Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 27 February 2013
254. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of agency and contract staff currently employed under the aegis of his Department; the mechanism in place for monitoring and managing the associated costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10976/13]
View answer256. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the numbers and cost of agency staff under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11056/13]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 254 and 256 together.
My Department, from time to time, employs staff from agencies to provide certain services when such proves to be more cost effective and Department staff are not available. Such expenditure is based on competitive tendering with extensive use of Central Government and Department specific frameworks which continue to drive costs down.
Details are provided in the following table:
|
Name of Agency |
Service |
Cost of Service in 2012 |
Number of Staff (FTEs) |
|
Farm Relief Services (FRS) |
Ancillary services to support Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication Programme |
€2.686m |
103 |
|
Farm Relief Services (FRS) |
Cow Monitoring Scheme as part of the Brucellosis Eradication Scheme. This involves the blood sampling of culled cows in Meat Plants and assists in the detection of brucellosis reactors in a herd. With effect from 1 January 2013 the task of taking blood samples has been taken over by Department staff. |
€0.559m |
24 |
|
Backweston Laboratories Facilities management contract drawn up with OPW. Costs are apportioned between State Labs and DAFM labs in the ration 1:2 |
Facilities Management monthly contract fee for: DAFM Labs Longtown Farm |
€1,641,144 ex. VAT €297,384 ex. VAT Total €1,938,528 |
26 5 |
|
Matthew Griffin Building Contractor* |
Dingle GO hire |
€49,084 |
1 |
|
Whitty Construction Ltd.* |
Safety and maintenance at Dunmore East |
€53,995 |
1 |
|
Deloitte & Touche |
ERS (Electronic recording system for fishing activity) GCPS (generic Claims processing system) IFIS (integrated Fisheries Information system) |
€120,447 €116,545 €113,871 Total €350,863 |
2† |
|
IT Alliance |
AFIT (inspection system) CCS (customer information management system) ERS Operations (database/infrastructure administration) |
€250,038 €81,905 €261,331 €337,142 Total €930,416 |
6.5† |
|
Version 1 |
AFIT AHCS (animal health monitoring system) AIM (animal movement and identification system) ERS SPS (single payment system) IFIS IMAP (geographical data management) RDP(rural development programme)-GCPS REPS (rural environment protection scheme) |
€331,178 €741,470 €265,937 €131,573 €253,423 €218,825 €36,568 €8,610 €139,842 Total €2,127,426 |
18† |
|
System Dynamics |
AFIT DAS (disadvantaged areas scheme) DEP (Dairy Efficiency Programme) ERS FORESTRY IFIS IMP NOT (import notifications) RDP-GCPS SUCKLER |
€279,681 €192,187 €62,896 €151,242 €57,232 €97,221 €123,910 €123,984 €116,514 Total €1,204,867 |
9.6† |
|
Accenture |
ERS SPS RDP-GCPS |
€102,819 €1,130,562 €244,607 Total €1,477,988 |
10† |
|
Vantage Resources |
IT AFIT AIM ERS FORESTRY RDP-GCPS AFIT-RDC |
€131,098 €543,917 €118,031 €203,055 €70,609 €78,897 Total €1,145,607 |
10.4† |
|
Sogetti |
AFIT-RDC RDP-GCPS |
€20,056 €119,335 Total €139,391 |
2† |
|
SMX |
SAP (payments system) |
€430,293 Total €430,293 |
2.4† |
|
The ICON Group |
ERAD (animal disease management) GIS (geographical data) |
€2,541 €123,777 Total €126,318 |
0.8† |
|
Compass Informatics |
GIS |
€16,254 Total €16,25 |
0.4† |
|
Client Solutions |
SAP |
€174,945 Total €174,945 |
1† |
|
IT Force |
E-GOV |
€244,893 Total €244,893 |
3† |
|
CPL |
E-GOV |
€94,693 Total €94,693 |
1† |
|
CTRL |
OPERATIONS |
€113,560 Total €113,560 |
1† |
|
SMDT |
OPERATIONS |
€70,065 Total €70,065 |
2† |
|
Sabeo Technologies |
OPERATIONS |
€154,332 Total €154,332 |
1† |
|
Janix |
SSO (single sign on system…authentication for multiple corporate systems) Operations |
€73,376 €391,379 Total €464,755 |
3† |
|
IBM Ireland |
Operations |
€46,127 Total €46,127 |
0.1† |
*Construction contractors supplying service as distinct from an employment agency.
† The number of full time equivalents quoted below for IT contractors is as of 31/01/2013. This number is subject to some fluctuation as requirements change.
|
No. of Agency Staff |
No. of Contract Staff (FTE) |
Service |
Mechanism in place for monitoring and managing the associated costs |
|
NIL – recruited directly by this Department |
3 |
To carry out work associated with the National Forestry Inventory |
Cost controlled by agreeing a fixed term and cost contract ; Contract staff engaged for a two year period, on a salary scale similar to the first point of the 'Forestry Inspector Grade 3' salary scale |
