I always endeavour to be helpful in relation to the information provided in answers to Parliamentary Questions and to ensure that the response addresses the specific question raised. I would point out to the Deputy that the information sought in the Parliamentary Questions referred to was not the same and, accordingly, there were significant differences in the details supplied in the answers and the total amounts of money referred to therein.
The major difference is that Parliamentary Question No. 304 (PQ 6461/14) of 11 February 2014 asked me to provide details in relation to contracts awarded since May 2011. Parliamentary Question No. 115 (PQ 12586/14) of 13 March 2014 requested details of payments made since February 2011. The responses provided were responses appropriate to the details sought.
Some of the apparent difference also relates to the specific request in the first PQ for the full value of certain contracts, i.e. those put in place since May 2011, compared to the request for amounts paid in a given period, i.e. since February 2011, in the second PQ.
In addition, there are a number of recipients listed on PQ 12586/14 that are not included on PQ 6461/14 as the relevant contracts were awarded prior to May 2011. For example, the contract value for the General Register Office (GRO) maintenance & development project awarded in 2010, and the contract value for SDM (Service Delivery Modernisation) support and maintenance awarded in 2008 are not included in PQ 6461/14. However payments made since February 2011 in relation to these contracts totalling some €11 million are included in PQ 12586/14. Full details of the constituent elements of the two responses are included in the following tables.
I am satisfied that the engagement of consultants and external service providers contributes to decision making and policy formulation, and provides valuable support for the Department’s service delivery modernisation and reform programmes, and that procurement of consultants and external service providers is compliant with best practice in procurement, governance and realising value for money.
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Contractor
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Amount Spent 2011-end Jan 2014
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Contract Value for contracts awarded post May 2011
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GRO Maintenance & Development
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€1,022,009
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Contract awarded pre May 2011 = not included in response
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SDM - Means Object
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€195,305
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Contract awarded pre May 2011 = not included in response
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Business Process Improvement
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€186,563
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Contract awarded pre May 2011 = not included in response
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SDM- Payment & Generic Scheme
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€1,631,729
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Payment & Generic Scheme & Payments Processing - Deduction at Source for LPT
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€1,227,284
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FÁS ICT Applications Systems Review
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€44,772
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FÁS ICT Applications Systems Review
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€44,772
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Single European Payment Area (SEPA) compliance
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€136,056
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SEPA Compliance Project
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€169,316
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Predictive Analytics Model
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€15,744
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Predictive Analytics Model
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€15,744
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Mobile Opportunity Exploration
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€33,388
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Mobile Opportunity Exploration
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€33,388
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Accenture
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Enhancement of Means Assessment Object Project
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€352,645
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Enhancement of Means Assessment Object on the BOMi
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€391,829
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SDM - Support & Maintenance
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€10,093,362
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Contract awarded pre May 2011 = not included in response
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Redundancy & Insolvency Functions
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€1,165,158
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Contract awarded pre May 2011 = not included in response
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SDM - Non Contributory Suite
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€1,115,031
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Contract awarded pre May 2011 = not included in response
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SDM - Activation Customer Profiling & Case Management
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€132,788
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Contract awarded pre May 2011 = not included in response
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Migration of CWS Staff HR Records
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€25,620
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DPER Contract = not included in response
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Public Services Card Registration & Management Functionality on BOMi
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€1,045,046
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Contract awarded pre May 2011 = not included in response
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Intreo – One Stop Shop Pilot
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€176,836
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Contract awarded pre May 2011 = not included in response
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BOMi Production Support
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€1,986,209
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BOMi Production Support
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€3,693,075
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BOMi Business Change
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€1,221,707
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BOMi Business Change
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€2,386,200
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BOMi Release & Environments Mgt Functions
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€798,563
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BOMi Release & Environment Mgmt.
