Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 25 October 2012
76. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Education and Skills 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. [47074/12]
View answerThe information sought by the Deputy is provided on the following table.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION & SKILLS CONSULTANCY REPORTS 2011
|
Consultant Name |
Purpose of Consultancy |
Report Commissioned |
Report Published |
Total amt paid 2011 incl vat |
|
Centre for Cross Border Studies |
2011 annual review of Postgraduate courses in Northern Ireland |
Oct-11 |
Not for publication |
€2,420.00 |
|
Sr. Eileen Randles |
Review of an appeal against an inspection under section 13 (9) of the Education Act 1998 |
May-10 |
Not for publication |
€920.00 |
|
Dr Simon Marginson |
Development & submission to DOES of draft criteria for the proposed re-designation of amalgamated institutes of Technology Universities arising from the recommendations of the National Strategy for Higher Education to 2030 |
Jan-11 |
Published by HEA Jun-11 |
€9,075.00 |
|
Forum on Patronage & Pluralism in the Primary Sector-Professor John Coolahan, Dr Caroline Hussey, Fionnuala Kilfeather |
Report of Advisory Group which convened the Forum on Patronage & Pluralism in the Primary Sector, to receive and distil the various views and perspectives of participants and to report and advise the Minister |
Apr-11 |
Apr-12 |
€20,000.00 |
|
Price Waterhouse Coopers LLP (PWC) Belfast |
Evaluation of the Special Education Support Service established by the Department in 2003 to address the then rather fragmented provision of continuing professional development in the area of special education. |
Dec-10 |
Not published to date |
€97,866.01 |
|
Goodbody Economic Consultants |
Evaluation of the Initial Implementation of Síolta, the National Quality Framework for Early Childhood Education |
Apr-11 |
Feb-12 |
€31,280.92 |
|
The PA Consulting Group |
Evaluation of the training & education programmes for the unemployed delivered under LMAF 2010 |
Jul-11 |
Published DES Website Nov-11 |
€52,003.38 |
|
Fitzpatrick & Associates |
Midterm Evaluation of the Human Capital Investment 2007-2013 |
Nov-10 |
Published ESF Website Aug-11 |
€61,589.00 |
|
Deloitte |
Audits of the national agencies for the Lifelong Learning Programme in Ireland, these will serve as the basis for the submission of Declarations of Assurance from International Section to the European Commission |
Apr-10 |
Not for publication |
€16,299.00 |
|
Public Authority Pension Services Ltd |
Pensions advisory work relating to the establishment of a pension scheme for staff of the NCTE |
May-11 |
Not for publication |
€4,791.60 |
|
|
Total (2011) : |
|
|
€296,244.91 |
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION & SKILLS CONSULTANCY REPORTS 2012 1/01/2012 to 31/08/2012
|
Consultant Name |
Purpose of Consultancy |
Report commissioned |
Report Published |
Total amt paid 2012 incl vat |
|
Mazars |
Audit of Labour Market Activation Projects co-funded by the european Social Fund (ESF) Human Capital Investment Operational Programme (HCI OP) 2007 - 2013 |
Jul-11 |
Not for publication |
€9,839.14 |
|
Deloitte |
2011 Annual Declaration of Assurance for the Leargas Lifelong Learning Programme and the HEA Lifelong Learning/Erasmus Programme. |
Apr-10 |
Not for publication |
€16,568.10 |
|
|
Total (Jan. to Aug. 2012) : |
|
|
€26,407.24 |
