Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 20 April 2023
195. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2022; the purpose and value of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18731/23]
View answerIt was not possible for my Department and a number of the bodies under the aegis of my Department to provide the information sought in the time available. These bodies are the Credit Review Office, Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman, Irish Financial Advisory Council and the National Treasury Management Agency. I will, therefore, make arrangements to provide the information in line with Standing Orders.
The remaining bodies have provided the information requested in the attached table. It should be noted that Home Building Finance Ireland appoints Legal, Monitoring Surveyor and Valuation firms as part of the due diligence process on each of its loan transactions, with the costs being recovered from the relevant borrowers. These costs have been excluded from the amounts in the attached table.
|
Body under the aegis of the Department of Finance |
Consultant |
Purpose of Contract |
Contract Value (Excluding VAT) |
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4C Strategies |
Business Continuity Management - Simulation Exercises & Consultancy Services |
€28,977 |
|
|
Aecom Ltd |
Facilities Management Consultancy Services |
€50,000 |
|
|
Deloitte Ireland LLP |
Provision of Consultancy for the Development of a Cloud Readiness Roadmap |
€97,350 |
|
|
Ernst & Young |
Conduct Assessment of Virtual Asset Service Providers |
€732,000 |
|
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Ernst & Young |
Individual Accountability Framework Consultancy Services |
€91,500 |
|
|
Grant Thornton |
Central Credit Register- Process review for the provision audit services |
€35,000 |
|
|
Grant Thornton |
Operational Controls Review |
€45,000 |
|
|
Integrity Communications |
Active Directory Standards |
€28,350 |
|
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KPMG |
Review of Third Party Service Providers – Information Security Posture |
€44,914 |
|
|
KPMG |
Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) Authorisation Assessments |
€203,252 |
|
|
KPMG |
Advice in relation to development of a Third Party Management Framework |
€300,000 |
|
|
KPMG |
New Data Strategy Operating Model |
€561,000 |
|
|
Lane Clark and Peacock Ireland Ltd |
London Market Thematic Review |
€229,885 |
|
|
Oliver Wyman GmbH |
Resource Allocation Analysis and Associated Professional Services |
€2,500,000 |
|
|
People Performance Ltd |
Talent Acquisition Process Review |
€40,365 |
|
|
Risk and Resilience Ltd |
2022 Cyber Exercise for the Financial Stability Group |
€31,750 |
|
|
Central Bank of Ireland |
Security Alliance |
Expert Cyber Threat Intelligence Consultant Services |
€400,000 |
|
Credit Union Advisory Committee |
BehaviourWise |
Facilitate 2 Director focus groups for the purposes of completing an addendum to the CUAC research report on credit union directors |
€4,900 |
|
Board Excellence |
External Evaluation of Board |
€19,500 |
|
|
PwC |
External Funding Market Assessment |
€50,000 |
|
|
KPMG |
Market Economy Operator Principle Report (2 year contract) |
€35,000 |
|
|
McCann Fitzgerald |
Corporate Legal Advices (awarded under existing Framework Agreement) |
€31,000 |
|
|
RW Nowlan |
Planning Advice |
€7,500 |
|
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Home Building Finance Ireland |
Willis Tower Watson |
Insurance Advisory |
€7,500 |
|
Deloitte |
Provision of secondee to support ICCL processing and paying certified compensation claims to investors that suffered losses arising from the failure of Custom House Capital Limited (in liquidation) |
€34,192 |
|
|
Investor Compensation Company DAC |
ISAS |
Provision of information security assurance services |
€63,148 |
|
Radius Technologies Ltd |
ICT services |
€ 4,950 |
|
|
BSI Cybersecurity and Information Resilience (Ireland) Ltd |
ICT services |
€ 95,000 |
|
|
CBRE |
Valuation |
€ 4,500 |
|
|
Colliers International |
Valuation |
€ 37,250 |
|
|
Senior Counsel |
Legal advice |
€ 5,000 |
|
|
Junior Counsel |
Legal advice |
€ 3,000 |
|