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€1,445,250
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BOMi Central Test
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€655,517
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BOMi Central Test
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€1,199,250
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Bearing Point
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Illness & Disability Scheme enhancement
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€379,669
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Technical Change Services in Medical Referral & Case Management Service
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€607,285
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Standard Authentication Framework Environment (SAFE) Public Services Card
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€182,314
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Contract awarded pre May 2011 = not included in response
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SAFE PSC provision
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€2,349,494
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Contract awarded pre May 2011 = not included in response
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Biometric Card Services
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Standard Authentication Framework Environment (SAFE) Public Services Card
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€2,779,411
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Contract awarded pre May 2011 = not included in response
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IS Audit Consultancy/Computer Audit Assistance
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€103,021
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IS Internal Audit Services
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€170,748
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Confidential Forensic Investigation Services
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€7,109
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Contract awarded pre May 2011 = not included in response
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Security Partner to provide ongoing Information Security Support
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€34,215
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Security Partner to provide ongoing Information Security Support (2012-2014)
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€83,025
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Support to Regional Development Team (Client Contact & Assessment)
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€537,854
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Support to Regional Development Team
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€1,564,560
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Deloitte
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Pathways to Work Case Management - BOM Dev Team
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€254,705
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Business Object Modelling Team
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€826,560
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SWITCH Research Programme
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€450,000
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DOF Contract = not included in response
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Analysis & Measurement of Deprivation & Poverty
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€199,474
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Analysis & Measurement of Poverty and Deprivation
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€230,703
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Profiling of “Stock” Live Registrants
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€16,873
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Profiling of Live Registrants to identify those most at risk of Labour Market Disadvantage
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€33,745
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ESRI
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Evaluation Research (BTEA)
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€9,809
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Not on contract D/B = not included in response
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|
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PARP Support & Development
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€619,480
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PARP Support & Development and Oracle Support & Upgrade
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€2,750,000
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|
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PARP Modifications
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€101,337
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PARP Support & Dev
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€116,883
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PARP Production Support
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€51,540
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Contract awarded pre May 2011 = not included in response
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FUJITSU
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Oracle Financials & Business Objects
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€13,950
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Contract awarded pre May 2011 = not included in response
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SDM - Certification of Unemployment by Mobile Phone
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€830,777
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Contract awarded pre May 2011 = not included in response
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|
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Office Systems Modernisation
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€199,475
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Contract awarded pre May 2011 = not included in response
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Stór Support & Maintenance
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€244,321
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Corporate Portal (Stór) Support & Maintenance
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€600,000
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Corporate Portal (Stór) Support & Maintenance
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€189,088
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Contract awarded pre May 2011 = not included in response
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Hewlett Packard
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Welfare.ie Redesign 2012
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€426,451
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Welfare.ie Redesign 2012
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€569,958
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Business Objects Modelling Advice & Expertise
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€92,104
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Business Objects Modelling Advice & Expertise (2013-2015)
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€463,710
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SDM - Business Objects Modelling Advice & Expertise
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€108,486
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Contract awarded pre May 2011 = not included in response
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BOMi - Business Objects Modelling Advice & Expertise
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€234,463
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Contract awarded pre May 2011 = not included in response
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Technical Development Advice
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€144,644
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Contract awarded pre May 2011 = not included in response
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BOMi- Technical Development Advice
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€168,181
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Contract awarded pre May 2011 = not included in response
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SDM - Technical Development Advice
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€199,260
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Contract awarded pre May 2011 = not included in response
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Naked Objects
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No Spending in period
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Provision of support for the Naked Objects Framework (NOF)
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€153,750
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3M
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SAFE - Facial Image Matching
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€184,794
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Not Included
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Axiom Consulting
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Employee Engagement Programme (Culture & Values)
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€74,812
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Culture & Values (Employee Engagement Programme)
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€122,692
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Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion
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External Service Delivery - Employment Services
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€140,989
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External Service Delivery - Employment Services
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€114,260
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Compass Point
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Developing architecture for Intreo
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€4,600
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Developing architecture for Intreo
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€4,600
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Consult Hyperion
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SAFE PSC
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€132,978
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Contract awarded pre May 2011 = not included in response
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|
|
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Corepay Development & Upgrade
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€38,402
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Contract awarded pre May 2011 = not included in response
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|
|
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Online Overtime
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€1,016
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Contract awarded pre May 2011 = not included in response
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|
|
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CoreExpense Travel & Subsistence System Upgrade & Upgrade of Core Time & Attendance System
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€63,862
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CoreExpense Travel & Subsistence System Upgrade & Upgrade of Core Time & Attendance System
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€80,980
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|
|
Online P60, PRD60 & Income Levy Certificate
|
€526
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Contract awarded pre May 2011 = not included in response
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|
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Core International
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CorePay & CoreExpense Enhancement (SEPA)
|
€5,381
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DOF Contract = not included in response
|
|
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Creative Inc.
