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Departmental Expenditure

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 October 2012

Tuesday, 23 October 2012

Questions (110)

Mary Lou McDonald

Question:

110. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date 2012 of the total amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department, anybody 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 and if the matter was advertised for competitive tender;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45655/12]

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The following table details expenditure on consultancy by my Department, and bodies under the aegis of my Department, from 2008 to the end of September 2012.

2008

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Name of Consultant

Total Amount paid

Nature of Work

Procurement Type

Department

Grant Thornton

€75,120

Forensic accounting services in respect of issues pertaining to an industrial relations dispute at Aer Lingus (the services were commissioned by the National Implementation Body to assist in resolving industrial relations issues at Aer Lingus).

The services of Grant Thornton were commissioned by the National Implementation Body (NIB)

Goodbody

€7,200

Provision of assistance with the drafting of a Regulatory Impact Analysis on a legislative proposal.

Competitive Tender

QTS Limited

€1,694

Annual Risk Assessment - health and safety.

Competitive Tender

Ipsos Mori

€9,952

Phase 2 of 2007 QCS Survey

Competitive Tender

Hudson Talent Management

€45,552

Survey, deployment, analysis and reporting for the Organisational Review Programme

Competitive Tender

PA Consulting Group

€46,775

16 days professional services for Organisational Review Programme

Competitive Tender

Raymond Burke Consulting

€3,376

NESDO Review

Quotation

National Forum on Europe

Austin Butler Design

€647

Getting ready for the Referendum

Quotation

Caroline Erskine

€118,602

Media Relations Services

Quotation

Lansdowne Market Research

€6,292

Study Research

Quotation

Ireland Newfoundland Partnership

Bernadette Kiely

€1,028

Interviewing for the INP Business Development Position

Quotation

Change Management Fund, Department of Finance

The Economist Intelligence Unit

€316,421

To conduct an independent Review of the Economic Regulatory Environment to compare the performance of Irish sectoral regulators against their international counterparts.

Competitive Tender

Isolde Goggins

€1,815

Facilitator for workshop on review of the Economic Regulatory Environment.

Quotation

Isolde Goggins and Gillian Lauder

€85,305

Review of the Operation of Regulatory Impact analysis (RIA). In line with the terms of Towards 2016, an independent review of the operation of RIA was commissioned to assess the effectiveness of the current RIA model across Departments.

Competitive Tender

RA Consulting

€9,030

Consultancy services for carrying out an Employee Opinion Survey.

Competitive Tender

NESDO

Prof Aine Hyland

€7,500.00

Consultancy work on a project related to the Child Literacy Project

Competitive Tender

Cythia Deane

€6,000.00

Consultancy work on a project related to Social Inclusion Forum

Competitive Tender

Prof. Tony Fahy

€8,250.00

Consultancy work on a project related to the Home Care Project

Competitive Tender

Olivia Joyner

€6,000.00

Consultancy work on a project related to the Child Literacy Project

Competitive Tender

Eithne Kennedy

€2,000.00

Consultancy work related to the Social Inclusion Forum

Competitive Tender

M Cousins

€3,037.50

Consultancy work related to the Social Inclusion Forum

Competitive Tender

ESRI

€191,287.00

Consultancy work related to the National Workplace Survey

Competitive Tender

Amarach Research

€320,648.00

Consultancy work related to the National Workplace Survey

Competitive Tender

Achilles

€5,603.00

Consultancy work related to the National Workplace Survey

Competitive Tender

Tony Dobbins

€3,600.00

Chartered Institute of Professional Development

Competitive Tender

Millward Browne

€5,717.25

Consultancy work related to the NCPP Public Awareness Campaign

Competitive Tender

Mason Hayes Curran

€6,462.00

Consultancy work related to the NCPP National Workplace Survey

Competitive Tender

Radactuers

€9,770.75

Consultancy work related to the Step by Step guide to Partnership (Towards 2010) project

Competitive Tender

Val Whelan

€2,100.00

Consultancy work related to the Participative Governance project

Competitive Tender

Oglivy

€15,019.41

Consultancy work related to the NCPP Public Awareness Campaign

Competitive Tender

Wilson Hartnell

€16,425.76

Consultancy work related to the NCPP Public Awareness Campaign

Competitive Tender

Public Authority Pension Services

€10,000.00

Pension Consultant assisting in the drafting of the NESDO staff Superannuation Scheme, the Spouses and Childrens Scheme and related matters

Competitive Tender

Learning Networks

€100,000.00

Consultancy work related to the NESDO Futures Ireland Project

Competitive Tender

Dr. Maria Maguire

€44,000.00

Consultancy work related to the NESDO Futures Ireland Project

Competitive Tender

Experidox

€127,000.00

Consultancy work related to the NESDO Futures Ireland Project

Competitive Tender

Wiliam Roe & Assoc

€29,000.00

Consultancy work related to the NESDO Futures Ireland Project

Competitive Tender

Genesis Marketing

€35,000.00

Consultancy work related to the NESDO Futures Ireland Project

Competitive Tender

Edgeworth

€34,000.00

Consultancy work related to the NESDO Futures Ireland Project

Competitive Tender

Community Creations

€4,000.00

Consultancy work related to the NESDO Futures Ireland Project

Competitive Tender

Carton LeVert

€2,000.00

Consultancy work related to the NESDO Futures Ireland Project

Competitive Tender

Carlota Perez

€8,000.00

Consultancy work related to the NESDO Futures Ireland Project

Competitive Tender

Charles Sabel

€8,000.00

Consultancy work related to the NESDO Futures Ireland Project

Competitive Tender

IPA

€9,000.00

Consultancy work related to the NESDO Futures Ireland Project

Competitive Tender

John Reddin

€1,000.00

Consultancy work related to the NESDO Futures Ireland Project

Competitive Tender

Stephen Purcell

€1,000.00

Consultancy work related to the NESDO Futures Ireland Project

Competitive Tender

2009

Department

QTS Limited

€2,977

Annual Risk Assessment - health and safety

Competitive Tender

Ipsos Mori

€34,626

Organisational Review Programme Reports Covering 4 Organisations - on Deployment of Initial Survey

Competitive Tender

National Forum on Europe

Caroline Erskine

€54,471

Media Relations Services

Quotation

Change Management Fund, Department of Finance

Goodbody

€5,545

Provision of assistance with the drafting of a Regulatory Impact Analysis on a legislative proposal.

