Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 October 2019
265. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the consultancy service providers engaged by her Department from 1 January 2018 to 1 January 2019; the costs associated with each (details supplied); the reason for each service engagement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43307/19]
View answer266. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the details of each value for money and policy review conducted by her Department from 1 January 2018 to 1 January 2019; the cost of each exercise; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43324/19]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 265 and 266 together.
Details of my Department's expenditure on consultancy, value for money and policy review services in the period from 1st January 2018 to 1st January 2019 are set out in the following table.
|
Name of external Consultant/Organisation |
Report Title |
Cost of Report € |
|
Mazars |
Financial and Governance Analysis of certain Credit Co-operatives |
€44,280. |
|
KPMG |
Data Analysis and Benchmarking Exercise for the Personal Injuries Commission (PIC). |
€43,050. |
|
Economic and Social Research Institute |
Measuring Contingent Employment in Ireland |
€51,357.42 |
|
Coyne Research |
Workplace Relations Commission Stakeholder and Service user Research |
€34,440.00 |
|
O’Herlihy Access Consultancy |
Development of Access Policy for the Workplace Relations Commission |
€12,669.00 |
|
Colleary & Co Solicitors |
GDPR Gap Analysis Report for Workplace Relations Commission |
€5,842.50 |
|
Ove Arup & Partners |
Dangerous Substances Legislation Review 2018 |
€45,003 |
|
Behaviour & Attitudes |
Brexit Vote – The impact on Irish SMEs and their Capital Funding (Survey 3) |
24,995.02 |
|
OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) |
Review of SME and Entrepreneurship Issues and Policies in Ireland |
€300,000 (Two payments of €85,000 and €115,000 made in 2018. Final payment of €100,000 paid in May 2019)) |
|
IDC UK Ltd |
Digital Transformation: Assessing the Impact of Digitalisation on Ireland’s Workforce |
€72,570 |
|
ASM Chartered Accountants |
Five internal audit reports: 1) Health & Safety Authority – Liaison and governance 2) Personal Injuries Assessment Board – Liaison and governance 3) Companies Registration Office 4) Workplace Relations Commission 5) Labour Court |
€59,000 |
|
Copenhagen Economics |
Making EU Trade in Services Work for all |
€133,486 Note: The sum above is Ireland’s share of the costs. Further contributions were made by a number of other Member States who participated in the projected. |
|
Ward Solutions |
IT systems security testing |
4,735.50 |
|
Duff & Phelps |
Not in the public domain |
Contract not delimited by price but rather by rate. No invoice has been received as of yet |
