Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 3 July 2014
46. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form per annum all external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011; the costs per report; the company involved; the title of the report and the publication date. [28844/14]
View answerI refer the Deputy to the answer given on 21 January 2014 in response to a Parlamentary Question - Reference No. 2361/14. There has been no change in the situation since then.
I am setting out below the information in tabular form provided in the response to Parliamentary Question 2361/14:
|
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 RandD 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 and Marketing Limited |
SME Lending Survey October-March 2013 |
€59,593.50 |
2013 |
Published** |
|
Red C Research and 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 |
|
Delotte and 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 and 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
