Consultancy Contracts.

Tuesday, 27 January 2004

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Joe Costello

Question:

839 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of money spent by his Department on consultancy services since he became Minister; the name of each consultancy firm awarded a contract; the cost to his Department of each contract; the criteria for awarding each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1094/04]

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Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform (Mr. McDowell)

The amount expended on consultancy services by my Department since I took office is €29,375,399.97. Regarding the criteria for awarding contracts, I can inform the Deputy that the contracts would have been awarded in line with Government procurement procedures. I can also inform the Deputy that in some cases limited tendering would have been applicable and that the following criteria for awarding contracts would have been used: understanding the awareness of the requirements of the project; feasibility and credibility of the proposed approach and quality of deliverables; relevant knowledge, skills, expertise and experience of personnel; and cost effectiveness and value for money. The name of the consultancy firms involved and the amounts paid are set out in the following tabular statement.

Name of consultancy firm	Amount paid
	€
Centre for Social and Educational Research. Dublin Institute of Technology	25,497.50
Cawley Nea, Advertising Agency	149,109
Bearing Point (formerly KPMG Consulting)	398,391.68
PriceWaterhouse Cooper Consortiums	2,092,893.78
Terry Lawlor	7,535.93
Gartner Group	44,189.30
IT Network Security Consultants (name of firm withheld for security reasons)	34,318.63
Irish International	38,115
Edelmans PR	76,861
Millward Brown IMS	48,170
National Consultative Committee on Racism and Interculturalism (NCCRI)	73,466
Pearn Kandola	57,668.32
Goodbody Economic Consultants Limited	26,468.76
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM)	70,116
Transition Management	18,150
The Institute of Public Administration	14,000
Strata 3	4,392.30
Conference Partners	9,500
ESRI	142,381.86
Marie Crawley	19,206.30
Louise O'Meara	19,073.45
Capita Services	58,975.69
University of Strathclyde	109,342.01
KW Research	7,013
DTZ Pieda	39,000
Dory Reeves	12,259.80
E-Training International	82,904.59
Fitzpatrick Associates	62,254.50
Siobhan Phillips	3,200
Wendy Davis	1,333.09
Carmel McNamee and Mary Quinlan	14,404
Montague	9,345
Jane Pillinger & Associates	72,600
Hibernian Consulting	59,955
UCC Law Department	26,216.79
Farrell Grant Sparks Consulting (FGS Consulting)	54,208
Landsdowne Market Research	20,000
PriceWaterhouse Coopers	61,660.30
Goodbody Economic Consultants	11,911
Economic and Social Research Institute	145,200
Landsdowne Market Research Limited	6,620
PA Consulting Group	65,136.57
Ralaheen Limited	52,903.62
Accenture	127,000
PriceWaterhouse Cooper	78,741
Open Minds Consultants	6,050
Institute of Public Administration	12,750
Mr. Vincent Steadman	15,080
Ms Eileen Finn	29,300
Terminal Four Solutions Limited	6,594.50
Renaissance Contingency Service Limited	6,655
Blue Wave Technology	13,258
3G identification Limited	19,975.34
AKJ Associates Limited London	40,714.80
Johnny Connolly Research Consultant	4,317.11
Accenture	7,471,511
Helm Corporation	520,963
Fujitsu (formerly ICL)	17,920
Farrell Grant Sparks	75,467
Bill Wood Associates	2,945
Butler Group	9,764
Compuserve	1,265
Fujitsu Consulting	10,452,952
Gartner Group	168,512
Mobius Technologies	1,502
Open Applications Consultants	6,655
Vantage Consultants	3,124,559
Verity	22,167
RCC Consultants Limited	107,986
Accenture	649,217
KPMG Bearing Point	332,591
Eunit AB	11,185
Fujitsu Technology Solutions	1,464,542
JDC Telecom Strategies	1,454
Compliance Engineering	13,794
Michael McGrath	25,591.50
Michael McGrath	57,354
Byrne and Cleirigh	23,731.04
Hay Management Consultants	40,452
Dr. Marian Hanrahan	19,905