The annual spend on consultancy and the number of consultants engaged by my Department in each of the years 2008-2011 was as follows:
Year
|
Number of Consultants
|
Expenditure
|
2008
|
16
|
€687,678
|
2009
|
5
|
€184,489
|
2010
|
3
|
€93,388
|
2011
|
4
|
€33,888
|
Steps taken to reduce expenditure on consultancy, include among others a reduction in the Consultancy budget from €409,000 in 2008 to €73,000 in 2012 and the implementation of stricter controls over the business case need and approval process prior to the engagement of such services.
The names of the consultancy companies awarded contracts over the period in question are:
Accenture.
Butler Direct Ltd.
Byrne O'Cleirigh.
Carr Communications Ltd.
Forensic Navigation Services Ltd.
Golder Associates.
Graphite HRM Ltd.
Helm Corporation Ltd.
IBI Group (UK) Ltd.
Jenny Smyth and Associates.
Keville and O'Sullivan Associates.
LHM Casey McGrath.
McCann Fitzgerald Associates.
Mr. Barry Loveday.
Ms Bernadette Kiely.
Professor Gisli Gudjonsson.
Professor Paul Robinson.
Prospectus.
Public Communications Centre.
Scotcoach.
Thinksmart.