The following are the State bodies under my remit:
Tourism
Fáilte Ireland (National Tourism Development Authority)
Tourism Ireland
Arts and Culture
Arts Council
Chester Beatty
Crawford Art Gallery
Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA)
Irish Manuscripts Commission
National Archives of Ireland
National Concert Hall
National Gallery of Ireland
National Library of Ireland
National Museum of Ireland
Screen Ireland
Gaeltacht
Foras na Gaeilge
Tha Boord o Ulster Scotch
Údarás na Gaeltachta
Sport
Sport Ireland
Broadcasting and Media
Broadcast Authority of Ireland (BAI)
Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ)
Teilifís na Gaeilge (TG4)
In relation to the State bodies, the information requested by the Deputy is being compiled and will issue directly to the Deputy in accordance with the timelines set out in Standing Orders.
In relation to my Department, as has been previously advised to the House, my Department commissions experts from time to time to provide technical reports or advice on specific issues. This work is not classified as consultancy services and is not funded from the Department's administrative budget.
Notwithstanding this, the following Covid-19 related external support was procured by my Department for the years in question:
Name of company
|
Purpose of contract
|
Amount €
|
Year
|
SLUA Event Safety Consultancy
|
Review COVID-19 related guidance documents
|
24,000
|
2020
|
Eamonn O'Boyle and Assoc (EOBA)
|
Review COVID-19 related guidance documents
|
15,920
|
2020
|
Indecon Economic Consultants
|
Consultancy work on the delivery of the Tourism Recovery Plan 2020-2023.
|
92,543
|
2020
|
SLUA
|
Review COVID-19 related guidance documents
|
20,000
|
2021
|
EOBA
|
Review COVID-19 related guidance documents
|
16,400
|
2021
|
EOBA
|
Review plans and findings from Pilot Events
|
20,000
|
2021
|
TPG Interactive (Ireland) Ltd
|
Development and Maintenance of online application portals
|
41,881
|
2021
|
Quadra
|
Ergonomic advice
|
2,583
|
2020
|
Quadra
|
Ergonomic advice
|
8,178
|
2021
|
Quadra
|
Ergonomic advice
|
1,402
|
2022
|