Consultancy Contracts Issues

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 October 2012

Wednesday, 17 October 2012

Questions (316, 318)

Mary Lou McDonald

Question:

316. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details in tabular form for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012 the total amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department, any body under his aegis or State agency for which he has responsibility; the names of the consultancy companies awarded contracts; the nature of the work concerned; the fees paid to each consultant; if the matter was advertised for competitive tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45304/12]

Mary Lou McDonald

Question:

318. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of all companies or persons providing an external professional service to his Department such as ICT, legal advice, advertising, project management and including any other external professional service not listed; the amount invoiced by each company to him over the past 12 months, in tabular form. [45338/12]

Written answers

Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport

I propose to take Questions Nos. 316 and 318 together.

Details of consultancy and other contracts are already published on my Department's website at the following link (http://www.dttas.ie/feature.aspx?id=82). This information is updated on a periodic basis.

Contracts are normally awarded following a competitive process and details from 2011 are included in most cases with the remainder in the process of being updated.  

Details of any contracts over €25,000 which are awarded without a competitive process are also set out in the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General for the relevant year.

Consultancy contracts awarded by agencies under the aegis of my Department are a matter for the agencies concerned.