Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 July 2022
1459. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the details of each time that the Higher Education Authority enlisted the services of consultants in 2021; the date and value of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40683/22]
View answerDetails of consultancy services the Higher Education Authority engaged in 2021 are set out in the attached spreadsheet.
|
Consultant Name |
Gross Value € |
Contract Details |
|
Advance HE |
223,000 |
Gender Equality Charter for Irish Higher Education Institutions |
|
Bid and Tender Management Services Ltd |
5,407 |
Procurement Advice |
|
BDO |
5,320 |
Review of HE Landscape funding |
|
Byrne Actuaries |
6,150 |
Pension Actuary Services |
|
CBRE Limited |
30,098 |
2020 Space Survey for Capital Programmes |
|
CIS Construction Information Services |
5,167 |
Student Accommodation Research and Analysis |
|
Crowleys DFK |
7,102 |
Tax Advice |
|
Crowleys DFK |
7,975 |
HEA Finance & Governance and Audit & Risk Committees membership as Non Executive Member |
|
Crowleys DFK |
37,514 |
Process Auditors |
|
Crowe Advisory Ireland Limited |
12,507 |
IRC Invoicing for Enterprise Partnership programmes (Issuing invoices to third parties involved in this programme) |
|
David Hudson |
2,399 |
Consultancy Finance System |
|
Deloitte Ireland LLP |
32,521 |
Internal Audit |
|
Dr Magdalena Staniek |
1,666 |
Consultancy for Erasmus Programmes |
|
Ernst & Young |
82,330 |
Business process review |
|
ESRI Ireland Ltd |
30,674 |
Consultancy service for the higher education space survey data and developing a system |
|
Eversheds Sutherland |
58,169 |
Legal Services |
|
Eversheds Sutherland |
21,860 |
Contract and Procurement Advice |
|
Graduate Outcome Survey |
63,633 |
Survey payments to various Higher Education Institutes |
|
International Graduate Insight Group Ltd |
99,106 |
Student Survey and Statistical Consulting Services |
|
John Gibney |
21,000 |
Oversight of the LIT Coonagh Fit Out (Phase 1) project |
|
Journey Partners |
3,998 |
Interview Services |
|
Karatas Consultants Limited |
1,514 |
Consultancy for International Programmes |
|
Lucy Michael Research |
24,354 |
Race & Equality Surveys |
|
Kwintessence |
4,732 |
Consultancy Services for European Research Grant Application |
|
KOS Ergonomic Solutions Ltd |
1,150 |
Ergonomic Assessments |
|
Mazars |
3,449 |
Data Protection Consultancy |
|
Mazars |
43,173 |
Annual Governance Statements Reviews |
|
Mazars |
168,697 |
Audits and External Reviews |
|
Michael O'Connell |
2,029 |
HEA Finance & Governance and Audit & Risk Committees membership as Non Executive Member |
|
MKO Estates and Project Management Ltd |
914 |
Consultancy Services for Capital Programmes |
|
NUIG |
28,334 |
Review & Analysis Sexual Violence & Harassment Surveys |
|
O'Brien Governance Design |
2,362 |
Governance and Process Auditor Services |
|
OECD |
145,000 |
Review of Technological University Organisational Structures |
|
Orbidal Group Ltd |
14,363 |
Procurement Consultancy |
|
Ortus Economic Research Ltd |
9,221 |
Review of IRC Gender Strategy and Action Plan |
|
QQI |
25,000 |
Evaluation of the comparability of the Advanced Certificate and Higher Certificate Qualification |
|
Raiseaconcern |
2,915 |
Assessment of Protected disclosure |
|
Raiseaconcern |
11,826 |
Legal Advice |
|
Royal Irish Academy |
20,000 |
Gender Review |
|
Scipol Services Ltd |
4,428 |
IRC Strategy Development |
|
Typetec |
5,504 |
IT Network and Security Review |
Note: The HEA are not in a position to provide specific contract dates as the details provided are taken from their payments system and represent payments made in 2021.
