Barry Cowen
Question:
96. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation 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. [28847/14]
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The names of external consultant reports commissioned by my Department since March 2011; the costs per report; the name of the external consultant; the title of the report and the publication date are as follows:-
January to end June 2014
Name of external
Consultant/Organisation
|
Report Title
|
Cost of Report
€
|
Publication Date
|
Ward Solutions
|
ICT security reviews
|
26,783
|
Internal ICT security assessments – not for publication
|
January to December 2013
Name of external
Consultant/Organisation
|
Report Title
|
Cost of Report
€
|
Publication Date
|
First Choice Financial Services Ltd and AJS Financial Advice Ltd
|
Credit Guarantee Scheme “Findings and Recommendations”
|
24,600
|
To be published shortly
|
Janet Hughes
|
Labour Court Review of Joint Labour Committees
|
17,835
|
1 October 2013
|
Tom Martin and Associates /TMA
|
Youth Unemployment
A review of wage costs and other factors which may affect the employment of young people in Ireland.
|
5,547.30
|
Presented to the Troika in line with the terms of the Memorandum of Economic and Financial Policy which is a component of the Memorandum of Understanding, September 2013, as part of which the Irish Government undertook to present a report in December 2013.
|
RSM McClure Watters
|
The evaluation of the Workplace Relations Pilot Early Resolution Service
|
35,498
|
27 September 2013
|
Ward Solutions
|
ICT security reviews
|
24,627
|
Internal ICT security assessments – not for publication
|
Copenhagen Economics
|
Study to Examine the Economic and Other Impactson Ireland of a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and Related Potential
Opportunities
|
200,000 (excl. VAT and other costs)
|
To be decided following consideration of the finalised report and its submission to Government, when the report is finalised.
|
HM Ventures
|
Innovative pathways to jobs and growth – Entrepreneurship, Access to Finance and Internationalisation of SMEs
|
7,500
|
May 2013
|
January to December 2012
Name of external
Consultant/Organisation
|
Report Title
|
Cost of Report
€
|
Publication Date
|
Ward Solutions
|
Security reviews of ICT systems
|
39,095
|
Internal ICT security assessments – not for publication
|
Version 1
|
ICT systems review – Patents Office Ptolemy System
|
29,667
|
Internal technology review – not for publication
|
Fitzpatrick Associates
|
Comparison of Export Licensing Procedures with selected EU Member States
|
47,417
|
Under consideration
|
Achilles Procurement Services Ltd.
|
Recommended Procurement Strategy for a Customer Relationship Management System (CRMS)
|
2,560
|
July 2012
|
Deloitte
|
Feasibility Study: Making Ireland an International Centre for Intellectual Property
|
102,872.62
|
Ongoing
|
March to December 2011
Name of external
Consultant/Organisation
|
Report Title
|
Cost of Report
€
|
Publication Date
|
Capital for Enterprise Ltd.
|
Design of Temporary Partial Credit Guarantee Scheme
|
59,565
|
Internal Report - not for
publication
|
UCD
Dr. Frank Walsh
|
Review of ERO and REA Wage Setting Mechanisms
|
15,000
|
May 2011
|
Rits
|
ICT Security
|
15,452
|
Internal ICT security assessment – not for publication
|
Maxima Ireland
|
Computer Server Virtualisation Strategy Review
|
8,276
|
Internal technology review – not for publication
|
For information I attach below a similar question answered previously that provides information on work undertaken by consultants for the period 2008 – 2010
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department in 2008, 2009 and 2010 the numbers of consultants engaged by his Department in those years; the names of the consultancy companies awarded contracts; and the steps which have been taken to reduce the expenditure on consultancy and the reliance on consultants by his Department in these years and for the future.
- Joanna Tuffy.
* For WRITTEN answer on Tuesday, 22nd May, 2012. Ref No: 25549/12
R E P L YDetails of the information on consultancies requested by the Deputy for the period from 2008 to 2010 are set out in the tables below. My Department has, in line with Government policy, taken measures to reduce the level of expenditure on external consultancies. The number of consultancies undertaken has been significantly reduced and are undertaken on the basis of necessity and in instances where it is not possible to conduct the work in-house having regard to the nature of the work and the skills required.
2010
2009
2008
Ref No: 25549/12