My Department engages professional services in a number of areas where the required skills are not available in-house and it is more cost-effective to source them externally. Details of payments in the period in question are included in the tables below in respect of Vote 27 (International Cooperation) and Vote 28 (Foreign Affairs and Trade).
Vote 28 Foreign Affairs and Trade
External Professional Services
2011/2012
Trainer Fees & Training Materials & Equipment
Name of Company/Service Provider
|
Amounts Paid
|
CORE FINANCIAL SYSTEMS LTD
|
€1,900
|
CORE INTERNATIONAL LTD.(IRL)
|
€1,537
|
CW SYSTEMS INTEGRATION
|
€2,494
|
ICS SKILLS TRAINING & CERTIFICATION
|
€9,765
|
SURESKILLS
|
€3,600
|
TETRA IRELAND COMMUNICATIONS LTD
|
€3,120
|
VERSION 1 SOFTWARE
|
€1,173
|
AVONDALE MEDIA SERVICES
|
€1,125
|
BRIDGE INTERPRETING
|
€1,610
|
CENAD
|
€13,000
|
EMERGENCY CARE PRODUCTS
|
€990
|
HEADSTRONG
|
€250
|
HIGH PERFORMANCE
|
€8,480
|
INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
|
€350
|
KATE KAVANAGH
|
€2,075
|
PATRICK SUTTON T/A COMMUNICATE
|
€14,332
|
PAULA MEE
|
€200
|
PAUL LOFTUS & ASSOCIATES INC
|
€2,400
|
PEAK CONNEXXION LTD
|
€1,600
|
SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL & AFRICAN STUDIES
|
€23,968
|
THE IRISH TIMES
|
€2,400
|
TIGER CONSULTING
|
€27,200
|
TRISH MURPHY
|
€200
|
WRIGHT CONSULTANCY
|
€20,690
|
2011/2012
ICT External Services
Name of Company/Service Provider
|
Amount Paid
|
B T IRELAND
|
€771,596
|
BARTON ENGINEERING AND EXPORT LTD
|
€5,048
|
BEARING POINT
|
€10,220
|
BLUEWAVE TECHNOLOGY
|
€4,696
|
CORE FINANCIAL SYSTEMS LTD
|
€14,209
|
FUJITSU IRELAND
|
€85,994
|
IAI INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS B.V.
|
€22,261
|
INTEGRITY SOLUTIONS LTD
|
€1,956
|
ISAS (Formerly trading as RITS)
|
€369,956
|
IT ROLLOUT CONSULTANCY
|
€22,878
|
JK NETWORK ARCHITECTURE DESIGN LTD
|
€345,688
|
TOMORROWS WORLD LTD
|
€159,888
|
VERSION 1 SOFTWARE
|
€5,771
|
WARD SOLUTIONS
|
€1,384
|
ZERO DOWNTIME LTD
|
€143,887
|
2011/2012
Support & Maintenance (I.T.)
Name of Company/Service Provider
|
Amount Paid
|
1E Ltd
|
€5,771
|
AMS LTD
|
€3,091
|
BEARING POINT
|
€2,344,547
|
BRYAN S RYAN
|
€2,344
|
CENTRAL SOLUTIONS LTD
|
€17,126
|
CORE FINANCIAL SYSTEMS LTD
|
€155,427
|
CORE INTERNATIONAL LTD.(IRL)
|
€90,243
|
CW SYSTEMS INTEGRATION
|
€6,289
|
DELL COMPUTER
|
€49,942
|
Eircom Ltd
|
€36,951
|
INTEGRITY SOLUTIONS LTD
|
€90,984
|
MAXIMA MANAGED SERVICES IRELAND
|
€13,788
|
MICROSOFT
|
€78,408
|
ORACLE EMEA LTD
|
€70,388
|
QUEST SOFTWARE INTERNATIONAL LTD
|
€1,324
|
REPLIWEB INC
|
€5,972
|
SAGEM IDENTIFICATION
|
€401,179
|
SOFTWORKS COMPUTING Ltd
|
€47,026
|
SYSTEM VIDEO
|
€80,855
|
VERSION 1 SOFTWARE
|
€21,953
|
WARD SOLUTIONS
|
€13,767
|
WORLDREACH SOFTWARE CORPORATION
|
€59,119
|
2011/2012
HR Consultancy
Name of Company/Service Provider
|
Amount Paid
|
Avondale Media
|
€4,243.50
|
Dorothy Butler Scally
|
€4,920.00
|
2011/2012
Travel Contract Management Fee & Insurance
Name of Company/Service Provider
|
Fees Paid
|
Club Travel
|
€19,723
|
2011/2012
Legal Expenses (excl. Settlement Costs)
Name of Company/Service Provider
|
Fees Paid
|
GWEN MALONE STENOGRAPHY SERVICES
|
€2,804
|
STATE CLAIMS AGENCY
|
€20,181
|
2011/2012
Public Relations & Advertising (inc. Photos)
Name of Company/Service Provider
|
Fees Paid
|
BRINDLEY ADVERTISING
|
€35,553
|
IRIS OIFIGIUIL
|
€946
|
MAXWELL PHOTOGRAPHY
|
€310
|
MONGEY COMMUNICATIONS
|
€520
|
NATIONAL LIBRARY
|
€120
|
RED DOG
|
€916
|
TORANN NA DTONN
|
€545
|
TRUVO
|
€7,079
|
2011/2012
Translation Services
Name of Company/Service Provider
|
Fees Paid
|
CASTLEKNOCK HOTEL & COUNTRY CLUB
|
€276
|
DCULS LTD
|
€666
|
EUROPUS TEO
|
€864
|
EUROTEXT TRANSLATIONS LTD
|
€400
|
KL COMMUNICATIONS T