Competitive Tender

Ipsos Mori

€34,093

Survey deployment, analysis and reporting for the Organisational Review Programme (ORP).

Competitive Tender

O'Neill Amarach Consultants

€11,876

Business Customer Satisfaction Survey

Competitive Tender

Fitzpatrick Associates

€30,942

Garda Boundaries Realignment Project

Competitive Tender

Economist Intelligence Unit

€25,633

To conduct an independent Review of the Economic Regulatory Environment to compare the performance of Irish sectoral regulators against their international counterparts

Competitive Tender

NESDO

Chris McInerney Tipperary Institute

€12,000.00

Assistance with writing The Challenge of Community Participation in the Delivery of Public Services - NESC Report No. 7

Competitive Tender

Kenneth McKenzie

€2,323.00

Consultant on County Louth Ageing Project

Competitive Tender

Prof Tony Fahey University College Dublin

€11,797.50

Chaired the implementation of the Home Care Package Scheme - NESC Report No. 38

Competitive Tender

Carmel Corrigan

€9,345.00

Summary of Submissions on Home Care Package

Competitive Tender

Dr. Eithne Kennedy

€7,000.00

Preparation of Paper for Child Literacy- NESC Report 39

Competitive Tender

Tracy O'Brien

€4,900.00

Summary of Submissions on Child Literacy Project- NESC Report 39

Competitive Tender

NUI Galway

€7,335.15

ICGS Analysis of Shared Data on Implementation of the Home Care Package Scheme - NESC Report No. 38

Competitive Tender

Advanced Organisation

€12,150.00

Consulting Services re Policy Implementation

Competitive Tender

Prof Aine Hyland

€7,500.00

Chair of Project - Child Literacy and Social Inclusion: Implementation Issues - NESC Report 39 (2nd half payment)

Competitive Tender

Options Consulting

€3,037.50

Preparation of background paper on Child Literacy

Competitive Tender

Dr. Tony Dobbins

€3,660.00

Research work on NCPP project focusing on the issue of line managers as resource for change and innovation.

Competitive Tender

Dublin City University

€14,251.95

Preparation of Literature Review & Research Advice for Chartered Institute of Professional Development

Competitive Tender

IPC Consulting

€87,785.00

Research work on Hospital of the Future - Integrated Approach to Organisational Improvement and Innovation in Irelands Health Care System

Competitive Tender

Insight Statistical Consulting

€6,561.00

Statistical Anlsysis of Hospital of the Future - Integrated Approach to Organisational Improvement and Innovation in Irelands Health Care System

Competitive Tender

Dr. Maria Maguire

€10,060.52

Consulting Service on the NCPP Public Service Research

Competitive Tender

Valerie Whelan

€14,700.00

Research - Participative Governance: An Integrated Approach to Organisational Improvement and Innovation in Irelands Health Care System - A research project aimed at identifying and measuring the impact of employee engagement and HR management practices in the acute hospital system in Ireland.

Competitive Tender

UK WON

€4,579.00

Consultant - the NCPP Masterclass Conference

Competitive Tender

Philip Lane

€6,000.00

Paper on Europe Report

Competitive Tender

Damian Smyth

€4,465.12

Pension Consultant assisting in the drafting of the NESDO staff Superannuation Scheme, the Spouses and Childrens Scheme and related matters

Competitive Tender

2010

Department

Mercer (Ireland) Ltd

€23,595

Staff surveys for the Organisational Review Programme

Competitive Tender

Mazars

€2,500

Payroll Audit of Financial Shared Service Centre

Competitive Tender by Financial Shared Services, Department of Justice, Killarney

Change Management Fund, Department of Finance

Goodbody

€3,117

Provision of economic assistance with the application of Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA)

Competitive Tender

Indecon

€13,930

Provide technical economic assistance to Government Departments conducting Regulatory Impact Analyses (RIA)

Competitive Tender

NESDO

Dr. Tony Dobbins

€1,472

Research work on - Chartered Institute of Professional Development - project focusing on the issue of line managers as resource for change and innovation.

Competitive Tender

Public Authority Pension Services

€514

Pension Consultant assisting with staff pension related issues

Competitive Tender

2011

Department

Tower Watson

€12,100

Facilitation of ORP Workshops and Report

Quotation

QTS Limited

€1,271

Health & Safety Consultancy H&S Safety Statement 2011.

Competitive Tender

NESDO

Public Authority Pension Services

€691

Pension Consultant assisting with staff pension related issues

Competitive Tender

2012

Department

QTS Limited

€1,271

Health & Safety Consultancy - Annual Safety Review to include Risk Assessment Nov/Dec 2011 & Full Review & Update of Safety Statement 2012

Competitive Tender

Caroline Erskine

€25,830

EU Communications Advisory Services

Competitive Tender

NESDO

Public Authority Pension Services

€122

Pension Consultant assisting with staff pension related issues

Competitive Tender

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