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Design Work for Intreo
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€24,777
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Design Work for Intreo
|
€23,407
|
|
Daniel Finn
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Pathways to Work – Consultation
|
€650
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Pathways to Work – Consultation
|
€650
|
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Dept. of Enterprise, Trade & Employment
|
Administrative Burden Review
|
€14,000
|
Not a DSP contract = not included in response
|
|
|
Ernst & Young
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Security Partner to provide ongoing Information Security Support
|
€7,623
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Contract awarded pre May 2011 = not included in response
|
|
|
FÁS
|
FÁS support for existing ES/CE Information Systems
|
€55,533
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Memorandum of Understanding with FAS => not included in response
|
|
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Haywood Associates
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BOMi- Technical Development Advice
|
€87,871
|
BOMi- Technical Development Advice
|
€524,694
|
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Indecon
|
Evaluation of the JobBridge National Internship Scheme
|
€59,557
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Evaluation of the JobBridge National Internship Scheme
|
€60,725
|
|
|
Digital Documents (Cardiff Teleform Software Development & Support)
|
€160,825
|
|
|
|
Inpute Technologies
|
SAFE PSC
|
€33,210
|
Digital Documents
|
€175,890
|
|
|
Update of the Diet Supplement Diet Cost Report
|
€4,000
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Update of the Diet Supplement Diet Cost Report
|
€4,000
|
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Irish Nutrition & Dietetic Institute
|
|
|
Update of the Diet Supplement Diet Cost Report - duplicate
|
€4,000
|
|
Irish Research Council
|
Social Inclusion Research Innovation Awards
|
€61,103
|
Grant Aided Research = not included in response
|
|
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Dr. Mary Mulcahy
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Poverty Research Initiative Awards
|
€1,422
|
Grant Aided Research = not included in response
|
|
|
Eleanor Ashe
|
Poverty Research Initiative Awards
|
€1,750
|
Grant Aided Research = not included in response
|
|
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John Grenham
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Report on GRO Records
|
€3,557
|
Contract awarded pre May 2011 = not included in response
|
|
|
KPMG
|
Actuarial Review of Social Insurance Fund
|
€153,750
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Actuarial Review of Social Insurance Fund
|
€153,750
|
|
Language
|
Intreo Corporate Identity
|
€21,990
|
Intreo Corporate Identity
|
€22,730
|
|
Mel Cousins & Associates
|
Review of Best International Practice regarding In-Work Supports
|
€10,000
|
Review of Best International Practice re In-Work Supports
|
€10,000
|
|
|
Guidance documentation for deciding & appeals officers
|
€2,400
|
Guidance documentation for deciding & appeals officers
|
€2,400
|
|
Mercer Ireland Ltd
|
Long-term Pensions Policy Research
|
€18,450
|
Long-term Pensions Policy Research (Review of Pensions Priority)
|
€18,150
|
|
Microsoft
|
Support to Technical Architecture Group
|
€13,445
|
Strategic input to Technical Architecture Group
|
€53,109
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Monsoon Consulting
|
Modification to Jobseekers smartphone app
|
€7,042
|
FÁS Contract (Not DSP Contract) = not included in response
|
|
|
|
