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Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 12 March 2014

Wednesday, 12 March 2014

Questions (139)

Billy Kelleher

Question:

139. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the reports, reviews and studies commissioned by him or his Department or agencies under the aegis of his Department since 9 March 2011; the date on which they were commissioned; the date on which they were completed; the date on which they were published; the cost of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12430/14]

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Information requested relating to my Department is set out in the following table. Reports/reviews/studies commissioned by agencies under the aegis of my Department are a matter for the bodies concerned.

Consultant/Author etc.

Name/Description of Report/Review/Study

Date of Commission

Date or Expected Date of Publication

Amount Spent Since March 2011

AECOM

Cost optimal study for non-domestic buildings

November 2012

Published March 2013.

€56,227

Building Research Establishment Ltd.

Retrofitting Code of Practice.

March 2011

Published March 2014

(1)€21,190

Pyrite Panel

Report of the Pyrite Panel - Independent report to provide options for the Minister to deal with the pyrite problem.

September 2011

Published July 2012.

€21,470

Mr. David Lovegrove

2011 Report of the Dormant Accounts Board.

This report is a requirement under the Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Act 2005

Published July 2012.

€9,689

Mr. David Lovegrove

2012 Report of the Dormant Accounts Board.

This report is a requirement under the Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Act 2005

Published March 2013.

€1,120

Secretariat to the National Economic and Social Council of Ireland

Analysis on national climate policy.

December 2011

Interim report released October 2012; final report released in February 2013.

Nil

Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) & University College Cork (UCC)

Technical support on developing low carbon sector roadmaps for Ireland.

June 2013

No formal document due for publication.  The project relates to technical support.

€107,552

Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) & University College Cork (UCC)

Technical support for the purposes of advising Government on the proposed 2030 EU Framework for Climate and Energy Policies.

December 2013

No formal document due for publication.  The project relates to technical support.

€30,496

AP Env Econ Limited

Report on Greening the Economy.

November 2013

To be submitted to Government in Q1 2014.

€35,178

SLR Environmental Consulting (Ireland) Ltd

Report on Energy Transformation Project.

July 2013

Report will be submitted to the NESC Council for discussion in Q1 2014. Expected publication in Q2 2014.

€50,451

Dr. Eoin O'Sullivan, Trinity College Dublin

Review of the Homeless Strategy 2008-2013.

September 2011

Published November 2012.

€6,000

DKM Economic Consultants

Review of Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000.

May 2012

Published July 2013.

€39,690

Indecon

Feasibility study on a Tenancy Deposit Protection Scheme.

May 2012

Published November 2012.

(2)€42,706

Version 1

Evaluation of ICT Disaster Recovery configuration and capability.

February 2012

Completed. Not intended for publication.

€9,363

Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)

Analysis of Property Tax Options - a report to the Interdepartmental Expert Group on Property Tax.

March 2012

Published December 2012.

€60,280

Inter-Departmental Group

Design of a Local Property Tax – Report of the Inter-Departmental Group.

January 2012

Published December 2012.

Nil

Barrow Archaeological Services

Archaeological reports on Met Éireann site at Valentia.

June 2011

Completed. Not intended for publication.

€1,210

Flynn Furney Consultants Ltd

Environmental Management Services re: review of CEMP at Valentia Site (Method Statement).

November 2012

Completed. Not intended for publication.

€3,167

Glas Ecology

Environment Management Plan (Breeding Chough and Peregrine Survey, Valentia Island, Co. Kerry).

April 2012

Completed. Not intended for publication.

€4,920

Malachy Walsh & Partners

EIS Screening Report for site at Valentia.

March 2011

Completed. Not intended for publication.

€6,336

Munster Archaeology

Report on archaeological investigation/survey of Met Éireann site at Valentia.

April 2012

Preliminary report published February 2014. Final report expected in June 2014.

€47,289

National Standards Authority Ireland (NSAI)

Audit reports for ISO9001:2008 in 2011 and 2012.

June 2011

Completed. Not intended for publication.

€6,699

ARUP Consulting Engineers

Study in respect of provision of fire detection and alarm systems in dwellings.

November 2011

Completed. Not intended for publication.

€29,935

Padraic Thornton Planning & Environmental Consultancy

Preparation of EIA Guidelines.

April 2012

Published March 2013.

€7,200

Mr. Hendrik W van der Kamp

Independent Evaluation of the Planning Review Report 2012.

October 2012

Published January 2013.

€12,096

Murtagh & Partners

Review of Dublin Region Homelessness Services and Funding in 2011.

July 2011

Published October 2011.

€27,800

Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas

Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas report on how to support the economic development of rural Ireland.

September 2012

Expected to be published in Q2 2014.

(3)€19,049

Housing & Sustainable Communities Ltd.

Toolkit for Local Authorities on regeneration.

April 2011

Completed. Not intended for publication.

