Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 14 July 2011
119 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the total amount of money paid by his Department to a company (details supplied) in the past decade; and details of the projects. [20908/11]
View answer121 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the total amount of money paid by his Department to a company (details supplied) in the past decade; the details of the projects. [20936/11]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 119 and 121 together.
In the past decade, my Department has not made any payments to the companies mentioned in the Deputy's Questions. With regard to the Agencies under the aegis of my Department, I am informed that the State Laboratory, the Office of the Ombudsman and the CPSA also made no payments to the companies covered by the Deputy's question. The Public Appointments Service has made payments to the company mentioned in Question 20908 of €192,000 in 2005 and 2006 for Executive Recruitment Services.
The following tables show amounts that were paid by the Office of Public Works to each of the companies in question during the years 2002 — 2011 together with the details of each project.
|
Year |
Amount € |
Detail (Company Mentioned in Question 20908) |
|
2002 |
19,748 |
Consultancy Preparing Fin Statements |
|
2002 |
30,805 |
Consultancy |
|
2003 |
1,275 |
Training |
|
2004 |
7,373 |
Consultancy |
|
2004 |
1,815 |
Manual — Personnel |
|
2004 |
7,575 |
Consultancy Corporate Services |
|
2004 |
65,741 |
Risk Assessment Workshops |
|
2004 |
45,139 |
Consultancy Dublin Castle |
|
2005-2007 |
NIL |
|
|
2008 |
5,050 |
Consultancy Internal Audit |
|
2009-2011 |
NIL |
|
Year |
Amount € |
Detail (Company Mentioned in Question 20936) |
|
2002 |
1,515 |
Consultancy Canteen Tax Issues |
|
2002 |
2,788 |
Review of Procurement Practice Projects |
|
2003-2004 |
NIL |
|
|
2005 |
16,554 |
Advice on wind up of Public Property Development Ltd |
|
2006 |
1,854 |
Advice on wind up of Public Property Development Ltd |
|
2007 |
8,430 |
Advice on wind up of Public Property Development Ltd |
|
2008-2011 |
NIL |
120 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total cost of hiring external public relations companies by his Department over the past decade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20922/11]
View answerI take it that the Deputy is referring solely to public relations costs and not to advertising costs that would be incurred by my Department in the normal course of business, such as entries into telephone directories, the placing of advertisements in national newspapers, recruitment advertising, advertising associated with the national development plans, e-tenders etc. My Department has had not incurred expenditure in this area over the past decade.
