Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 10 February 2009
428 Deputy Damien English asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the private consultancy firms her Department used during the periods 1 January to 14 October 2008 and 15 October 2008 to date in 2009; the projects each worked on; the cost to her Department for each project; and if she will provide the information in tabular readable form. [4820/09]
View answerThe Department has a major programme of business, organisational and technological change underway to enable it to modernise the services which it provides to its customers. Ensuring that we maximise the potential of Information Technology is a significant aspect of this and external consultancy firms are used to assist the Department with this work.
Consultancy is defined in the Department of Finance guidelines as where a person or organisation provides intellectual or knowledge based services (e.g. expert analysis and advice) through delivering reports, studies, assessments, recommendations, proposals, etc. that contribute to decision making or policy making. For example, the Department has used external consultancy expertise to support it in undertaking the review of the Social Insurance Fund and the Equality Review of the Social Welfare Code.
The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table and includes all private consultancy firms used by the Department during the periods 1 January to 14 October 2008 and 15 October 2008 to date in 2009.
It should be noted that in the case of the larger projects the actual expenditure may be incurred over a period of one or more years.
|
Company |
Project |
Contract |
|
€ |
||
|
Bearing Point |
Support and Maintenance of SDM production system |
4,000,000 |
|
Bearing Point |
Widows and Widowers Contributory Pension |
2,150,252 |
|
Fujitsu Services |
Payment & Agency Reconciliation |
3,058,943 |
|
Hewlett Packard |
Office Systems Modernisation |
2,736,312 |
|
Bayberry |
Payment & Agency Reconciliation (business and organisational change) |
1,084,864 |
|
Hewlett Packard |
Implementation of Office Systems Infrastructure |
723,446 |
|
PM Centrix |
Website Redesign |
394,242 |
|
Accenture |
General Register Office System — Support and Maintenance |
1,724,240 |
|
Core International |
Travel & Subsistence Claim Processing System |
100,512 |
|
Inpute Technologies |
Digital Documents |
116,160 |
|
Fujitsu Services |
Oracle Financials |
185,449 |
|
ERSI |
Live Register Customer Profiling |
51,000 |
|
Core International |
Time & Attendance System |
60,790 |
|
Computer Associates |
Information Technology Infrastructure Review |
19,965 |
|
Microsoft Ireland |
Infrastructure Optimisation |
17,120 |
|
Core International |
Corepay development and Upgrade |
30,000 |
|
Peoplesoft |
Human Resource Management System Support |
8,057 |
|
Naked Objects |
Business Objects Modelling Advice and Expertise (Service Delivery Modernisation Programme) |
356,950 |
|
Naked Objects |
Technical Development Advice in relation to Business Object Model (Service Delivery Modernisation Programme) |
425,920 |
|
Accenture |
Strategic Review of Client Eligibility Services |
368,573 |
|
Grant Thornton |
Strategic Review of Customer Facing Services |
183,781 |
|
Mel Cousins |
Equality Review of Social Welfare Code |
246,236 |
|
ERSI |
Assessment of impact of tax and welfare policy |
150,000 |
|
Ernst & Young |
Business Information Security Advice |
120,000 |
|
Deloitte |
Internal Audit Support |
363,180 |
|
WRC Social & Economic Consultants |
Review of Activation and Family Support Programme |
96,751 |
|
Millward Brown |
Family Income Supplement — Uptake Research |
65,606 |
|
ERSI |
National Employment Action Plan (NEAP) Evaluation |
104,000 |
|
Rits Information Security |
Forensic Investigation Services |
30,454 |
|
ERSI |
Measurement & analysis of levels of consistent poverty |
80,000 |
|
Camille Loftus- OPEN |
Welfare to work review |
14,000 |
|
Conal Devine Associates |
CORE Functions — Organisational Design/ Development and Configuration & Transition Management |
10,905 |
|
Accenture |
Taxonomy |
217,800 |
|
Technical Guidance |
Pensions Policy Report |
5,392 |
|
Open Interface |
Office of Social Inclusion — Website Upgrade |
484 |
|
Hewlett Packard |
Customer Object Development |
2,394,452 |
|
Hewlett Packard |
Public Service Identity |
63,720 |
|
Consult Hyperion |
Public Service Card |
16,015 |
|
Company |
Project |
Contract |
|
€ |
||
|
LAN Communications |
Internal Network Security Implementation |
39,930 |
|
Bearing Point |
Medical Review and Case Management |
4,148,690 |
|
Hewlett Packard |
Implementation of Centralised Infrastructural Management System |
81,266 |