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Colliers International |
Valuation |
€ 50,000 |
|
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REA Grimes |
Valuation |
€ 5,000 |
|
|
Eversheds Sutherland (Salford UK) |
Legal services |
€ 13,455 |
|
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KPMG |
Asset search |
€ 1,500 |
|
|
Dillon Eustace |
Legal services |
€ 5,000 |
|
|
Fieldfisher Ireland |
Legal services |
€ 11,000 |
|
|
Galvin Donegan LLP |
Legal services |
€ 25,000 |
|
|
Tesselate |
ICT services |
€ 6,198 |
|
|
McCann Fitzgerald |
Legal services |
€ 10,000 |
|
|
O'Donnellan & Joyce |
Valuation |
€ 950 |
|
|
Hayes Solicitors |
Legal services |
€ 90,000 |
|
|
Mazars Ireland |
Statutory Audit Services |
€ 860,000 |
|
|
Cushman & Wakefield Dublin |
Valuation |
€ 9,950 |
|
|
Lisney |
Valuation |
€ 53,000 |
|
|
Jones Lang LaSalle |
Valuation |
€ 13,000 |
|
|
Hayes Solicitors |
Legal services |
€ 85,750 |
|
|
Pinnacle Computing Ltd. |
ICT services |
€ 106,000 |
|
|
Byrne Wallace |
Legal services |
€ 750 |
|
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Dillon Eustace |
Legal services |
€ 50,000 |
|
|
RSM Ireland |
Asset search |
€ 4,500 |
|
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Sherry Fitzgerald |
Valuation |
€ 550 |
|
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Hayes Solicitors |
Legal services |
€ 1,500 |
|
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Fieldfisher Ireland |
Legal services |
€ 100,000 |
|
|
Senior Counsel |
Legal advice |
€ 2,500 |
|
|
Gordon MRM |
Press Office and Communications Services |
€ 320,000 |
|
|
Pinnacle Computing Ltd. |
Sage Licencing and Services |
€ 140,000 |
|
|
National Asset Management Agency |
Ernst & Young Dublin |
Business Analyst |
€ 211,200 |
|
Philip Lee LLP |
Legal services |
€30,200 paid to date |
|
|
Royal Irish Academy |
Archival research and publication relating to commemoration of the centenary of the Office of the C&AG in 2023 |
€98,333 |
|
|
Moore |
Strategic audit of a body audited by the C&AG |
€22,000 |
|
|
Office of the Comptroller & Auditor General |
Moore |
Quality review of a sample of audits |
€60,000 |
|
Acorn Fashions Service Ltd |
Advisory Services for Customs Uniform Tender |
€6,273 |
|
|
Adams |
Valuation Advice – Section 1003 Donation |
€11,378 |
|
|
Alan Davy |
Expert Advice on R&D Services |
€6,440 |
|
|
Carl Newell |
Expert Advice on R&D Services |
€2,760 |
|
|
Crosswood Developments Ltd |
Health and Safety height-at-work Review |
€1,845 |
|
|
De Vere White and Smyth |
Section 1003 Valuation Advice |
€1,230 |
|
|
Elizabeth O Byrne |
Consultancy in the development of a certified training module |
€9,720 |
|
|
Fergus O’Kelly Marine Consultant |
Valuation Advice |
€450 |
|
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Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers |
Section 1003 Valuation Advice |
€3,998 |
|
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Hitesh Tewari |
Expert Advice on R&D Services |
€2,760 |
|
|
John S Smith |
Expert Advice on R&D Services |
€2,760 |
|
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Leslie Lennox Dr |
Expert Advice on R&D Services |
€2,760 |
|
|
Mark Keane |
Expert Advice on R&D Services |
€4,140 |
|
|
Mark Southern |
Expert Advice on R&D Services |
€10,584 |
|
|
Ohss Safety Consultants |
Health and Safety - Environment Testing |
€1,747 |
|
|
Padraig Molloy |
Expert Advice on R&D Services |
€2,760 |
|
|
Peter I Mitchell Phd Cphys |
Radiation Protection Consultancy |
€11,040 |
|
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Phoenix Environmental Safety Ltd |
Asbestos Consultancy Services |
€18,000 |
|
|
Scientific Safety & Health |
Customs Risk Assessments |
€440 |
|
|
Office of the Revenue Commissioners |
Seamus Lennon |
Expert Advice on R&D Services |
€2,760 |
|
Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland |
Oxera Consulting LLP |
Benchmarking SME Loan Price |
€49,000 |
|
Keystone Procurement Ltd. |
Consultancy advice for the procurement of a new case management system |
€18,275 |
|
|
Holmes O’Malley Sexton Solicitors |
Legal advice in relation to the procurement of a new case management system |
€3,920 |
|
|
Tax Appeals Commission |
Crowleys DFK |
Provision of internal audit services |
€8,738 |
