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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 11 February 2014

Tuesday, 11 February 2014

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Billy Kelleher

Question:

245. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will name each company awarded a contract for the provision of professional services by his Department and agencies under his aegis since May 2011; the value and purpose of the contract; if a competitive tendering process was undertaken in line with public procurement best practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6460/14]

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In response to the Deputy's question I can confirm that all competitive tendering processes in my Department, including agencies under my remit, were undertaken in line with public procurement best practice. The following table outlines the total amount spent on professional fees since the formation of my Department up to 31 December 2013:

  Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Professional Fees From July 2011 to 31 December 2013

Company Name

Details

Amount

Davy Corporate Finance

Financial and commercial advice regarding the competition for the next National Lottery licence

€853,962.50

IPAG (Ireland) Ltd

Development of Ireland Stat website

€5,056.85

Frank O'Brien

Nominee of the Minister for Finance to the Trust of the Coillte No. 2 Pension Fund

€7,200.00

Ann Clarke

Advisory Services (Social Impact Bonds)

€22,793.87

Peter Smyth Management Consultancy

Provision of Expert Assistance in the establishment of the Office of Government Procurement

€110,700.00

Seamus O'Dwyer

Consultant drafting Public Service Pension Scheme

€3,000.00

Accenture

Review of Central Procurement

€30,750.00

Grant Thornton

Independent Verification of savings arising under the Public Services Agreement

€31,586.40

Grant Thornton

Independent Verification of savings arising under the Public Services Agreement

€24,206.40

Deloitte

Consultancy Support for Public Service Reform

€17,835.00

Ashville Media Services

Design of Taoiseach's Public Service Excellence Awards brochure

€861.00

Harte Hanks Trillium

Configuration of address-matching rules

€2,104.83

National Council for the Blind

Accessibility work on forms

€1,020.00

National University of Ireland Maynooth

ICT Review

€30,750.00

Sureskills

Software training

€750.00

Word Perfect Translations

Website translations

€2,181.17

Gartner

CIO Executive program

€89,198.00

Ergo

Software Development

€27,628.88

Brightwater

IT Contractors (Helpdesk, IT Operations)

€45,981.84

Eolas

IT Contractors (Helpdesk, IT Operations)

€296,851.81

P Boland

Lotus Notes Development

€14,454.69

Storm Technology Limited

SharePoint Development

€238,280.07

Systems Dynamics

IT Contractors (Helpdesk, IT Operations) & JD Edwards Support

€65,017.80

HarveyNash

IT Contractors (Helpdesk, IT Operations) & UI/UX Designer

€92,329.95

Deloitte

Expert external support for development of the Public Service Reform Plan 2011

€65,914.75

Accenture

Expert external support for development of the Public Service Reform Plan 2011

€80,465.00

Ashville Media Services

Design of Taoiseach's Public Service Excellence Awards brochure 2012

€861.00

IPAG Ireland

Development of Ireland Stat website 2012

€8,439.35

Accenture

External expert support for Review of the  Central Procurement Function 2012

€30,750.00

Deloitte

Expert external support for the implementation of Public Service Reform initiatives 2012/2013

€75,152.35

Bearing Point

Business Case Analysis for Debt Management 2013

€135,515.00

Best Practice Group

Readiness Assessment Consultancy for External Service Delivery 2013

€24,300.00

PWC

Professional administrative advice for outsourcing document 2013

€6,457.50

PWC

Expert external support for implementation of Public Service Reform initiatives 2013/2014

€92,250.00

Accenture

Civil Service Human Resource and Pensions Shared Services: Project Implementation Partner

€4,815,019.99

Bearing Point

Civil Service Human Resource and Pensions Shared Services: IT Infrastructure

€2,476,483.66

Harvey Nash

Civil Service Human Resource and Pensions Shared Services:  IT Infrastructure

€130,626.00

Brightwater

Civil Service Human Resource and Pensions Shared Services:  IT Infrastructure

€181,813.78

Storm Technology

Civil Service Human Resource and Pensions Shared Services:  IT Infrastructure

€47,017.54

IPAG (Ireland) Ltd

Civil Service Human Resource and Pensions Shared Services: IT Infrastructure

€9,840.00

Equita Consulting

Civil Service Human Resource and Pensions Shared Services

€14,426.42

Deloitte

Civil Service Payroll Shared Services Project

€248,237.37

Core International

Civil Service Payroll Shared Services Project:  Technology Consultancy Services (including developmental work)

