Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 28 January 2016
391. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports commissioned by her Department since March 2011. [3761/16]
View answerThe details requested by the Deputy in respect of reports commissioned by my Department since its establishment in June 2011 are set out in the following table.
The Deputy may wish to note that the University of Birmingham was commissioned in 2010 by the then Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, prior to the establishment of my Department, to undertake a review relating to peatlands. The resulting report, "Review of Archaeological Survey and Mitigation Policy relating to Bord na Móna Peatlands " was published in June 2013 and the associated costs of €34,337 were met by my Department.
For completeness, I would point out that my Department commissions engineering or environmental experts from time to time to provide technical reports on specific issues, as required. While the providers of these services are consultant engineers, environmental consultants or may describe themselves in other such terms, their work is not classified as consultancy services and is not funded from my Department's Administrative Budget. Similarly, contracts for the provision of services are not classified as consultancy services and any reports produced by the contractors in the course of such contracts are not included.
|
Year Report Commissioned |
Company |
Report |
Amount paid from 2 June 2011 to date |
|
2011 |
Avia Solutions |
Review of financial submissions relating to the PSO Air Service for the Aran Islands (not for publication) |
€6,300 |
|
2012 |
Bonnar Keenlyside |
Review of Dublin Contemporary 2011 (not for publication) |
€10,959 |
|
2013 |
Dorgan Associates |
Cost Benefit Analysis of National Archives Development Plan (not for publication at this time) |
€12,669 |
|
2013 |
Dorgan Associates |
Cost Benefit Analysis of National Gallery Redevelopment Project (published April 2015) |
€12,731 |
|
2013/14 |
Dorgan Associates |
Examination of capital incentives to promote investment in film studio infrastructure (not for publication) |
€6,765 |
|
2014 |
EY |
Review of PSO Air Service for the Aran Islands (published May 2014) |
€41,795 |
|
2014 |
Fitzpatrick Associates |
Updated Business Case on restoring the Ulster Canal from Lough Erne to Clones (published February 2015) |
€15,190.50 |
|
2015 |
Public Affairs Ireland |
Review of structure and grading of senior management posts within Údarás na Gaeltachta (to be published when signed off) |
€17,617 |
|
2015 |
Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge, NUIG |
Summary report on consultative process and Open Policy Debate regarding the 20-Year Strategy for the Irish Language 2010-2030 (in preparation; to be published in due course) |
€7,123 (estimated) |
