Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 23 January 2014
139. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details of all consultancy firms engaged by his Department during 2013; if he will further provide details of all the relevant fees paid to these firms during this period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3206/14]
View answerMy Department's expenditure on consultancy services and value for money and policy reviews in 2013 was €1.325m. This represents a saving of €0.576m on the overall 2013 allocation. In procuring these specialised services, my Department always seeks to ensure value for money and the keeping of expenditure to the minimum necessary. Details of expenditure on consultancy services in 2013 are outlined in the following table. In the case of the three consultancy projects related to the Corrib gas project, the cost is recouped to the State by the Developers
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.
|
Project |
Name of Firm |
Amount |
|
Cyber Security Exercise |
BH Consulting |
9,840 |
|
Programme of Research in Communications |
Economic and Social Research Institute |
150,000 |
|
Consultancy for interaction between 4G system and TV system |
Mr. Larry Staines |
2,211 |
|
Economic assessment off Exploration and Mining |
Indecon |
53,615 |
|
Economic Analysis of the Advertising Market in Ireland |
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|
Renewable Energy Export Project - Planning Consultancy |
AECOM |
15,896 |
|
Renewable Energy Export Project - Planning Consultancy |
Doyle Kent Planning Partnership Ltd |
32,785 |
|
Renewable Energy Export Project - Planning Consultancy |
(AEGIS MEDIA IRL) Brindley Advertising Ltd. |
22,143 |
|
Audit of consumer held strategic oil stocks |
Byrne O'Cleirigh Ltd |
17,125 |
|
Review of the security of Ireland's access to commercial oil supplies |
Reidy Brophy Limited |
5,700 |
|
East West Interconnector Monitoring Panel |
Dr Harry Comber |
6,000 |
|
East West Interconnector Monitoring Panel |
Prof. Mark O'Malley |
6,000 |
|
East West Interconnector Monitoring Panel |
Kevin Gaughan |
5,000 |
|
Petroleum Engineering Advice |
David Fox Associates |
208,896 |
|
Corrib Consent Conditions Monitoring |
Corrib Consent Conditions Monitoring Committee expenses |
2,491 |
|
Petroleum Geophysics Advice |
Morgan Geophysics |
109,733 |
|
Technical Verification Audits - Corrib |
Keane Offshore Integrity Ltd |
156,948 |
|
Environmental Monitoring -Corrib |
Environ UK Ltd. |
201,991 |
|
Expert advice - environmental assessments |
Botanical Environmental Consultants |
29,486 |
|
Expert Advice on Offshore Drilling |
Selgovia Ltd |
5,419 |
|
Expert Advice on Offshore Drilling technologies |
Det Norske Veritas |
42,733 |
|
Financial Advisor to DCENR |
Price Waterhouse Coopers |
135,300 |
|
Head of Internal Audit Unit |
Ronan Tierney & Associates |
74,814* |
|
Internal Audit Services |
Capital Business Svs Ltd T/A Capita Consulting |
28,756 |
|
Audit Committee |
External Members of Audit Committee |
2,096 |
* Cost of consultancy shared with the Department of Health and Children.
