Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 26 Mar 2002

Vol. 551 No. 2

Written Answers. - Consultancy Contracts.

Ruairí Quinn

Question:

160 Mr. Quinn asked the Minister for Public Enterprise 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. [9947/02]

Minister for Public Enterprise (Mrs. O'Rourke)

The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the following tabular statement.

ConsultancyCommissioned	Consultant	Purpose	Amount €
1999	A&L Goodbody	Legal advice on International Connectivity Project	192,131.00
2000	A&L Goodbody	Assistance with transposition of Directive 97/67	13,540.52
2001	A&L Goodbody	International legal benchmarking of Ecommerce Act	33,712.00
1997	Advanced Organisation and Development Ltd.	Staff training on Strategic Management Initiative	35,141.00
1998	Advanced Organisation and Management Development Ltd.	Facilitation of Advisory Committee on Telecommunications	33,462.00
2001	Advanced Organisational Management	Advisory Committee on Infocomms	14,894.03
1998	AEA Technology plc	Assessment of proposals received under Third and Fourth Alternative Energy Requirements competition (AER IV)	AER III – 70,905.70AER IV – 102,355.73
2000	Airports Coordination Ltd. UK	Appointed as Coordinator at Dublin Airport	375,000.00
1996	Allen & Overy (appointed in 1996 – work now completed)	Member of the consortium which 1) advised on designing a framework for a competition to build, own and operate a new peat fired power station and 2) ran the competition	27,468.00
1999	An Post	Cost of mailing of mini-prospectus and other information items associated with the Telecom Éireann IPO share offer	3,876,040.00
2000	Anthony Lawlor	Technical advice to Met Éireann re balloon launcher and gas systems	4,444.08
1997	Arthur Andersen	A consultancy study on the refining and trading operations of the Irish National Petroleum Corporation and the oil supply situation in Ireland	169,002.00
2000	Arthur Andersen	Report on the Review of the Irish National Petroleum Corporation Strategic Alliance Process	55,309.00
1998	Arthur Andersen	Accountancy advice in relation to transposition of the EU Electricity Directive 96/92/EC into Irish law and the restructuring of the electricity	155,603.00
2000	Arthur Andersen	Report on IT Security Policy and E-Business Security Specification	48,549.71
	Arthur Andersen	Advice on Proposed Charges for Access to the Gas Transmission System	9,679.00
2001	Arthur Andersen	Financial advice to DPE	10,735.04
2000	Arthur Andersen in association with Matheson, Ormsby Prentice	Advice to Minister and Minister for Finance on the INPC Strategic Alliance Process	1,363,870.00
1999	Arthur Andersen/Steer Davies Gleave	Commissioned to report on a public private partnership approach to the Dublin Light Rail Project	98,425.00
1998	Arthur D. Little	Economic Advice – International Connectivity Project	3,899.00
2001	Asgar Peterson	Advice on State Aid & Competition Issues	8,417.00
2002	Associated Town Planning & Engineering Consultants Ltd.	Commissioned to act as Planning Inspector for the Oral Hearing for Mayo/Galway Gas Pipeline	33,543 (cost to be recouped from BGE (see Art. 5 of 2nd schedule of Gas Act, 1976, as amended))
1998	Bailey Research	Health Survey in relation to legal action taken against Department	14,995.00
2001	BDO Simpson Xavier	Examination of revenues of regional airports	12,344.00
2001	BDO Simpson Xavier	Review of PSO Routes operated by Aer Arann	30,093.00
2001	BDO Simpson Xavier	Review of allocation of Aer Arann administrative costs	5,561.00
2000	Behaviour & Attitudes	Market Research (sub-con of SSSB/AIBCM)	74,215.00
2001	Booz Allen Hamilton	Review existing project mgt controls of CIE with respect to scope cost and risk	25,952.00
1999	Bowne International	Secure Printers for IPO	3,521,710.00
2000	Brattle Group, Economic Consultants	Consultancy advice in relation to the development of a regulatory regime for the authorization of new gas pipelines and tariffs for third party access to the natural gas network	95,186.92

