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Consultancy Contracts Expenditure

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 15 January 2014

Wednesday, 15 January 2014

Questions (479)

Michael Colreavy

Question:

479. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount his Department has spent on consultants since March 2011; and the specific projects they were engaged to report upon. [1786/14]

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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

Economic and Social Research Institute - Programme of Research in Communications

National Broadband Plan

Procurement Advice

Review of the National Digital Research Centre

Consultancy for interaction between 4G system and TV system

Economic Analysis of the Advertising Market in Ireland

Audit of consumer held strategic oil stocks

East West Interconnector Monitoring Panel

Financial Advice on Electricity Transmission Asset Review

Independent Commission Meath Tyrone Power Lines

Renewable Energy Export Project - Planning Consultancy

Review of the security of Ireland's access to commercial oil supplies

Study of the strategic case for oil refining on the island of Ireland

Assessment of Economic Contribution of Mineral Exploration and Mining in Ireland

Core Rock Sample Library Holdings Review

Geological Survey of Ireland – Groundwater studies

Assessment of Corrib Gas Pipeline

Corrib pipeline Consent Conditions Monitoring Committee

Monitoring of Corrib Gas Consent Conditions

Corrib Verification Process

Statutory Assessment of an Environmental Statement accompanying an application to conduct 2D/3D Offshore Seismic Surveys

Statutory Assessment of an Environmental Statement accompanying an application to conduct 2D/3D Offshore Seismic Surveys by ENI Ireland and Exxon Mobil

Dunquin Well Assessment

Geophysicist Consultancy

Legal Advice on the Corrib Gas Pipeline

Legal Advice in Relation to Seven Heads

Petroleum Engineering Support

Contribution to administrative burden reduction project

External Members of Audit Committee

Financial Advisor to DCENR

Human Resources Skills Survey

Internal Audit Services Consultancy

Pensions Advisor Services

Posts and telegraphs Pension Consultancy - file cataloguing

Head of Internal Audit Unit

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