|
€2,490
|
LIONBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL
|
€5,495
|
MARIE THERESE SAFFRE
|
€30
|
SEAN DE FREINE
|
€2,377
|
SIOBHAN UI BHRAOIN
|
€200
|
WORD PERFECT TRANSLATION SERVICES LTD
|
€681
|
THE SIMULTANEOUS TRANSLATION COMPANY
|
€3,684
|
ABRIS TRANSLATIONS
|
€135
|
2011/2012
Architect & Engineer Fees
Name of Company/Service Provider
|
Fees Paid
|
DELAP & WALLER
|
€5,614
|
2011/2012
Premises Professional Fees
Name of Company/Service Provider
|
Fees Paid
|
DELAP & WALLER
|
€5,651
|
OLIVE SAFETY SERVICES
|
€4,175
|
2011/2012
Other Professional Fees
Name of Company/Service Provider
|
Fees Paid
|
B CONNECTED LTD
|
€2,886
|
ISAS (Formerly T/A RITS)
|
€4,898
|
RITS
|
€15,959
|
TONY TAAFFE
|
€3,850
|
RED DOG
|
€3,985
|
Vote 27 International Cooperation (formerly Vote 29 until 2012)
External Professional Services
2011/2012
Professional Service provider
Name of Company/Service Provider
|
Amounts Paid
|
ADRIENNE BOYLE
|
€5,000
|
MARY BRADY
|
€24,920
|
LUIS ENRIQUE BRAN REYES
|
€4,468
|
JAMES BURKE
|
€1,278
|
CHANNEL RESEARCH
|
€27,103
|
MARY CORBETT
|
€46,785
|
MELLA CUSACK
|
€4,121
|
CATHY DORAN
|
€8,586
|
ECONOMIC + SOCIAL RESEARCH INS
|
€32,676
|
EVERYWHERE CONSULTANTS
|
€40,583
|
MARIE T FANNING
|
€17,176
|
DEIRDRE FARRELL
|
€4,600
|
KEVIN FARRELL
|
€15,579
|
EUNICE FIELDS
|
€1,500
|
DR MARGARET FITZGERALD
|
€5,327
|
FITZPATRICK ASSOCIATES
|
€33,002
|
NICHOLAS FREELAND
|
€529
|
CATHY GAYNOR
|
€11,362
|
GERAGHTY CONSULTING
|
€7,568
|
MARTIN GREENE
|
€38,695
|
MARCEL GROGAN
|
€37,709
|
HUMANITARIAN POLICY LTD
|
€33,930
|
IRISH COUNCIL FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
|
€222,925
|
PAUL ISENMAN
|
€5,294
|
ITAD LTD
|
€89,733
|
MARK JEROME
|
€8,750
|
RACHEL KAVANAGH
|
€2,800
|
GRACE KELLY HARTNETT
|
€16,710
|
JIM KINSELLA
|
€3,456
|
PETER MCEVOY
|
€12,483
|
HUNTER MCGILL
|
€6,730
|
MOKORO LTD
|
€135,634
|
NUIMAYNOOTH
|
€55,648
|
RUTH O' DOHERTY
|
€4,590
|
PROF HELEN O'NEILL
|
€4,668
|
JOHN O'REGAN
|
€9,587
|
INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION DEVELOPMENT
- IOD PARC
|
€199,872
|
PAT MCMULLIN
|
€15,382
|
REAL EVENT MANAGEMENT
|
€195,378
|
PHILIP REGAN
|
€3,093
|
CATHY ROCHE
|
€6,300
|
RODNEY RICE
|
€7,385
|
JAMES SAUNDERSON
|
€2,400
|
TIMOTHY SHINE
|
€1,825
|
MARIE SMITH
|
€5,940
|
SUAS EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
|
€47,131
|
AISLING SWAINE CONSULTANCY LTD
|
€8,702
|
TONY TAAFFE
|
€10,400
|
RONAN TIERNEY
|
€5,396
|
FRED TOTTENHAM
|
€5,556
|
VALID INTERNATIONAL LTD.
|
€52,260
|
EMMA WARWICK
|
€6,907
|
MIKE WILLIAMS
|
€39,378
|
80:20 EDUCATION
|
€9,869
|
AODH O CONNOR
|
€3,796
|
MARY MCKEOWN
|
€2,500
|
LAUREN BARI
|
€4,299
|
GERALD CAWLEY
|
€4,014
|
GROUPE URD
|
€50,000
|
CATHERINE SARAH JONES
|
€29,819
|
CHARLES LATHROP
|
€9,628
|
BERNARD MCLOUGHLIN
|
€9,786
|
PATRICK D MURPHY
|
€9,064
|
EILIS MURRAY
|
€6,068
|
NUI GALWAY
|
€16,105
|
MORINA O NEILL
|
€1,720
|
PIETERNELLA PIETERSE
|
€3,050
|
2011/2012
Travel Contract Management
Name of Company/Service Provider
|
Amount Paid
|
CLUB TRAVEL
|
€21,711
|
CARLSON WAGONLIT TRAVEL
|
€494
|
2011/2012
Trainer Fees
Name of Company/Service Provider
|
Amount Paid
|
D TALK (KIMMAGE MANOR)
|
€1,500
|
SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL & AFRICAN STUDIES
|
€35,061
|
INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
|
€7,403
|
2011/2012
Translation Services
Name of Company/Service Provider
|
Amount Paid
|
ANA BEAL
|
€676
|
PAULA NI SHLATARRA
|
€665
|
SDL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS
|
€148
|
2011/2012
Support and Maintenance
Name of Company/Service Provider
|
Fees Paid
|
CORE FINANCIAL SYSTEMS
|
€167,320
|
EQUINITI ICS LTD
|
€36,252
|
ISIA INFORMATION SECURITY
|
€2,490
|