Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 14 January 2015
963. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details of all consultancy firms engaged by his Department during 2014; if he will also provide details of all the relevant fees paid to those firms during the period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1663/15]
View answerMy Department's expenditure on consultancy services and value for money and policy reviews in 2014 was €1.828m. In procuring these specialised services, my Department always seeks to ensure value for money and the keeping of expenditure to the minimum necessary. Details of expenditure on consultancy services in 2014 are outlined in the following table. In the case of the consultancy projects related to the Corrib gas project, the cost is recouped to the State by the Developers.
Given the technical complexity of the sectors which my Department oversees and, in some instances regulates, there is a requirement to procure specialised services to address specific issues as they arise. The Department therefore also necessarily incurs expenditure on outsourced services as part of programme expenditure, an element of which is consultancy in nature. I will forward the figure for the consultancy element to the Deputy, when it is disaggregated from the larger programme spends.
|
Project |
Name of Firm |
Amount |
|
Cyber Security Exercise |
BH Consulting |
9,840 |
|
Programme of Research in Communications |
Economic and Social Research Institute |
75,000 |
|
Capacity Review of Department |
PWC |
81,800 |
|
Development of framework to determine public service character of a channel |
Mr. Tim Suter |
6,150 |
|
Economic Analysis of the Advertising Market in Ireland |
Indecon |
35,719 |
|
Market Research on Irish Advertising Market |
AGB Nielsen Media Research Ireland Ltd |
6,950 |
|
Market Research on Irish Advertising Market |
MBRI Market Research Ltd. |
3,321 |
|
PMDS Calibration |
Kiltealy Associates LtdManagement & Project Consultants |
4,514 |
|
Renewable Energy Export Project - Planning Consultancy |
AECOM |
37,091 |
|
Renewable Energy Export Project - Planning Consultancy |
Doyle Kent Planning Partnership Ltd |
38,855 |
|
Grid 25 Independent Expert Panel |
Karen Foley, UCD & John Fitzgerald, ESRI |
13,530 |
|
REFIT 3 Project |
AEA Ricardo |
5,536 |
|
Audit of consumer held strategic oil stocks |
Byrne O'Cleirigh Ltd |
44,314 |
|
Development of priority register framework to the Oil Emergency Planning Taskforce |
Reidy Brophy Limited |
7,969 |
|
Oil & Gas Fiscal Terms Review Consultancy |
Wood McKenzie |
212,873 |
|
East West Interconnector Monitoring Panel |
Prof. Mark O'Malley |
3,000 |
|
Petroleum Engineering Advice |
David Fox Associates |
192,581 |
|
Corrib Consent Conditions Monitoring |
Corrib Consent Conditions Monitoring Committee expenses |
2,596 |
|
Petroleum Geophysics Advice |
Morgan Geophysics |
113,496 |
|
Technical Verification Audits - Corrib |
Keane Offshore Integrity Ltd |
343,046 |
|
Environmental Monitoring – Corrib & Establishment of Administrative Frameworks for the conduct of strategic environmental assessments |
Environ UK Ltd. |
247,211 |
|
Expert advice - environmental assessments |
Botanical Environmental Consultants |
33,247 |
|
Financial Advisor to DCENR |
Price Waterhouse Coopers |
98,400 |
|
Financial Advisor to DCENR |
NTMA |
83,025 |
|
Head of Internal Audit Unit |
Ronan Tierney & Associates |
7,916 |
|
Head of Internal Audit & Outsourced Audits |
Ernst & Young |
93,393 |
|
Internal Audit Services |
Capital Business Svs Ltd T/A Capita Consulting |
9,789 |
|
Internal Audit Services |
ASM |
21,363 . |