€220,884.63

Ernst & Young

Civil Service Learning & Development Project: Provision of a Baselining Report L&D Functions of Selected Public Service Bodies and the undertaking of a Feasibility Study into their provision on a Shared Services Basis

€84,374.31

Deloitte

Civil Service Banking and Financial Management Shared Services Project:  Consultancy Services

€226,552.93

Astec Global

Civil Service Financial Management Shared Services Project:  Project Management Services

€63,226.38

Frank O'Brien

Nominee of the Minister for Finance to the Trust of the Eircom No. 2 Pension Fund

€21,600.00

Transparency International Ireland

Funding of €25,735.25 was provided to Transparency International Ireland in 2013 following a competitive tender process to support a public consultation with civil society and the preparation of a report of their recommendations and proposals for potential inclusion in Ireland's Open Government Partnership National Action Plan.

€25,735.25

Kieran McGovern

Independent Mediation for the civil service grievance procedures 

€6,987.90

Inge Clissmann

Fee paid in respect of role as Chairperson of the Civil Service Disciplinary Board. 

€17,901.57

Third Eye Resolutions

360 questionnaire development

€7,853.62

Fusio

Domain registration

€83.64

PTools (Parallel Internet Ltd)

Website maintenance

€1,055.35

BA & Associates

Executive coaching

€5,355.00

Cathy Buffini

Executive coaching

€3,330.00

People Resources

Executive coaching

€12,662.00

The Performance Partnership

Executive coaching

€2,405.00

Step Performance

Executive coaching

€10,700.00

Seven

Executive coaching

€16,175.05

The Coaching and Mentoring Partnership

Executive coaching

€7,385.50

Thrive

Executive coaching

€5,853.50

Psychological Consultancy Services

Executive coaching

€6,150.00

An Carn Translations

Translation of report

€283.00

Bradán Publishing

Advertorial

€418.20

Creative A.D.

Revision of Logo

€104.55

James McCabe

Clinical Supervision

€700.00

Karen Ward

Clinical Supervision

€375.00

Melissa Darmody

Clinical Supervision

€560.00

Michael O'Mahony

Clinical Supervision

€300.00

Olive Bourke

Clinical Supervision

€380.00

Gerry Myers

Clinical Supervision

€75.00

Seven

Coaching

€2,250.00

Brindley Advertising Ltd.*

Advertisement in respect of a public consultation on the Regulation of Lobbying

€3,719.83

RedC*

Research to elicit appropriate quantitative information and qualitative feedback from the public on their behaviour and attitudes in relation to the recent proposed constitutional amendment on the powers of Oireachtas Inquiries

€41,043.20

Richard Humphreys*

Legal Advice &  Statute Law Reform Director

€179,801.01

Ciara Kennedy*

Statute Law Reform Programme Manager

€52,979.00

Total

 

€11,487,331.19

*Payments are inclusive of VAT where applicable.

 

Office of the Ombudsman, Office of the Information Commissioner, Commissioner for Environmental Information, Standards in Public Office Commission

