Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 19 January 2022
1763. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the amount spent on consultancy services by his Department in 2021; the reason for each consultancy; and the name of the consultancy in tabular form. [1720/22]
View answerThe Department's total expenditure in the A7 subhead consultancy for 2021 is as per the table below. It is the policy in my Department only to engage the services of external consultants where highly specialised skills are not available within the Department and, in particular, when such an approach is felt to be more appropriate and cost-effective.
The following table outlines the total amount spent on external consultants in 2021. While some contracts are negotiated on the basis of a daily and hourly rate, others are paid a fee on the basis of reaching a number of milestones during the process and in some case producing a report.
|
Consultant |
Brief description |
Expenditure 2021 € |
|
Ms. Eithne Fitzgerald |
Provision of disability policy analysis expertise and advisory services |
42,350 |
|
Mazars |
Actuarial, accounting, insurance, and economic advice on Private Health Insurance |
108,024 |
|
Mazars |
Embedding Risk Management |
7,122 |
|
Conor Feeney, Barrister at Law |
Legal Advice re Disability Services Transfer of Functions to DCYA |
1,845 |
|
Crowe Advisory Services |
External evaluation report of Patient Advocacy Service and training to inform future approach |
57,349 |
|
Crowe Advisory Services |
Independent Patient Safety Council Project on Open Disclosure Policy |
35,589 |
|
Grant Thornton |
Provision of Data Protection Advisory and Support Services to ensure ongoing compliance with Data Protection obligations |
68,173 |
|
Trinity College |
Evaluation of the 2001 Report of the National Advisory Committee on Palliative Care |
50,511 |
|
MCCP |
Consultancy on Women’s Health Task Force |
79,875 |
|
450,838 |
