My Department’s expenditure on consultancy services and value for money and policy reviews was €3.606m for the period March 2011 to date. In procuring these specialised services, my Department always seeks to ensure value for money and the keeping of expenditure to the minimum necessary. The following table outlines the projects which incurred consultancy expenditure.
Given the technical complexity of the sectors which my Department oversees and, in some instances regulates, there is a requirement to procure specialised services to address specific issues as they arise. The Department therefore also necessarily incurs expenditure on outsourced services as part of programme expenditure, an element of which is consultancy in nature. I will forward the figure for the consultancy element to the Deputy, when it is disaggregated from the larger programme spends.
Cyber Security Exercise
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Economic and Social Research Institute - Programme of Research in Communications
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National Broadband Plan
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Procurement Advice
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Review of the National Digital Research Centre
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Consultancy for interaction between 4G system and TV system
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Economic Analysis of the Advertising Market in Ireland
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Audit of consumer held strategic oil stocks
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East West Interconnector Monitoring Panel
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Financial Advice on Electricity Transmission Asset Review
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Independent Commission Meath Tyrone Power Lines
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Renewable Energy Export Project - Planning Consultancy
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Review of the security of Ireland's access to commercial oil supplies
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Study of the strategic case for oil refining on the island of Ireland
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Assessment of Economic Contribution of Mineral Exploration and Mining in Ireland
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Core Rock Sample Library Holdings Review
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Geological Survey of Ireland – Groundwater studies
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Assessment of Corrib Gas Pipeline
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Corrib pipeline Consent Conditions Monitoring Committee
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Monitoring of Corrib Gas Consent Conditions
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Corrib Verification Process
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Statutory Assessment of an Environmental Statement accompanying an application to conduct 2D/3D Offshore Seismic Surveys
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Statutory Assessment of an Environmental Statement accompanying an application to conduct 2D/3D Offshore Seismic Surveys by ENI Ireland and Exxon Mobil
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Dunquin Well Assessment
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Geophysicist Consultancy
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Legal Advice on the Corrib Gas Pipeline
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Legal Advice in Relation to Seven Heads
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Petroleum Engineering Support
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Contribution to administrative burden reduction project
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External Members of Audit Committee
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Financial Advisor to DCENR
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Human Resources Skills Survey
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Internal Audit Services Consultancy
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Pensions Advisor Services
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Posts and telegraphs Pension Consultancy - file cataloguing
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Head of Internal Audit Unit
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