ConsultancyCommissioned	Consultant	Purpose	Amount €
2000	Byrne O'Cleirigh	Study of the Engineering Status of eight pipeline projects	18,175.44
2001	Byrne O'Cleirigh	Assessment of the Ringmain Option and Public Service Levy	9,788.00
2001	C.R. Aldwell	Co-ordination of EU Karst Project	11,125.00
2002	Cadwell Consulting and Training Ltd.	Advice on internal communication project	23,363.20
1999	Canadian Centre for Marine Communications	Technical advice on marine surveying	114,300.00
1999	Canadian Centre for Marine Communications	Project technical consultancy	8,255.00
2001	Canadian Centre for Marine Communications	Project technical consultancy	44,255.00
2001	Carley & Co. Solicitors	Legal advice in relation to the advertising standards	451.00
2001	Caroline Pfeiffer, Key Information Services	Market Observatory of Telecommunications	1,904.61
2001	CBC	Equality Audit	52,701.00
2001	CBC	Professional communications consultancy services in relation to advice on National Emergency Plan for Nuclear Accidents	1,097.05
2001	Chapman Flood Mazars	Audit of CAIT Initiative	54,556.00
2002	Christian Seidemann	Integrated Database & Visualisation System	1,200.00
	Ciara Brown Consultancy (CBC)	Assistance to the Departmental Equality Group	23,470.00
2001	Cimtech	Electronic Document Records Management	20,320.00
1999	Citigate Dewe Rogerson (CDR) with subcontracts to Drury Communications, Drury Research, Lansdowne Market Research and Sitel	Telecom IPO related work including PR and Marketing/Market Research/Call centre and database	3,610,610.00
2001	Colin Torkington	Investigation of EI-AOM off Tuskar Rock in 1968	30,516.16
1999	Communications Interactive Agency	Development of E-Commerce Website for Department	12,294.00
2000	Computershare	Receiving Agent for Aer Lingus IPO	50,790.00
1999	Computershare Services (Ireland)	Receiving Agent for IPO share applications	1,788,160.00
1998	Coopers and Lybrand	Audit of Telecom Éireann expenditure under Economic Infrastructural Operational Programme and INTERREG II	49,519.79
1999	Crowe, Schaffalitzky and Associates	Management advice in relation to Seabed Survey	63,500.00
2000	Crowe, Schaffalitzky and Associates	Management advice in relation to Seabed Survey	61,400.00
2000	CSA Ltd.	Geological Heritage project for Geological Survey of Ireland	16,320.00
2001	CSA Ltd.	Geological Heritage project for Geological Survey of Ireland	62,554.00
2001	Currie & Brown in association with Ernst & Young	To review existing arrangements to monitor expenditure and to develop a project management system for the public transport investment programme under the National Development Plan	136,192.00
2001	D. Kelly & Associates	Commissioned to evaluate EAR for Barnakyle to Coonagy gas pipeline	3,067.00
2002	D. Parkinson	Review of technical issues for local authority projects under NDP 2000-2006 Telecommunications Infrastructure Cell	12,144.00
2001	D. Dunne	Oracle – IT Programme	23,089.00
2001	Dave Dempsey	Analysis of contract with the Global Crossing and Advice on STM1's	6,251.00
2001	David Kelly & Associates	Commissioned to evaluate Resident's objection to Interconnector 2	1,972 (cost to be recouped from BGE (see Art. 5 of 2nd schedule of Gas Act, 1976, as amended))
2002	David Kelly & Associates	Commissioned to evaluate EAR submissions for Galway city & NEP 2 sub-threshold gas pipelines	3,893.00
2002	Delap & Waller	Commissioned to act as Planning Inspector for the Oral Hearing for Mayo/Galway Gas Pipeline	7,734 (cost to be recouped from BGE (see Art. 5 of 2nd schedule of Gas Act, 1976, as amended))

