Consultancy Contracts Data

Tuesday, 16 June 2015

Questions (524)

Barry Cowen

Question:

524. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide, in tabular form by year, all external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011; the costs per report; the company involved; the title of the report; and publication date. [23692/15]

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Minister for Children and Youth Affairs

In order to deliver key commitments in relation to children and young people and to put in place a unified framework of policy, legislation and provision across Government in respect of children and young people, it is at times necessary to commission reports and utilise expertise from a range of expert individuals and bodies. My Department ensures that all reports commissioned are of direct relevance to the operational and policy commitments of my Department.

I have set out as follows the full range of external consultant reports commissioned by my Department. Costs may include, where applicable, copy editing, design and other costs relating to publication. Separate material is provided in respect of the Growing Up in Ireland study.

Name of External Report	Date of Commission	Date/expected date of Publication	Name of External Consultant	Cost of Report
Audit of Children and Young people’s Participation in decision making in Ireland	November 2009	November 2011	Cnag ar an Doras and Sandra Roe (joint contract)	€19,890.42
National Consultation with Children Living in the Care of the State	November 2010	July 2011	Cnag ar an Doras	€25,610.00
Body Image Survey Report	March 2011	October 2011	Anam Cara	€6,800.00
Youth Work: A Systematic Map of the Research Literature	September 2011	June 2013	Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of (EPPI-Centre) London.	€67,000
Valuation report	November 2011	Internal use only	Elliott Fitzgerald Ltd.	€1,230.00
Needs Assessment for the Redevelopment of www.childrensdatabase.ie	December 2011	Internal use only	Centre for Effective Services	€18,400
Every Child a Home: A Review of the Implementation of the Youth Homelessness Strategy	December 2011	July 2013	Centre for Effective Services Penhouse Design Intacta Print - Carole Devaney for proofing of report and of briefing note	€6,000 €5,522.70 €4,706.57 €1,360.00 Total: €17,589.27
Comhairle na nÓg and Garda Siochana survey on the Attitudes of Gardaí to Young People. Questionnaire for Gardaí and Young People	July 2012	Publication date to be finalised	Anam Cara	€7,650
Public Knowledge and Attitudes Relating to Children’s Rights, Welfare, Protection and Services	July 2012	Publication date to be finalised	Behaviour and Attitudes Qualitative Research – Group Facilitation Quantitative Research – Interviews Barometer Research	€42,864.98 €59,040.00 €1,107.00 Total: €103,011.98
Ireland’s Consolidated 3rd and 4th Report to the United Nations Committee in the Rights of the Child	July 2012	July 2013	Ms. Carmel Corrigan – Drafting of Report Ms. Carol Devaney – Editing, Formatting and Indexing	€12,600 €4,760 Total: €17,360
Strategic Human Resources	December 2012	April 2013	Mazars	€20,602.50
Internal Audit Report Early Childhood Care and Education Scheme Internal Audit Report ICT Shared Services Arrangements	December 2012 December 2012	Internal Use Only Internal Use Only	Capita Business Services Ltd Capita Business Services Ltd	Combined for both reports €23,803.00
Summary Report for Young Voices Have Your Say- Structured Dialogue	January 2013	March 2013	Cnag ar an Doras	€4,918.00
Care Issues Review	March 2013	Internal use only	Victor McElfatrick	€3,556.56
Report on Structural Damage	March 2013	Internal use only	Frontier Engineering Group Ltd.	€7,668.74
Staff Roster Review	April 2013	Internal use only	McGuinness Killen Partnership	€6,715.80
Role Review for Child & Family Agency	May 2013	November 2013	Mazars	€16,512.75
Care Issues Review	September 2013	Internal use only	Conal Devine & Associates	€13,636.21
Internal Audit Report Community Childcare Subvention / Childcare Education and Training Supports Programmes	January 2014	Internal Use Only	Capita Business Services Ltd	€8,200.00
Care Issues Review	February 2014	Internal use only	Kieran McGrath	€13,500
Policy Analysis and Development on Remission of Sentence	March 2014	Internal use only	Bramell Lane Ltd	€29,151
Land Valuation Report	August 2014	Internal use only	Lisney Chartered Surveyors	€2,152.50
Internal Audit Report National Childrens Detention Facility	October 2014	Internal use only	Capita Business Services	€12,623
Internal Audit Report: Programme Integration Platform	November 2014	Internal Use Only	Capita Business Services	€15,675
Report on Ireland’s Implementation of EU Youth Strategy	November 2014	Late 2015	Carmel Corrigan	€6,300
Report of the involvement of children and young people in the recruitment of the Ombudsman for Children	March 2015	December 2015	Sandra Roe	€6,000

Growing Up in Ireland

In 2006 a Contract to carry out the National Longitudinal Study of Children in Ireland was awarded by the Department of Health and Children (through the Office of the Minister For Children & Youth Affairs) to a consortium comprising of the ESRI and the Children’s Research Centre at TCD. Since then the Study has adopted the working title of 'Growing Up in Ireland'. As part of this overall contract the ESRI/TCD are required to prepare and publish reports from time to time. The Department of Children and Youth Affairs meets the costs of printing these reports and since this Department was established in June 2011 the total cost of printing is €31,967.14.