Consultancy Contracts

Thursday, 25 October 2012

Questions (87)

Barry Cowen

Question:

87. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform 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. [47081/12]

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Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform

In the period since March 2011, the following amounts were paid to external consultants in respect of reports commissioned by my Department:

Report name	Commission/Publication date	Consultant	Cost
Capacity and Capability review of Central Procurement Function	Published September 2012	Accenture	30,750
Options For the next National Lottery Licence	Published March 2012	Davy Corporate Finance	615
Report on Reasons Behind Voter Behaviour in the Oireachtas Inquiry Referendum 2011	Published February 2012	Red C Research & Marketing	41,043
Comparing Public Sector Pay levels in Ireland and EU	Commissioned August 2012	ESRI	22,398
Verification of savings of selected projects under the Public Service Agreement 2010-2014	Published 15 June 2011	MKO Partners Ltd	35,820
Verification of Savings of selected projects under the Public Service Agreement 2010-2014	Published 13 June 2012	Grant Thornton	31,586
-	-	-	162,212