Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 20 April 2023
206. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform 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. [18737/23]
View answerI wish to advise the Deputy that my Department publishes on a regular basis a schedule which details its consultancy fees, professional fees, legal fees and advisory fees by year. The information for 2022 can be accessed at the following link:
www.gov.ie/en/organisation-information/8b97d6-consultancy-costs/
With the exception of the Office of Public Work (OPW), the information requested by the Deputy for the bodies under the aegis of my Department is set out in the tables below. The National Shared Services Office have advised the Department that the Office did not engage any consultancy services during the period specified.
The OPW have advised that there are a number of areas across the organisation that could potentially use consultants for a variety of projects and that the collating of this information will take considerable time. However, the OPW have assured me that they will commence collating this information and will reply directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
Public Appointments Service
|
Consultants |
Purpose |
Total of Contract Value |
|
Grant Thornton Consulting Ltd |
Provision of Business and Management and ICT Consultancy Services. This is in support of Project Nova, which is a project to replace the recruitment system; it is a multi-year contract from July 2021 (2022 spend of €144,000) |
€800,000 |
|
Version 1 Software Ltd |
STAR (recruitment system) and database support. Contract to provide annual IT support services and maintenance for the PAS core recruitment software and environment |
€235,206 |
|
Real Event Management/Real Nation |
Educational Consultants - School Engagement and Competition Management & "The Pitch" support, multi-year contract |
€165,745 |
|
IPSOS MRBI |
Customer Engagement Strategy. Includes the development of a Customer Engagement Framework for obtaining ongoing feedback from client departments and candidates for public service roles |
€100,000 |
|
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd |
Executive Search Contracts - this is used when client bodies request executive search as part of a recruitment process for senior or difficult to fill roles (2022 spend of less than €2,000) |
€93,000 |
|
DHR Communications |
Communications advice |
€36,960 |
|
CPL Solutions Ltd |
Strategic Planning & Business Development Supports |
€25,000 |
|
Economic and Social Research Institute |
Research & Analysis |
€24,921 |
|
Neil Scott |
Review of Assessment of Under-represented Groups |
€14,490 |
|
DHR Communications |
Support for the Schools Project "The Pitch" competition |
€4,956 |
Office of the National Lottery Regulator (ORNL)
|
Consultants |
Purpose |
Total of Contract Value |
|
Behaviour and Attitudes |
Market Research |
€151,290 |
|
Gibney Communications |
Communications consulting (3-year contract) |
€104,550 |
|
Mason Hayes & Curran |
Legal Consulting (3-year contract) |
€72,570 |
|
Recruitment Plus |
Recruitment services |
€33,210 |
|
Petrus Consulting |
Financial consulting (3-year contract) |
€18,450 |
|
Mazars Consulting |
IT Consulting |
€12,977 |
|
Public Authority Pension Services |
Pension consulting services (3-year contract) |
€11,808 |
|
Millman Actuarial Services |
Actuarial consulting services on Lottery games |
€11,685 |
Office of the Ombudsman
|
Consultants |
Purpose |
Total of Contract Value |
|
Crowleys DFK |
Audit Services |
€22,000 |
|
CW SYSTEMS Integration Ltd |
IT Consultancy |
€15,553 |
|
Brian Gageby BL |
Legal Consultant |
€14,637 |
|
D-PIT Solutions |
IT Consultancy |
€7,509 |
|
John Riordan |
Audit Services / Financial |
€6,975 |
|
Niamh O’Donoghue |
Management Consultancy |
€6,000 |
|
Integrated Engineering Consultancy Ltd |
Environmental Consultancy |
€2,214 |
|
Quadra Ltd |
IT Consultancy |
€1,267 |
State Laboratory
|
Consultants |
Purpose |
Total of Contract Value |
|
O’Meara Consulting |
Internal Audit |
€23,576 |
