Information on external reports commissioned and funded by my Department is set out in the following table.
Description of Report
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Consultant etc.
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Amount Spent
Since February 2011
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Retrofitting Code of Practice.
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Building Research Establishment Ltd.
|
€27,365
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Sound insulation research to inform the drafting of Part E (Sound) of the Building Regulations.
|
Napier University Ventures Ltd.
|
€1,423
|
Report of the Pyrite Panel - independent report to provide options to deal with the pyrite problem.
|
Pyrite Panel
|
€21,470
|
2011 Report of the Dormant Accounts Board.
|
Mr. David Lovegrove
|
€13,271
|
Review of the management by the Department of an application by Wicklow County Council for loan approval in respect of the compulsory purchase of land at Charlesland, Co. Wicklow.
|
Mr. Seamus Woulfe SC
|
€19,680
|
Bulky Waste Reuse Best Practice - Feasibility Study.
|
Fehilly Timoney & Company
|
€41,514
|
Crop Demo Trials to demonstrate the use of composted and anaerobic digested BMW on crops.
|
Methanogen
|
€115,594
|
Recovered Paper Market in Ireland and Recovered Paper Quality Best Practice Studies.
|
Poyry Forest Industry Consulting
|
€85,003
|
Compost Quality Standard IS441 (NSAI).
|
RPS
|
€10,000
|
Irish Recycled Plastic Waste Arisings Study.
|
SKM Enviros
|
€37,566
|
Evaluation of ICT disaster recovery configuration and capability.
|
Version 1
|
€9,363
|
Feasibility study to inform the design of a main stage national evaluation of the Local and Community Development Programme.
|
SQW Limited
|
€43,999
|
Analysis of Property Tax Options - A report to the Interdepartmental Expert Group on Property Tax.
|
Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)
|
€60,280
|
Archaelogical report on Met Éireann site at Valentia.
|
Barrow Archaeological Services
|
€1,210
|
EIS Screening Report for site at Valentia.
|
Malachy Walsh & Partners
|
€6,336
|
Report on archaeological investigation/survey.
|
Munster Archaeology
|
€24,258
|
Report of Survillance Audit on IS EN ISO 2012.
|
National Standards Authority Ireland (NSAI)
|
€2,706
|
Study in respect of provision of fire detection and alarm systems in dwellings.
|
ARUP Consulting Engineers
|
€29,935
|
Review of the Homeless Strategy 2008-2013.
|
Dr. Eoin O'Sullivan, Trinity College Dublin
|
€6,000
|
Review of Homelessness Services in Dublin Region.
|
Murtagh & Partners
|
€27,800
|
Provision of expertise concerning Strategic Environmental Assessment and Appropriate Assessment techniques for the evaluation and revision of Regional Waste Management Plans.
|
RPS
|
€36,251
|
Operation of National Litter Pollution Monitoring System.
|
Tobin Consulting Engineers
|
€99,504
|
Ambient air monitoring in the vicinity of the former steelworks site, Haulbowline, Cork.
|
White Young Green
|
€13,005
|
Consultancy services on establishment of National Water Utility.
|
Price Waterhouse Coopers
|
€131,614
|