Professional Fees From July 2011 to 31 December 2013

Company Name

Details

Amount

Ballard Consultancy

Architectural Consultancy

€2,420.00

Capita Business Services

Auditing

€9,168.00

Dr. Brendan Williams

Report re: Oisin Quinn

€2,500.00

Jim Hehir

Auditing

€1,500.00

Melanie Pine

Auditing/Interview

€3,228.50

Orla Twomey

Auditing

€3,702.75

Pathfinder Execution Ltd

Consultancy/Strategy Review

€56,989.96

SMR

Consultancy/Survey

€2,934.40

Blue Wave Technology

I.T. Consultancy

€1,361.25

System Dynamics

I.T. Consultancy

€37,917.00

Noel Ryan & Associates

Auditing

€13,627.00

Tierney & Associates

Auditing

€11,285.00

Brian Andrews

Auditing

€3,370.00

GBS Re Parl/Health Svc Ombuds

Medical

€11,322.17

Parallel Internet Ltd

I.T. Consultancy

€68,190.00

Medmark

Medical

€430.50

Valuation Office

Valuation

€3,150.00

Sylda Langford

Interview

€200.00

Grant Thornton

Consultancy/Acc

€36,494.10

Liz Howard

Interview

€1,336.00

Securelinx

I.T. Consultancy

€24,484.38

Espion

I.T. Consultancy

€1,210.00

Eoin Carolan

Legal

€1,389.90

Matheson

Legal

€34,534.86

Mason Hayes and Curran

Legal

€180,608.49

Goodbodys

Legal

€334,367.00

Matheson Ormsby Prentice

Legal

€58,557.00

Siobhan Ni Chulachan

Legal fees in O Domhnaill Standards Commission case

€21,344.19

Luan O Braoinan

Legal fees in O Domhnaill Standards Commission case

€30,381.00

Diarmuid McGuinness

Legal fees on Court cases

€92,594.70

Jarlath Fitzsimmons

Legal fees on Court cases

€37,146.00

Maurice Collins

Legal fees in DCC and Quinn v SIPO case

€48,277.50

Niamh Hyland

Legal

€21,466.96

Francis Kieran

Legal

€5,932.00

Darina Flynn

Legal

€125.00

Nuala Butler

Legal

€9,431.33

Ita Mangan

Legal

€615.00

Siobhan Phelan

Legal

€907.50

Tom Power

Legal

€3,960.60

Eamon Galligan

Legal

€2,390.50

Berna Grist

Legal

€5,000.00

Barry Doyle

Legal

€7,380.00

Brian O'Moore

Legal

€6,500.00

Catherine Donnelly

Legal

€11,095.00

Emily Egan

Legal

€1,119.00

Total

 

€1,211,944.54

 

Public Appointments Service

Professional Fees

From July 2011 to 31 December 2013

Company Name

Details

Amount

HW Communications

Assessment of Phone System

€204.00

Specsavers

Eye test to monitor for adverse impact on staff sight through constant use of VDUs

€665.00

Digi-Sign Ltd

IT Certification

€2,070.00

Mullins Cuddihy & Associates

Research services for Senior Executive Recruitment

€1,292.00

Graphics IT

Hosting Online Tests and Customer Surveys

€8,517.00

RITS

Advice and external validation on IT security

€10,003.00

Rachel Teodorini Research

Research services for Senior Executive Recruitment

€5,625.00

Capita Business Services Ltd.

Conducting audits in accordance with the Audit Plan of the Internal Audit Committee 

€22,056.00

Tribal Consulting

Conducting audits in accordance with the Audit Plan of the Internal Audit Committee 

€2,323.00

Wilson Hartnell

Communications advice on publicity around senior level and other recruitment  campaigns

€20,710.00

Lopez Moore Associates

Test Development

€7,500.00

DRS Data Services

Printing of answer sheets for psychometric tests and supply of interpretive scanning software

€15,249.00

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Executive Search

€65,501.00

Merc Partners

Executive Search

€144,448.00

Brindley Advertising

Placement of recruitment related adverting (including payment to relevant publications)

€379,577.00

Brindley Advertising (Aegis Media Limited)

Placement of recruitment related adverting (including payment to relevant publications)

€959,167.00

MediaVest Ltd.

Placement of recruitment related adverting (including payment to relevant publications)

€23,220.00

Dell Computer (Ireland)

ICS virtualisation consulting

€829.00

SiteImprove Ltd.

Monitoring of website and feedback on user reaction

€26,207.00

Catalysto Limited

Design of documentation/presentation material

€4,852.00

Dal Riada

Executive Search

€18,150.00

Amrop Strategis

Executive Search

€140,999.00

L.C. O'Reilly Timmins & Co.

Legal

€4,000.00

Espion Limited

Audit of web application

€8,236.00

Comms Connectors

Research services for Senior Executive Recruitment

€3,560.00

Odgers Berndston

Executive Search

€36,512.00

InterSearch in Ireland

Executive Search

€17,528.00

Total

 

€1,928,999.00

  State Laboratory Professional Fees From July 2011 to 31 December 2013

Company Name

Details

Amount

O' Meara Consulting

Provision of Internal Audit function

€39,339.05

Valuation Office/Tribunal Professional Fees From July 2011 to 31 December 2013

Company Name

Details

Amount

Deloitte & Touche

Internal Audit

€31,289.11

Jerry O'Sullivan (Polygon)

Geographic Information System development

€18,725.00

Tierney & Associates

Risk & Governance Consultant

€34,137.00

James Aylward

Valuation Advisory Service

€35,524.00

Zing Technology

IT Development Services

€315,535.18

BT Communications Ireland

Consulting

€2,214.00

Lorna Collery

Training

€750.00

Exchequer Software

Accounting Software and Development

€22,548.98

Shannon Consultancy

Training Services

€2,460.00

Paul Boland Consultancy

IT Consultancy

€1,783.50

KPMG

Valuation Office Advisory Service

€12,300.00

Declan Kearney Consulting

Training Services

€800.00

Brandon Consulting Ltd.

