Departmental Contracts

Tuesday, 19 July 2011

Questions (44, 45, 46, 47)

Shane Ross

Question:

57 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Taoiseach the amount of money paid by his Department to a company (details supplied) in the past decade; and the details of the projects. [20973/11]

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Written answers

The Taoiseach

The table below details the payments made to the company in the past decade by my Department.

Year	Total Payments	Details
2002	€78,221	Implementation of HRMS Peoplesoft
2003	€96,351	Implementation of HRMS Peoplesoft and provision of training

58 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Taoiseach the cost of hiring of external public relations companies by his Department over the past decade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20974/11]

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Derek Keating

Question:

61 Deputy Derek Keating asked the Taoiseach the cost to him of the hiring of public relations companies and external advisors by the previous Governments between the years 1998 and 2011 in tabular form; the persons that initiated these contracts; if they were given out to tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21411/11]

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The Taoiseach

I propose to take Questions Nos. 58 and 61 together.

The following table details the expenditure on Public Relations by my Department from July 2002 to end of June 2011. The spend primarily relates to the National Forum on Europe and the Taskforce on Active Citizenship which were both discontinued in 2009.

Year	Spend on Public Relations
July-Dec 2002	€95,167
2003	€54,666
2004	€88,858
2005	€93,143
2006	€72,661
2007	€150,524
2008	€6,245
2009	Nil
2010	Nil
Jan-June 2011	Nil

The information for 1998 to June 2002 is not readily available.

Shane Ross

Question:

59 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Taoiseach the amount of money paid by his Department to a company (details supplied) in the past decade; and the details of the projects. [20975/11]

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The Taoiseach

The following table details payments made to the said company in the past decade by my Department:

Year	Total Amount Paid	Details
2001	€78,317	Provision of consultancy service in respect of eCabinet Project
2002	€35,365	Provision of consultancy service in respect of eCabinet Project