Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 January 2014
192. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the total amount spent since February 2011 on external reports commissioned by his Department including payments from ministerial allowances, broken down by report; if he will provide the details of any consultant employed; the names of each report and their status as published or ongoing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2361/14]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy is set out in a table.
None of the payments were funded from Ministerial remuneration.
|
Consultant |
External Report |
Amount Paid |
Year |
Published/Ongoing |
|
PMCA Economic Consulting |
Assistance and Analysis in the Preparation of the Medium-Term Economic Strategy 2014-2020 |
€49,043.00 |
2013 |
Final report submitted 6.12.13* |
|
Crowe Horwath |
Report to Department in respect of a survey of R&D Active Companies 2013 |
€36,850.80 |
2013 |
Published |
|
Indecon |
Ex ante cost benefit analysis of proposed Living City Initiative |
€28,290.00 |
2013 |
Published |
|
Red C Research & Marketing Limited |
SME Lending Survey October-March 2013 |
€59,593.50 |
2013 |
Published** |
|
Red C Research & Marketing Limited |
SME Lending Survey April-September 2013 |
€58,978.50 |
2013 |
Published** |
|
Mercer (Ireland) Limited |
Remuneration Review of Covered Institutions |
€146,370.00 |
2013 |
Published |
|
Deloitte & Touche |
External Review of the Compilation of General Government Debt Statistics |
€ 61,553 |
2012 |
Published |
|
BDO and Amarach |
(a) Survey of audio-visual producers (b) Review on international review of audio-visual state supports |
€64,575.00 |
2012 |
Published |
|
Brendan Ryan B.L. |
Public Finance Procedures in Ireland |
€900.00 |
2012 |
The report was completed in January 2013 but it was not published. It was obtained for the purposes of informing the Department's approach in the David Hall case rather than for publication |
|
Grant Thornton |
Assessment of Credit Review Office |
€31,807.80 |
2012 |
Published |
|
Mazars |
SME Lending Survey October-March 2012 |
€60,885.00 |
2012 |
Published** |
|
Mazars |
SME Lending Survey April-September 2011 |
€52,453.50 |
2011 |
Published** |
|
Red C Research & Marketing Limited |
SME Lending Survey April-September 2012 |
€61,438.50 |
2012 |
Published** |
|
Charles River Associates |
Acquisition by AIB of EBS Building Society |
€50,000.00 |
2011 |
Published |
*Following conclusion of post-submission assessment report will be published on the MTES website in the near future.
**Reimbursed by AIB & Bank of Ireland
Questions Nos. 193 and 194 answered with Question No. 190.