IT Consultancy

€2,583.00

Land and Property Service of Northern Ireland

Valuation Office Advisory Service

€4,372.28

Dara Creative

IT Development Service

€7,970.40

JD Printing T/A Snap

IT Consultancy

€4,231.20

Sofia Vargas Costa

Archivist

€6,580.00

Kelticweb

IT Development Service

€1,783.50

Total

 

€505,587.15

Special EU Programmes Body Table 1 *

Professional Fees

Contracts funded via Administration Budget Irish Funding

From July 2011 to 31 December 2013

Company Name

Details

Amount

( Sterling)

McGrigors

Legal Services NI - 1 year

£16,594.56

Elliot Duffy Garrett

Legal Services

£1,978.00

Pinsent Mason

Legal Services

£2,131.08

DFP

Internal Audit

£30,458.40

Elliot Duffy Garrett

Legal Services

£29,008.00

Total

 

£80,170.04

Special EU Programmes Body Table 2 *

Professional Fees

Contracts funded via Technical Assistance Gross Irish Contribution before EU Refund

From July 2011 to 31 December 2013

Company Name

Details

Amount

(Sterling)

Michael Cooper

To provide photography services for SEUPB

£9,065.00

Goldblatt McGuigan

Forensic Audit of PEACEIII Programmes

£6,526.80

ASM Horwath

Forensic Audit - INTERREG IIIA Project (Bytel)

£10,641.22

ASM Horwath

Economic Appraisal to review EA Creative Futures Programme

£913.75

PriceWaterhouseCooper

Audit of  PEACE III projects

£717.95

Cogent Management

Economic Appraisal Irish Churches Peace Project

£290.08

ASM Horwath

Economic Appraisal Quayside Mooring/Pontoon

£754.93

Cogent Management

Economic Appraisal Girdwood Community Hub

£725.20

Language Direct

Irish Translation Services

£2,202.80

Grant Thornton

Economic Appraisal Glen Community Complex

£81.59

FPM

Economic Appraisal re extra work on S McConnell

£652.68

Cogent Management

Economic Appraisal -Second review of the Rural Enabler project

£1,178.45

FPM Accountants

Revision of Economic Appraisal  EGSA Deaf Communications Network

£360.79

Fpm

Economic Appraisal  Clones Erne East Business Plan

£634.55

Michael Cooper

Photography Service Contract

£4,514.28

Arthur Cox

Procurement Training from Solicitor

£1,450.40

Millward Brown Ulster Ltd

Market Research

£4,035.55

Cogent Management

Update on Economic Appraisal Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland REACH project

£634.55

KPMG

Update SPACE Economic Appraisal

£562.03

ASM

Completion of updated Economic Appraisal for the Irish Peace Centres

£686.76

Cogent Management

Completion of updated Economic Appraisal for Prison to Peace partnership: A Paradigm for Peace Building project

£2,447.55

Cogent Management

Completion of updated Economic Appraisal for the Conflict Transformation from Bottom Up II Project

£2,447.55

ASM

Addendum to Economic Appraisal Louth Phase II Peace and Reconciliation Action Plan

£913.75

ASM

Economic Appraisal Addendum to the original NW Phase II Peace and Reconciliation Plan to consider Phase I Slippage

£837.97

Cogent Management

Addendum to original Economic Appraisal   Belfast Phase II Peace and Reconciliation Action Plan to consider Phase I Slippage

£906.50

FPM Chartered Accountants

Addendum to original Economic Appraisal  Cavan Phase II Peace and Reconciliation Action Plan

£815.85

FPM Chartered Accountants

Update Economic Appraisal  for Donegal County Council -Riverine project

£688.94

Navigator Blue

Design and Advertising Services

£8,353.03

RSM McClure Watters

Update Economic Appraisal  on Inner City Trust Garden of Relection

£543.90

Cogent Management

Addendum to Economic Appraisal  Heroes of th eGreat Seige

£725.20

RSM McClure Watters

4 Economic Appraisal  for INTERREG Applications (Schedule A)

£6,340.97

Cogent Management

4 Economic Appraisal  for INTERREG Applications (Schedule B)

£10,152.80

Cogent Management

Review project plan for peace building and conflict resolution centre project

£1,631.70

McClure Watters

Evaluation of Interreg IV Programme

£5,729.99

SJ Cartmin

PEACE Mid-Term Evaluation

£15,317.67

ASM Horwath

Business Improvements Districts addendum to Economic Appraisal carried out in June 2009

