Departmental Reports.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 June 2006

Tuesday, 27 June 2006

Questions (134)

Catherine Murphy

Question:

155 Ms C. Murphy asked the Taoiseach the number of reports commissioned by his Department by year since 2002; the number that were conducted internally; the number that were carried out by consultants; what those reports were; the amount they cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24353/06]

Written answers

The Taoiseach

The information requested by the Deputy is given in the following schedule:

Title of Report	Year Report was commissioned	Internal Reports	Reports carried out by Consultants	Cost of Report
Consultation document ‘Towards Better Regulation’	2002	Yes — with some input from Consultant		€31,665 of which €6,692 was in respect of consultant’s input
Report on submissions received arising from public consultation on ‘Towards Better Regulation’	2002	Yes — with some input from Consultant		€11,790 of which €4,000 was in respect of consultant’s input
Report on ‘Evaluation of Customer Action Plans’	2002		Yes	€33,528 of which €30,473 was in respect of consultant’s input
‘Communicating Change and Modernisation in the Civil Service’	2002		Yes	€30,166
Irish Civil Service — Customer Satisfaction Survey 2003	2003		Yes	€36,000
‘Customer Charters — Guidelines for preparation’	2003	Yes — with some input from Consultant		€39,003 of which €4,840 was in respect of consultant’s input
An Inquiry into certain matters in relation to procurement as requested by the Taoiseach, Mr. Bertie Ahern, T.D.	2004	Yes	No	Nil
The Contribution of Better Regulation to Social Progress — A Report for Irish EU Presidency Conference	2004		Yes	€18,876
‘Quantifiying the impacts of Regulation’ — A report for the Irish EU Presidency Conference	2004		Yes	€5,250
‘Our Commitments to our Colleagues — Internal Customer Service in the Civil Service’	2004	Yes		€11,060
Examination of the Brick and Block Laying Sector of the Construction Industry	2004	No	Yes	This work is not yet completed the costs are therefore not yet available.
‘Redress for Civil Service Customers — International Approaches’	2004		Yes	€81,943 of which €76,894 was in respect of consultant’s input

Title of Report	Year Report was commissioned	Internal Reports	Reports carried out by Consultants	Cost of Report
Three Progress Reports produced on the Implementation of the Affordable Housing Initiative	2004 & 2005	No	Yes	€3,675
Report to the National Implementation Body Re: Cost and Implications of Proposed Amendments made by the Communications Workers’ Union on 3 August 2005	2005	No	Yes	€61,172
Report on the introduction of Regulatory Impact Analysis	2005		Yes	€29,890
Report and Database of Regulatory Bodies in Ireland	2005 (due for completion by end Summer 2006)		Yes	€13,310 (to date)
Review of PMDS Evaluation results for Technical and Professional Staff	2005		Yes	€15,125
*Lisbon Agenda National Reform Programme Ireland	2005	Yes	No	€13,885
Irish Civil Service (General Public) Customer Satisfaction Survey 2006	2005		Yes	€32,973
Research Project on the Special Initiatives under Sustaining Progress	2005	No	Yes	€37,207.50
Report on Affordable Housing	2005	No	Yes	€9,680
Survey of Business attitudes to Regulation	May 2006 (due for completion Autumn 2006)		Yes	€90,000 allocated
Irish Civil Service (Business) Customer Satisfaction Survey 2006	2006		Yes	€17,848

*The Cross Departmental Team to the Cabinet Committee on Housing, Infrastructure and PPPs has since its establishment in 1999 prepared an Annual Progress report. These reports are prepared internally at marginal cost and take approximately one month to prepare. They are laid before both Houses of the Oireachtas and the latest five are available on the Department of the Taoiseach website.