Updates to Jobseekers smartphone app
|
€7,085
|
Modification to Jobseekers smartphone app
|
€6,865
|
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Net Affinity Ltd
|
Poverty Research Initiative Awards
|
€291
|
Grant Aided Research = not included in response
|
|
|
NUI Galway
|
Poverty Research Initiative Awards
|
€5,000
|
Grant Aided Research = not included in response
|
|
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NUI Maynooth
|
Poverty Research Initiative Awards
|
€6,500
|
Grant Aided Research = not included in response
|
|
|
OECD
|
OECD Review of Long Term Pension Policy
|
€130,000
|
OECD Review of Long Term Pension Policy
|
€130,000
|
|
|
Youth Guarantee Advice
|
€50,000
|
Planning re Youth Guarantee Implementation
|
€50,000
|
|
PA Consulting Group
|
Payments Strategy
|
€111,142
|
Contract awarded pre May 2011 = not included in response
|
|
|
Patrick Oliver Ryan
|
Gender Recognition Advisor Group
|
€7,000
|
Contract awarded pre May 2011 = not included in response
|
|
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PlatformWeb
|
EURES Cross Border Partnership Website
|
€3,250
|
Not DSP Contract [EURES Northern Ireland/Ireland Cross Border Partnership] = not included in response
|
|
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PriceWaterhouseCooper
|
National Pensions Framework Implementation/Review of Pension Charges
|
€60,900
|
Review of Pension Charges
|
€61,500
|
|
|
Provision of Financial Advisory Services (for Payment Services Evaluation)
|
€7,380
|
Provision of Financial Advisory Services
|
€7,380
|
|
Red Dog
|
Design work on various SDM projects
|
€944
|
Contract awarded pre May 2011 = not included in response
|
|
|
Rits
|
Confidential Forensic Services
|
€4,654
|
Confidential Forensic Services
|
€99,000
|
|
Technical Guidance Ltd
|
Review of Pension Charges
|
€1,230
|
Review of Pension Charges
|
€1,230
|
|
TOR Financial
|
Models of National Employment Based Pension Systems
|
€9,900
|
Long-term Pensions Policy Research (Development of Report on Auto Enrolment)
|
€6,956
|
|
Trinity College
|
Poverty Research Initiative Awards
|
€9,788
|
Grant Aided Research = not included in response
|
|
|
UCD
|
Poverty Research Initiative Awards
|
€6,650
|
Grant Aided Research = not included in response
|
|
|
Version 1
|
Welfare.ie Maintenance & Support
|
€58,011
|
Contract awarded pre May 2011 = not included in response
|
|
|
Wright Environmental Services
|
Not Consultancy or IT External Service Provision = not included in response
|
|
Environmental Services
|
€7,026
|
|
Employment Health Advisors Ltd
|
Not Consultancy or IT External Service Provision = not included in response
|
|
Site investigation re. smoke testing/waste pipes/hygiene monitoring/odours in DSP Cobh, Co Cork
|
€2,023
|
|
Nifast
|
Not Consultancy or IT External Service Provision = not included in response
|
|
Arklow, Co Wicklow; Tallaght, Dublin and Kings Inn, Dublin, SWLO risk assessments regarding reception areas
|
€1,845
|
|
Elizabeth Costello
|
Not Consultancy or IT External Service Provision = not included in response
|
|
Editing Services for research publications
|
€650
|
|
CPL Training Ltd, trading as Nifast Health and Safety Training
|
Not Consultancy or IT External Service Provision = not included in response
|
|
Health & Safety Review of Department of Social Protection premises, 77 Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin 1
|
€1,100
|
|
|
TOTAL
|
€34,831,593
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TOTAL
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€20,528,647
|
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TOTAL DIFFERENCE
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€14,302,946
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