£741.52

Cogent Management

Review of implementation table and programming plan for Girdwood

£1,631.70

KPMG

Ecomonic Appraisal of Narrow Water Bridge

£3,484.30

KPMG

Economic Appraisal CONEXUS

£2,465.68

RSM McClure Waters

Additional work re Inner City Trust Economic Appraisal

£380.73

An Carn

Supply of Translation Services

£997.56

MRNI

Stakeholder survey

£3,977.50

RSM McClure Watters

Economic Appraisal  on Cross Border Observatory INICCO-2

£1,348.87

ASM

CAWT Verification work on procurement

£1,869.20

RSM

Economic Appraisal Portadown Railway Addendum

£739.70

McCann Fitzgerald

RoI Legal Services - 2 years

£10,750.00

SKM

Energy Technical Advisor

£1,305.36

K McShane

Technical Advisor Engineer Narrow water Bridge

£298.89

Leslie Stannage Design

Professional Design Services

£9,065.00

RSM McClure Watters

New Programmes Ex-Ante Evaluation & Environmental Assessment

£18,862.45

M Cooper

Photography Services

£7,252.00

FPM Chartered Accountants

Economic Appraisal additional work Sligo IT Network

£679.88

FPM Chartered Accountants

Riverine Economic Appraisal

£181.30

Cogent Management

Economic Appraisal  Tradelinks

£725.20

Cogent Management

Economic Appraisal Additional work  NW Smart Economy Project

£362.60

Cogent Management

Economic Appraisal Additional work NW Regioal Science Park

£725.20

Cogent Management

Updated Economic Appraisal Girdwood Community Hub

£870.24

Kevin McShane

Provision of project management training technical engineer

£1,608.20

CIPFA

Provision of capital procurement training

£2,580.00

Steria

Electronic Records and Document Management

£52,044.00

Corp. Translation Services

Translation Services

£3,870.00

Millward Brown

Stakeholder Survey

£4,035.55

Lindsay Advisory

Economic Appraisal Addendum to Reconciliation through Riverine Project

£217.56

Lindsay Advisory

Economic Appraisal Addendum to Voice from the Valley

£870.24

Cogent Consulting

Update Economic Appraisal for EARLS  & South Down/South West project

£1,813.00

Duncan Morrow

Independent analysis of GOLI application, regarding community analysis, Professor Morrow

£90.65

Central Procurement Directorate Department of Finance and Personnel NI

Fees for Project advice/guidance on all matters of Procurement for funded projects

£334,639.00

Total

 

£574,965.82

 * The Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB) is a North South Implementation Body established under the Good Friday Agreement.  It is headquartered in Belfast and its administration costs are funded by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Department of Finance and Personnel Northern Ireland.  SEUPB manages the EU North South cross-border programmes, PEACE and INTERREG.  These EU Programmes have a total value of €589m in the current 2007-2013 EU programming round.  The EU Programme costs are co-funded by the EU and by contributions from Government Departments, North and South.

The information in the tables below has been taken from SEUPB's register of contracts for the years 2011-2012.  The data is divided in two tables.  Table 1 Contracts funded via Administration Budget Irish Funding shows the cost of contracts related to core administration costs.  Table 2 Contracts funded via Technical Assistance Gross Irish Contribution before EU Refund shows the gross cost of contracts related to the PEACE and INTERREG Programmes, which are funded under the respective Programme's Technical Assistance priority.   The gross cost includes the EU-funded element, for which the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform will subsequently receive a refund from the European Commission.   These refunds are at the rate of 54% refund for PEACE Programme expenditure and 75% for INTERREG Programme expenditure.

The data provided relates to contracts awarded in the years 2011, 2012 and 2013.  The Special EU Programmes Body did not have sufficient time to collate the invoice data under the three cost centres (Administration, PEACE and INTERREG) but the SEUPB has indicated that the figures would not be significantly different, and that,  if anything the invoiced total may be a lower figure, depending on the span of the contract.

 

Institute of Public Administration Professional Fees From July 2011 to 31 December 2013

Company Name

Details

Amount

PWC

Internal audit Services (IPA)

€36,900.00

Eversheds

Legal Services (IPA)

€16,751.00

Total

 

€53,651.00

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