Mattie McGrath
Question:370. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the consultancy services, value for money and policy review expenses incurred by his Department in the year ending 31 December 2017. [22174/18]
View answerTuesday, 22 May 2018
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The specific information requested by the Deputy is not routinely available within my Department. Expenditure on the engagement of consultants is paid from the Department's A7 budget. It is the policy of my Department only to engage the services of external consultants where it is felt appropriate and cost-effective, taking account of Government decisions and policy including procurement protocols on the matter.
A7 payment details for 2017 are set out in the following table.
|
Consultancy |
Contract |
2017 Full Year Expenditure |
|
Milliman Ltd. |
Actuarial, accounting, insurance and economic advice services as and when required. |
€49,104 |
|
Metis Consulting |
Technical advisor on pharmacy issues and tasks in respect of key priorities |
€369 |
|
Trutz Haase, OCC Ltd & Uni of Sheffield |
Development & Implementation of an evidence based National Oral Health Policy |
€5,602 |
|
NUIG |
Commissioning, Development and Quality Assurance of 4 x National Clinical Guidelines |
€47,893 |
|
Mr Trutz Haase |
Development of a performance measurement framework for Drug and Alcohol Task Forces |
€59,040 |
|
Aurion |
Support a framework for the implementation of clinical practice guidance |
€19,213 |
|
Centre for Effective Services |
Support a framework for the implementation of clinical practice guidance |
€9,960 |
|
DCU |
Support a framework for supporting patients and their advocates in the governance and development of National Clinical Guidelines and National Clinical Audit |
€32,355 |
|
UCC |
Baseline Research National Clinical Guidelines 2 & 3 Healthcare Associated Infections |
€18,920 |
|
UCC |
Clinical Practice Guidelines Research on Evidence based practice in Ireland |
€18,524 |
|
Prospectus Consultants |
Trauma Policy Communications |
€29,951 |
|
RPS Group |
Services to assist with drawing up a report on the consultation process on a new National Drugs Strategy |
€116,683 |
|
Crowe Horwath |
Report on current and future role of Public Health Specialists in Ireland |
€27,880 |
|
Alpha Healthcare |
Independent Evaluation of Physician Associate Pilot – Beaumont Hospital – pathfinder for the National Integrated Strategic Framework for Health Workforce Planning |
€9,840 |
|
Treacy Consultancy |
Management Board development programme |
€35,909 |
|
Prospectus Ltd. |
Develop and establish a network in relation to the Healthy Ireland Framework |
€42,414 |
|
work research centre |
Expert evidence & review of mental health services (in relation to review of A vision for Change |
€33,210 |
|
Mazars |
Assist in the development of fee models under the EU Tobacco Products Directive |
€38,970 |
|
Research Matters |
Support for Newborn Screening Card Archive Forum |
€12,116 |
|
Hume Brophy |
Public Relations & Communications Support for European Medicines Agency (EMA) bid |
€114,491 |
|
P A Consulting |
Capacity Review across the health sector |
€228,559 |
|
Expert Group |
Taskforce on Staffing & Skill Mix Phase 11 review of national reports |
€4,295 |
|
Alpha Healthcare |
Task Force on Personalised Budgets |
€51,383 |
|
UCD |
Baseline research – National Clinical Guidelines 9&10 – Palliative Care |
€5,888 |
|
Health Research Board (UCC) |
Taskforce on Staffing and Skill Mix Phase 1 |
€265,291 |
|
Aurion |
Support the Development of Guidelines for the Implementation of the National Maternity Strategy |
€5,335 |
|
Indecon |
RIA – Patient Safety Licensing Bill |
€25,724 |
|
UCC |
Clinical effectiveness development – curriculum and competency framework for healthcare professionals |
€9,868 |
|
Stephen O’Herlihy (Barrister) |
Legal review of Patient Safety Complaints and Advocacy legislation |
€12,300 |
|
NUIG |
Develop accreditation model for Healthy Workplaces |
€9,980 |