimum Wage

122,080

1998

Export Credit Sector IT System

14,134

1998

Ptolemy System for Patents Office

155,000

1998

Review of Redundancy and Insolvency System

87,000

1998

Review of Community Employment Programme

54,450

1998

Department website development

36,025

1998

Process modelling exercise Patents Office

40,000

1998

Design Sector Study

49,822

1998

Progress database of Departments Financial Management System

13,400

1998

Legal fees

50,223

1998

Legal fees

14,438

1998

Legal fees

10,071

1998

Project on use of market driven approach

544

1998

Assessment of County Enterprise Board Plans

8,700

1998

Assessment of County Enterprise Board Plans

2,200

1998

Assessment of County Enterprise Board Plans

2,200

1998

Survey of child care facilities funded by CEBs

4,000

1998

Purpose

Cost £

Year

Evaluation of Opportunities for Small Firms – Irish Public Sector Market

74,415

1998

Study of financing needs of Small Business

47,795

1998

Evaluation of Local Employment Service

29,855

1998

Advice on printing activities

605

1998

Investigation into bank charges

28,937

1998

Study of job options

5,324

1998

System development and organisational review projects

36,000

1998

Study on mobile phone antennas

7,260

1998

Production of ‘Start Your Own Business' Guide

35,400

1998

Advice on examination of applications made by Financial Institutions

35,088

1998

Legal fees

141,378

1998

Production of Business Guide

41,000

1998

LRC Annual Report

2,480

1998

Web Design

14,520

1998

Multimedia Study

10,160

1998

‘AV Sector' Study

4,538

1998

Advice on sale of IFI

60,500

1998

Study of telefuture working

6,347

1998

Advisory to Donegal Employment Initiatives

7,260

1998

Study on Franchising

24,745

1998

Report on use of pre-hearing assessment EAT

9,600

1998-1999

Design of senior management development programme

75,640

1998-1999

Website development CRO

20,803

1999

Various IT systems upgrade and project developments

559,900

1999

Oracles Receivables Development CRO

22,506

1999

Review Job Initiatives

20,000

1999

Image system upgrade work CRO

1,512

1999

Systems upgrade CRO

7,562

1999

System development and Organisational review projects

25,713

1999

System development and Organisational review projects

40,000

1999

System development and Organisational review projects

180,000

1999

System development and Organisational review projects

141,527

1999

System development and Organisational review projects

25,410

1999

System development and Organisational review projects

6,115

1999

School Leavers Study

47,000

1999

Legal fees

7,472

1999

Legal fees

5,545

1999

Legal fees

3,725

1999

Legal fees

2,213

1999

Report of National Advisory Council on Teleworking

9,200

1999

Project on use of Market Driven Approach

16,413

1999

Business Analysis of ESF Section

14,978

1999

Sale of IFI

24,200

1999

Design Sector Study

22,477

1999

Business Modelling Study

27,043

1999

IT System

3,648

1999

Examination of allegations into anti-competitive practices in Beef Industry

102,144

2000

Examination of allegations into anti-competitive practices in Beef Industry

2000

Corporate ID

13,915

2000

Retail Planning Guidelines Study

19,236

2000

Evaluation of Ireland's participation in Expo 2000

87,033

2000

Company Law Review

4,840

2000

Legal Fees

775

2000

Legal Fees

35,136

2000

Stenographers Fees

4,251

2000

Purpose

Cost £

Year

Court reporters costs

3,273

2000

Witness Costs

363

2000

Liquidation Fees

169,400

2000

Legal Fees

87,687

2000

Testing Services

27,662

2000

Legal Advice

65,050

2000

Consumer Credit Advice

55,541

2000

Communications Advice

12,584

2000

BPR

79,376

2000

IT System Upgrade

18,845

2000

Professional Advice

1,852

2000

Determination of appropriate fees

14,600

2000

Electronic filing project

14,500

2000

Systems Development

380,000

2000

System Development

1,524

2000

Website design

6,050

2000

Public Relations

10,927

2000

Legal Advice

2,147

2000

Organisational Review

61,710

2000

Public Relations

2,293

2000

System development and organisational review projects

75,153

2000

Technical Consultancy

2,011

2000

Professional Advice

3,740

2000

Consulting on aspects of consolidating Company Law

33,879

2000

Public Relations

3,837

2000

IT Consultancy

2,016

2000

IT System procurement

49,496

2000

IT Asset register

19,604

2000

IT System remedial work

13,297

2000

IT Bespoke system

19,542

2000

IT Bespoke system

20,570

2000

Survey ebusiness awareness

2,208

2000

Database administration

8,712

2000

Evaluation of failure Small Business in Ireland

46,585

2000

Evaluation of failure Small Business in Ireland

23,100

2001

IT System for Patents Office

108,055

2000-2001

Survey e-business awareness

2,190

2001

System development and organisational review projects

12,634

2001

Testing Services

12,187

2001

Professional Advice

4,446

2001

Electronic filing project

19,000

2001

System Development

577,421

2001

Legal Advice

1,134

2001

Court reporters costs

10,980

2001

Witness Costs

9,795

2001

Legal Fees

37,830

2001

Organisational Review ODCA

39,480

2001

Management Information Framework

155,680

2001

Communications Advice

39,603

2001

Consumer Credit Advice

69,174

2001

Legal Advice

62,202

2001

Pricing Surveys

19,982

2001

Research Study on the Impact of the National Minimum Wage

60,075

2001

Consulting on aspects of consolidating Company Law

52,000

2001

Public Relations

2,519

2001

IT Consultancy

4,630

2001

E-public services strategy

42,000

2001

Audits of Small Business

38,400

2001

Evaluation of Training Network Programme

88,980

2001

Review of sheltered employment for people with disability

32,580

2001

Legal Advice

10,200

2001

Professional Advice

34,950

2001

BPR

99,795

2001

IT System upgrade

50,151

2001

IT System

1,259,310

2001

Purpose

Cost £

Year

Euro remedial work

159,870

2001

Euro remedial work

42,984

2001

Euro remedial work

55,440

2001

Drafting of Procedure Manual

18,902

2001

Audit work

73,853

2001

Crèche Research

7,020

2001

Review of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act, 1989

50,000

2001

Consultancy on certain aspects of the RFS

18,000

2001

Assignment re IIPA judicial review proceedings

*6,000

2001

Assignment re IIPA judicial review proceedings

6,000

2001

IT System development

26,998

2001

Legal Consultancy

4,416

2001

Legal Consultancy

4,512

2001

F.O.I Legal Consultancy

1,980

2001

Public Relations

22,883

2001

Human Resources

480

2001

Casual Trading Research

60,516

2001

Redesign of routing structure

1,200

2001

Euro business impact analysis

2,178

2001

Database administration

40,971

2001

Systems enhancement

26,284

2001

Legal Advice

39,624

2001

Stenographers fees

5,367

2001

Customer Care Research Project

32,185

2001

Legal Advice

3,200

2001

Report on UCIT Regulations

2,804

2001

Systems strategy consultancy

103,020

2001

Netware consultancy

21,000

2001

IT Security Review

17,400

2001

Mail Security Consultancy

900

2001

Systems Development

379,000

2001

Evaluation of Ireland's participation on EXPO

43,166

2001

Question No. 100 answered with Question No. 90.
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