€12,300

KW Research & Associates

NTACC Research into why Travellers leave Traveller-specific accommodation.

April 2013

Completed. Not intended for publication.

€9,921

Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency

Business Process Design of the Housing Assistance Payment.

June 2013

Completed. Not intended for publication.

€54,938

Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency

Review of leasing model.

March 2012

Completed. Not intended for publication.

€1,937

Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency

Review of CALF assessment process.

July 2013

Completed. Not intended for publication.

€11,675

Pembroke Communications

Advise on, and assist tendering process for, Tidy Towns sponsorship.

October 2011

No formal report due for publication.

€4,560

RPS Group

All Island Used Tyre Survey.

March 2012

Published March 2013.

(4)€17,673

RPS Group

Review of the Producer Responsibility Model in Ireland.

June 2012

Four reports published in 2013 and remainder to be published in Q2 this year.

€211,458

Fehilly Timoney & Company

Bulky Waste Reuse Best Practice - Feasibility Study.

January 2012

Published July 2013.

€55,289

Indecon

Regulatory Impact Analysis of proposed regulations for household food waste.

May 2011

Published June 2012.

€24,725

Certification Europe Ltd

Compost Quality Assurance Scheme.

August 2011

Launched October 2012.

€139,142

RPS

Provision of expertise concerning Strategic Environmental Assessment and Appropriate Assessment techniques for the evaluation and revision of Regional Waste Management Plans.

December 2011

Completed. No formal document due for publication.  The work is principally advice, guidance documents and technical expertise.

€45,223

SKM Enviros

Irish Recycled Plastic Waste Arisings Study.

October 2011

Published September 2011.

€37,566

Tobin Consulting Engineers

National Litter Pollution Monitoring System - 2011 Report.

June 2011

Published April 2012.

€61,077

Tobin Consulting Engineers

National Litter Pollution Monitoring System - 2012 Report.

May 2012

Published April 2013.

€58,271

Tobin Consulting Engineers

National Litter Pollution Monitoring System - 2013 Report.

May 2013

Expected to be published April 2014

€26,007

White Young Green

Annual Dust Impact Assessment Report (2011) at the Former Irish Steelworks Site, Haulbowline, Cobh, Co. Cork.

March 2011

Published March 2012.

(5)see footnote

Marine Institute

Marine Strategy Framework Directive - Initial Assessment.

September 2011

The technical report was published on the Department's website in Q2 2013 and the summary report was published in Q4 2013.

(6)€1,475,006

RPS Consulting Engineers

Public consultation process on the Marine Strategy Framework Directive and producing a report.

September 2013

Published November 2013.

€9,000

Price Waterhouse Coopers

Consultancy services on establishment of National Water Utility.

June 2011

Irish Water - Phase 1 report and appendices published January 2012 (www.environ.ie).  Implementation Strategy published December 2012 (www.environ.ie).

€179,584

Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)

Affordability aspects of the provision of water services in Ireland and subsequent analysis.

January 2013

Completed; at this time the report is not intended for publication.

€57,655

Mr. Seamus Woulfe SC

Review of the management by the Department of an application by Wicklow County Council for loan approval in respect of the compulsory purchase of land at Charlesland, Co. Wicklow - Phase 1.

January 2012

Published March 2012.

€19,680

Mr. Seamus Woulfe SC

Review of the compulsory acquisition of land by Wicklow County Council at Charlesland, Co. Wicklow - Phase 2.

June 2012

Published April 2013.

€49,200

MacCabe, Durney Barnes

Independent Planning Review

February 2014

Expected to be published in July 2014

€76,000 (estimate)

Total

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€3,295,000

(1)The contract is in conjunction with the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland. Total cost of the study is €169,302 (inclusive of VAT). The Department's contribution is

€21,190 (inclusive of VAT) with the balance being met by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (i.e. €148,112 inclusive of VAT).

(2)This report was co-funded by my Department and the Private Residential Tenancies Board. The cost to my Department of €42,706 represents 50% of the total cost.

(3)This report has been co-funded by my Department, Teagasc and the Western Development Commission. The cost to my Department of €19,049 represents 40% of the overall expenditure.

(4)Survey jointly commissioned and funded by Department of the Environment in Northern Ireland and my Department.

(5)My Department previously provided funding to Cork County Council to support the production of an annual Dust Impact Assessment Report at the former Irish Steel site at Haulbowline Island. Following a Government Decision in June, 2011 the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine assumed the lead role in relation to the remedial works necessary to be undertaken on the site. Accordingly, funding provided to Cork County Council for the annual Dust Impact Assessment Report 2011 and subsequent years is a matter for the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

(6)This report arises from Ireland’s obligation to implement the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive. The work primarily consists of a determination of the status of Ireland’s marine waters and the measures necessary to achieve, or maintain, the required status by 2020.

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