Departmental Contracts

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 1 December 2020

Tuesday, 1 December 2020

Questions (189)

Catherine Murphy

Question:

189. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a schedule of all consultancy firms, accountancy firms, legal firms, project management firms and information technology, IT, firms his Department has engaged to carry out work its behalf in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020; if he will summarise the work they were engaged to do and the full costs of the engagements; if disputes over costs ensued; if they were resolved with or without sanctions and or financial penalties and or withholding of funds; and if contracts are subject to legal challenge or mediation. [40221/20]

Written answers

Minister for Transport

My Department routinely publishes information on external expenditure on its website including information on consultancy, accountancy, legal, project management and IT firms engaged. Information on external expenditure for 2018 and 2019 is available here: www.gov.ie/en/collection/30ae9c-expenditure-on-external-services/.

Details regarding expenditure on external services for the period January-September 2020 is being prepared and will be published on the Department's website shortly.

My Department has a contract with an ICT services firm concerning a systems support contract. In 2018 a dispute over costs arose during the contracted period. The dispute was resolved without any legal recourse at a negotiated additional cost to the contract of €1,650 per annum.