Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 16 July 2015
253. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline and itemise all expenditure undertaken by his Department on private travel for him and-or for his private office, on legal fees, on consultancy fees and on hotel accommodation, during the 12-month period to 30 June 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30075/15]
View answerThe Department of Public Expenditure and Reform does not pay for any private travel for me or my Private Office.
Turning to the specific question regarding hotel accommodation, the expenses for the period requested in respect of my Private Secretary, my Special Adviser and me:
- Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform: 11/09/14-12/09/14 - OECD Visit, Paris, €225.00; 23/02/15-24/02/15 - ERDF meeting and signing ceremony, Brussels , €149.28; 09/03/15-22/03/15 - Promote Ireland programme for St Patrick's Day, Japan/Rep of Korea, €1590.07.
- Private Secretary to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform: 1/09/14-12/09/14 - OECD Visit, Paris, €175.00; 23/02/15-24/02/15 - ERDF meeting and signing ceremony, Brussels, €149.28; 09/03/15-22/03/15 - Promote Ireland programme for St Patrick's Day, Japan/Rep of Korea, €1579.92; 07/06/15-09/06/15 - Informal meeting of Ministers responsible for Cohesion Policy, Riga, €280.00.
- Special Adviser to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform: 23/02/15-24/02/15 - ERDF meeting and signing ceremony, Brussels, €149.28.
For the Deputy's information, Ministerial Mileage from March 2011 to March 2015 is available on my Departments' website http://www.per.gov.ie
Information in respect of April 2015, May 2015, June 2015 will be published on the Departments' website shortly.
The following table outlines expenditure on legal fees from 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015 in my Department.
Legal Fees from 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015
|
Supplier |
Amount |
|
Eversheds Sweden |
€1,200 |
The following table outlines expenditure on consultancy fees from 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015 in my Department.
Consultancy Fees from 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015
|
Consultant |
Amount |
Reason |
|
PwC |
€36,900 |
External expert support for the implementation of Public Service Reform |
|
NERA Economic Consulting |
€8,853.39 |
Consultancy work in conjunction with the Chief State Solicitors Office |
|
Best Practice Group |
€11,264.54 |
ESD readiness assessment consultancy |
|
PwC |
€73,800 |
External expert support for the implementation of Public Service Reform |
|
Bearing Point |
€61,382.18 |
Debt management project manager |
|
Harvey Nash |
€136,161.00 |
Civil Service Human Resource and Pensions Shared Services: IT infrastructure |
|
Bearing Point |
€124,109.46 |
Civil Service Human Resource and Pensions Shared Services: Business Analyst |
|
Accenture Consulting |
€31,143.60 |
Civil Service Human Resource and Pensions Shared Services: Analytics |
|
Cupertino Consulting Ltd |
€32,287.50 |
National Shared Services Office: Operational Support |
|
Deloitte |
€67,875.35
€187,829.61 |
National Shared Services Office: Operations Audit for the Civil Service Human Resource and Pensions Shared Services. Expert Services for both Human Resource and Payroll Shared Services. |
|
Astec Global Consultancy Ltd |
€158,565.45 |
Civil Service Financial Management Shared Services Project: Project Management Services |
|
Capita Consulting |
€243,273.51 |
Civil Service Financial Management Shared Services Project: Consultancy Services |
|
Rocela Ltd (Version 1 Ltd) |
€47,970.00 |
Civil Service Financial Management Shared Services Project: Software Licensing Services |
|
Resolve Consulting Limited |
€194,271.83 |
Civil Service Financial Management Shared Services Project: Consultancy Services |
|
Ove Arup & Partners |
€16,303.65 |
Category Specific Advisory Services - Irish security services |
|
Peter Bacon & Associates |
€4,551.00 |
Economic Consultancy |
|
RATE Information Services |
€990.00 |
Category Specific Advisory Services - Petroleum Market |
|
System Dynamics Ltd |
€8,487.00 |
Business intelligence |
|
AA Ireland |
€6,150.00 |
Category Specific Advisory Services - Vehicle procurement |
|
EUS Holdings t/a EU Supply |
€3,150.00 |
e-Tenders system |
|
System Dynamics Ltd |
€15,276.60 |
Business intelligence |
|
Innovative Procurement Solutions |
€3,419.40 |
Procurement capacity support |
|
Achilles Procurement Services |
€16,242.15 |
Procurement capacity support |
|
Baker Tilly Ryan Glennon |
€28,167.00 |
Strategy Development |
|
Schneider Electric |
€128,859.82 |
Category Specific Advisory Services - Energy |
|
System Dynamics Ltd |
€10,184.40 |
Business intelligence |
|
KOSI Corporation |
€12,500.00 |
Provision of consultancy services - Spend data analysis |
|
RATE Information Services |
€990.00 |
Category Specific Advisory Services - Petroleum Market |
|
Innovative Procurement Solutions |
€6,838.80 |
Procurement capacity support |
|
Achilles Procurement Services |
€33,980.03 |
Procurement capacity support |
|
Achilles Procurement Services |
€38,892.26 |
Procurement capacity support |
|
Ove Arup & Partners |
€22,865.70 |
Category Specific Advisory Services - Irish cleaning services |
|
Papernet |
€4,615.00 |
Category Specific Advisory Services - Irish paper services |
|
Innovative Procurement Solutions |
€28,210.05 |
Procurement capacity support |
|
Schneider Electric |
€551.04 |
Category Specific Advisory Services - Energy |
|
Schneider Electric |
€16,806.72 |
Category Specific Advisory Services - Energy |
|
Peter Bacon & Associates |
€13,083.00 |
Economic Consultancy |
|
The Analytics Store |
€1,845.00 |
Business intelligence |
|
Peter Bacon & Associates |
€12,515.00 |
Economic Consultancy |
|
RATE Information Services |
€990.00 |
Category Specific Advisory Services - Petroleum Market |
|
Innovative Procurement Solutions |
€4,274.25 |
Procurement capacity support |
|
Schneider Electric |
€65,455.68 |
Category Specific Advisory Services - Energy |
|
Schneider Electric |
€7,510.38 |
Category Specific Advisory Services - Energy |
|
Pantaleon Consulting Limited |
€1,250.00 |
Category Specific Advisory Services |
|
Achilles Procurement Services |
€25,474.53 |
Procurement capacity support |
|
Schneider Electric |
€12,300.00 |
Category Specific Advisory Services - Energy |
|
Schneider Electric |
€40,457.16 |
Category Specific Advisory Services - Energy |
|
AA Ireland |
€2,460.00 |
Category Specific Advisory Services - Vehicle procurement |
|
Ove Arup & Partners |
€22,865.70 |
Category Specific Advisory Services - Irish security services |
|
Papernet |
€4,615.00 |
Category Specific Advisory Services - Irish paper services |
|
Schneider Electric |
€4,804.38 |
Category Specific Advisory Services - Energy |
|
RATE Information Services |
€990.00 |
Category Specific Advisory Services - Petroleum Market |
|
Clarion Limited |
€23,298 |
BPR work on the Disciplinary Code |
|
McGrath Associates |
€5,000 |
HR Facilitation Process and Reports |
|
Gartner (information technology research) |
€276,883.25 |
|
|
Total |
€2,349,789 |
|
My Department ensures that every effort is made to limit the use of consultants where possible. All contracts are negotiated with a view to achieving best value for money and are kept under review to ensure this is maintained. When the use of consultants is unavoidable the staff in my Department ensure appropriate skills transfer to reduce the requirement for consultants going forward.
The OPW will respond directly to the Deputy on this matter.