ConsultancyCommissioned	Consultant	Purpose	Amount €
2000	Deloitte & Touche	Advice on accounting systems to meet Met Éireann's requirements	21,204.63
2000	Deloitte & Touche	Audit of EU Operational Programme for Transport	18,242.00
2000	Deloitte & Touche	Evaluating the financial procedures and controls in the Finance Unit of the Department	78,974.00
2001	Deloitte & Touche	Preparation of the Department's Financial Statements for 2000	18,894.00
2000	Deloitte & Touche	Preparation of the Department's 1999 Financial Statements	15,732.00
2000	Deloitte and Touche	Process Fraud Auditor for Aer Lingus IPO	12,443.00
2001	Deloitte and Touche	Assistance in transfer of international connectivity capacity to National Research Network	12,802.00
1997	Denton Wilde Sapte (Appointed in 1994 to provide specialist advice when required)	Legal Advice in relation to transposition of the EU Electricity Directive 96/92/EC into Irish law and the restructuring of the electricity industry	479,599.50
1999	Designated Brokers: Goodbody Davy BCP NCBW&R Morrogh FexcoDolmen Butler BriscoeCampbell O'Connor & Co. Bloxham ABN Amro	Registration of clients for IPO	93,980.00
2001	Det Norske Veritas	Commissioned to independently evaluate the detailed engineering reports in relation to the Gas Pipeline to the West	36,804.60
1998	Digital	Year 2000 compliance advice for Met Éireann	7,482.57
1998	Digital	Advice on selection of network servers	1,904.61
2000	DKM	Study of Information Society	69,270.00
1998	DKM Economic Consultants	Economic Evaluation of Infrastructural Options for meeting gas demand up to 2025	92,857 (paid by BGE)
2000	Dr. Aisling Reynolds-Feighan of the Department of Economics, UCD	Study on comparison levels for Public Transport Systems in Europe	10,160.00
2001	Dr. Aidan Kane, NUIG	Report on economic evaluation of CERN membership and report on the case for CERN membership	3,174.35
1997	Dr. K McCaffrey	Training Course and Manual on Structural Geology	1,629.00
1998	Dr. Matthew Parkes	Curation of Geological Survey of Ireland fossil collections	6,363.00
2000	Drury Communications	PR/Marketing adviser to Aer Lingus IPO	86,620.00
1999	Drury Communications	Human Resource Management Staff Survey	28,791.00
1999	DTZ Sherry Fitzgerald	Review of CIE Property	88,284.00
2001	Eddie Molloy	Advice on Infocoms Report	4,533.00
Prior to 1997 continuing technical assistance	Enterprise Ireland	Engaged to approve the Tachograph Installation and Repair Centres throughout the State	166,716.00
2001	Enterprise Ireland	Commissioned to act as technical Inspector for the Oral Hearing for the Gas Pipeline to the West	16,398 (cost to be recouped from BGE (see Art. 5 of 2nd schedule of Gas Act, 1976, as amended))
2000	Environ Inst, UCD	Cost Benefit analysis of RESI proposal	23,898.00
2000	ERM Environmental Resources	A study to examine the provision of aircraft operations at Dublin Airport	66,294.00
	ERM Environmental Resources Management	To design and manage a test of the National Emergency Plan for Nuclear Accidents	189,752.32
2000	Ernst & Young/Arthur Cox/Fitzpatrick Associates/Simmons & Simmons/WS Atkins	Appointed to advise the Department on public and private partnerships and the Dublin Light Rail Project	1,179,944.00
2001	Ernst & Young	Legal advice to Government Liaison Committee overseeing the Digital Hub Project	112,970.00
2001	Ernst & Young	Financial audit of broadband infrastructure proposals under the NDP 94-99	36,000.00
2000	Eugenie Huston	Case Studies Book for E-Commerce Corporate Infrastructure Programme	15,363.83
2000	European Transport & Telematics Systems Ltd.	Preparation of proposals for a rural transport initiative	3,073.00

