Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 25 October 2012
131. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011. [47072/12]
View answerThe name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports commissioned by my Department since March 2011 are set out in tabular form below. The complex and diverse nature of my Department’s brief requires use of outside consultants. The bulk of these studies referred to below are technical and specialist in nature and were necessary to enable the Department to discharge its responsibilities in the areas concerned. The reports listed as follows formed subsidiary elements of those services in a number of instances.
|
Consultancy Name |
Purpose of Consultancy |
Cost € |
Date Of Publication |
|
Camp Dresser McKee CDM |
Silvermines Remediation Project: Analysis of soil and vegetation |
13,890 |
To be published by end November 2012. |
|
Purvin & Gertz |
Strategic Case for Oil Refining requirements |
193,997 |
Not yet published, commissioned in August 2011. |
|
PA Consulting Group |
National Digital Research Centre |
29,040 |
Not for publication, report was commissioned in November 2011. |
|
OHH Energy Ltd |
Independent Commission on Meath Tyrone Power Line |
41,120 |
January 2012. |
|
Elimark |
Independent Commission on Meath Tyrone Power Line |
38,786 |
January 2012. |
|
2B Energy |
Independent Commission on Meath Tyrone Power Line |
32,284 |
January 2012. |
|
Indecon Economic Consultants |
Economic/Socio-Economic Analysis of options for rollout of next generation broadband |
28,167 |
Commissioned in May 2012, although completed, report is not for publication. |
|
SLR Consulting |
Core Library Holdings Review |
39,688 |
November 2011. |
|
Jenny Deakin |
Preparation for the Graigue Group Water Scheme Report |
1,750 |
March 2012. |
|
Xodus Group Ltd |
Scientific environmental assessment of the Irish and Celtic Seas (SEA) |
88,463 |
November 2011. |
|
Analysys Mason |
Analysis of options for potential State intervention in the rollout of next generation broadband |
30,522 |
Commissioned in May 2012, although completed, report is not for publication. |
|
Thorntons Chartered Surveyors |
Provision of land valuation and negotiations services |
3,690 |
Commissioned July 2012, although completed, report is not for publication. |
|
Indecon Economic Consultants |
Study to establish the value of the exploration and mining sector to the national economy |
53,690 |
Commissioned September 2012 |
