Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 19 January 2022
657. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs 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. [1718/22]
View answerMy Department commissions external contractors, consultancy services and outsourcing services where highly specialised skills are not available internally and in particular, where ongoing independent evaluation of programmes and projects is necessary.
External expertise has informed, and continues to inform, my Department's strategies and policies and the effective delivery of our services to our citizens in a transparent and accountable manner representing value for money.
Such external expertise may involve the provision of specialised reports, expert analysis or expert technical services to the Department.
A small number of consultancies are engaged directly by our Missions abroad from time to time and in some instances they prepare technical reports relating to Ireland’s overseas development aid programme.
My Department ensures that there is an appropriate focus on good practice in procurement and that procedures are in place to ensure compliance with all relevant procurement guidelines. Procurement takes place in compliance with Directive 2014/24/EU and supported by Procurement Guidelines published by the Office of Government Procurement (OGP).
My Department participates fully in on-going initiatives of the Office of Government Procurement (OGP) focusing especially on achieving procurement savings, including the use of shared framework agreements for the provision of different categories of supplies and services.
The table below details the amount spent on consultancy services by my Department in 2021.
|
Name |
Reason |
Costs € |
|
Nutrition Works |
Nutrition Tech Support Consultancy |
16,044.00 |
|
Anne Nolan |
Specialist Support Global Health, HIV AIDS |
72,793.75 |
|
Public Good Ltd |
Consultancy Services to DFA on IFAD and Food Systems |
89,298.00 |
|
Graham Shaw |
Specialist Support Global Health HIV/AIDS |
16,066.88 |
|
Social Development Direct |
Consultancy for safeguarding policy engagement |
26,027.95 |
|
Morina O’Neill |
Support for the Monitoring and Evaluation of Public Engagement and Development Education under Programme Grant II |
37,500 |
|
Gumfoot Consultancy Ltd. |
Support for the Monitoring of PGII and HPP partners |
44,128 |
|
Claire Dijoux |
Support for the Monitoring of PGII and HPP partners |
23,991 |
|
Gumfoot Consultancy Ltd |
Review of the Civil Society Fund |
28,430 |
|
Change by Degrees |
To support the development of Ireland’s international Climate Finance Roadmap, a commitment made in the Programme for Government, “Our Shared Future”. |
23,650.44 |
|
Arab World for Research and Development |
Gender Review of the Palestine Programme |
7,500 |
|
William Langslet |
Review of the Embassy’s support to mine action and unexploded ordnance across Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar over the previous Mission strategy (2017-2020) |
7,500 |
|
Gill Roe |
Review of the IDEAS programme over the previous Mission Strategy (2017-2020) |
8,674 |
|
Pham Thai Hung |
Review of the EMPRO portfolio in support of ethnic minorities up to 2020 |
1,315 |
|
Hung Pham |
Design study on a new approach to reaching the Furthest Behind First in Central Vietnam |
2,350 |
|
IOD PARC - Vietnam |
Review of Ireland’s Mission strategy for Vietnam and the Mekong sub region. |
37,379 |
|
Boris Gandon |
Consultancy Support for Special Envoy to Francophone Africa and Sahel |
4,560 |
|
IOD Parc |
Formative Evaluation of Irish Aid Programme Grant II (2017 – 2021) and Humanitarian Programme Plan (2019 – 2021) Review of Ireland’s Tanzania and the Great Lakes sub-region Strategy 2017-2021 The Provision of Services in Relation to: Review of The Embassy of Ireland, Uganda’s Programme in Karamoja 2016-2020 |
129,248 |
|
Dillon Development Associates Ltd |
Advisory role to the evaluation of the Programme Grant II/Humanitarian Preparedness Programme Funding Schemes |
4,182 |
|
Tony Tyrell |
Advisory role to the Review of Ireland’s Mission strategy for Vietnam and the Mekong sub region |
4,750 |
|
Bernard McLoughlin |
Review the Performance and Effectiveness of Management Arrangements in place for the Zimbabwe Programme |
23,616 |
|
Lisney |
Advisory role to the Spending Review of the Management of the Department of Foreign Affairs’ Overseas Leased Property Portfolio |
5,658 |
|
Irish Centre for Diversity |
To carry out a benchmarking exercise under the Irish Centre for Diversity’s Bronze and Silver Investors in Diversity programme. |
17, 576.70 |
|
Zero-G |
Creative Services in relation to A Global Reputation and Communications Strategy for Ireland and Related Ancillary Communications Strategies & Activities |
15,498.00 |
|
GARTNER IRELAND LIMITED |
ICT Research and Advisory Services to support the ongoing ICT Strategy and associated activities of the ICT Unit. |
72,570 (covers September 2021 to August 2022) |