ConsultancyCommissioned	Consultant	Purpose	Amount €
1997	Ewbank Preece O'hEocha	Engaged to evaluate ESB's proposals for the refurbishment of Ferbane Power Station	9,656.00
2000	EXP'AIR S.A.R.L France	Investigation of EI-AOM off Tuskar Rock in 1968	309,010.56
2001	Fitzpatrick Associates	Study to support work of Inter-departmental Committee on Rural Public Transport	54,852.68
1998	Forbairt	Electromagnetic Radiation survey at Polscavan, Co. Cavan	1,844.00
1997	Gartner Group (UK)	Advice on Information Technology Strategy for Department	13,946.00
2001	George Emo	Advice re Bedrock Map Compilation	26,124.00
2001	Glendee Engineering Ltd.	Commissioned to independently evaluate the detailed engineering reports in relation to the second gas interconnector from Scotland to Ireland	34,917.80
2000	Global Ocean Technologies	Marine Multibeam Sonar Survey Services	7,404,100.00
2001	Global Ocean Technologies	Marine Multibeam Sonar Survey Services	7,755,560.00
2000	Gordon McKerron	To carry out an economic/commercial consultancy service to assist the Department of Public Enterprise in evaluating issues relating to proposed MOX Plant for Sellafield	Stg £3269.25
2000	Grant Thornton	To carry out a review of the charges levied by the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland for services it provides	24,056.69
1996	Halcrow McCarthy	Consultants to the Monitoring Committee for the Dublin Light Rail Project (1996-1999)	280,112.00
1999	Helm Corporation	Audit of EU backed expenditure in relation to the new peat fired electricity generating plant in Edenderry	13,881.00
2001	HRA Management	Preparation of guide to work of Transport Officers	21,410.00
1999	Indecon Economic Consultants	A study of Aer Rianta's airport charges	101,149.00
1999	Indecon Economic Consultants	Economic evaluation of the impact on competition in the electricity sector of the allocations of further capacity in the natural gas network to the ESB	77,867.96
1997	Indecon Economic Consultants	External Evaluation of the Economic Infrastructural Operational Programme (1994-1999)	101,072.00
1998-1999	Indecon International Consultants and PWC	Commissioned to carry out a review of the Road Haulage industry resulting in the report “A Strategy for the Successful Development of the Irish Road Haulage Industry”	355,600.00
2000	Indecon International Economic Consultants	A study of the implications for Ireland of the proposed draft Directive on Working time for Mobile Workers in the Transport Industry	76,680.00
1999	Informatic Management International	Study for potential for Public Private Partnership (PPP) in relation to national Seabed Survey	23,051.00
2001	Integrated Engineering Consultancy Ltd.	Commissioned to carry out spot-checks on selected projects that had received grants under the Energy Efficiency Investment Support Scheme in accordance with EC Commission Regulation 2064/97	17,653.00
2002	International Risk Management Services	Safety Audit of the lines affected by the delay in implementation of the Mini-CTC Project	15,190
1999	International Risk Management Services Ltd/Environmental Resources Management Ltd.	Development of Draft railway safety case guidelines	96,595.00
1998	International Risk Management Services	A review of Rail Safety in Ireland and subsequent implementation reviews	840,455.00
1999	International Risk Management Services	Development of Draft railway safety case guidelines	96,615.00
2000	International Risk Management Services/PA Consulting	Advised on Railway Inspectorate Human Resource requirements	61,716.00
2001	IPA Energy Consulting Ltd., Edinburgh in consortium with PB Power (UK) and Energy Links Consultancy (UK).	Preparation of information reports on the energy sector in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland and draft report on option for the future evolution of both markets. Contract awarded jointly by Department of Public Enterprise (Dublin) and Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (Belfast)	355,557.00
2000	Irish International Group	Advertising agency for Aer Lingus IPO (Incl. Production of TV and press advertising)	664,112.00

ConsultancyCommissioned	Consultant	Purpose	Amount €
1999	Irish International Group	IPO Advertising Agent – Media advertising – production of direct mail material/creative work	4,081,780.00
2001	Irish Marketing Surveys	Public awareness of Met Éireann	9,142.11
2002	Jason O'Conaill	Preparation of Options paper re Global Crossing	2,400.00