Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 30 May 2023
126. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount paid by his Department to external legal teams, HR specialists, accountancy firms, and consultants in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26232/23]
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.
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).
Provided is a table of consultants and outsourced legal, HR and accountancy services engaged by the Department in 2022:
|
Consultant/External Legal Teams/ HR Specialists/ Accountancy Firms |
Amount Paid in 2022 |
Details |
|
Adrienne Boyle |
€16,022 |
Global Citizenship Education annual grants appraisals and Global Citizenship Education strategic partner evaluation - Saolta |
|
AFRA |
€1,671 |
Legal Services, Embassy Santiago |
|
Aisling Swaine |
€19,188 |
Gender Equality consultancy |
|
Anne Nolan |
€42,281.25 |
Specialist Consultancy Support in Global Health HIV/AIDS |
|
ASM |
€2,518 |
Project Management Review |
|
ASM Ltd |
€2,540 |
Audit Services of ESP organisations |
|
Baker Donelson, Bearman Cald |
€8,534 |
Legal Services Con Gen, Atlanta |
|
Baker Mckenzie |
€8,899 |
Legal Services, Embassy Santiago |
|
Bankhawk Limited |
€24,108 |
Banking/Payment processing advice |
|
Barbara Wilson |
€13,725 |
Global Citizenship Education annual grants appraisals and Global Citizenship Education strategic partner evaluation - Saolta |
|
Bernard McLoughlin |
€ 5,904 |
Review the Performance and Effectiveness of Management Arrangements inplace for the Zimbabwe Programme |
|
Bernard McLoughlin |
€4,920 |
External Quality Assurance Review of the internal appraisal of ICSP applications |
|
Boris Gandon |
€36,720 |
Support for Special Envoy to Francophone Africa and the Sahel |
|
Brandons Lawyers |
€489 |
Legal Services, Embassy Wellington |
|
Brian Casey |
€6,500 |
Technical Support to the Civil Society Fund |
|
Burness Paull LLP |
€3,038 |
Legal Services Con Gen, Edinburgh |
|
Byrne Wallace |
€7,562.58 |
Consultancy |
|
Cabinet Denmakhlouf & Assoc. |
€1,302 |
Legal Services, Embassy Rabat |
|
Carter Ledyard & Millburn LLP |
€6,824 |
Legal Services, PMUN, New York |
|
Carter Ledyward Millburn |
€67,706 |
Legal Services Con Gen, New York |
|
Change by Degrees Ltd |
€51,600.96 |
Consultancy Services to support the development of a Department of Foreign Affairs Climate Strategy |
|
Charles Derek Poate |
€1,746 |
External Quality Assurance – Draft Pretoria Mission Strategy, 2022-2026 |
|
Claire Duignan |
€9,600 |
Consultant for Strategic review of ESP funded organisation Crosscare |
|
Conan McKenna |
€2,914 |
Review of Domestic Implementation of Restrictive Measures (Sanctions). |
|
Core Financial Services |
€1,845 |
Advice on payroll modifications |
|
Deirdre Farrell |
€14,250 |
Global Citizenship Education annual grants appraisals and Global Citizenship Education strategic partner evaluation – DICE |
|
Dr Amdissa Teshome |
€ 3,075 |
Review of 2016-2020 Ireland’s Mission Strategy for Uganda in Karamoja |
|
FERRERE ABOGADOS |
€7,834 |
Legal Services, Embassy Santiago |
|
Fitzpatrick Associates Consultants |
€27,675 |
Final Business Case, Ireland House, Tokyo |
|
Forsters |
€23,553 |
Legal Services , Embassy London |
|
Furzion Communications |
€28,394.55 |
Communications consultancy for Africa Agri Development Programme |
|
Gartner Ireland Ltd |
€76,506 |
ICT Research and Advisory Services to support the Department’s Digital Transformation Strategy and related activities. |
|
GlascoteRose Advocates |
€5,532.42 |
Legal Advice Kenya |
|
GONZALEZ CALVILLO |
€7,949 |
Legal Services, Embassy Mexico |
|
Gowling WLG |
€14,471 |
Legal Services, Embassy Ottawa |
|
Graham Shaw |
€22,598.39 |
Specialist Consultancy Support on Health HIV/AIDS |
|
Gumfoot Consultancy Ltd. |
€12,915 |
Technical support to the Civil Society Fund |
|
Gumfoot Consultancy Ltd. |
€1,722 |
Review of the Civil Society Fund |
|
Gumfoot Consultancy Ltd. |
€23,228 |
Misean Cara Systems Review |
|
Hannah Greene t/a Barncat Consulting |
€2,029.50 |
Workshop Facilitator |
|
Helen Newman & Associates |
€2,395 |
Facilitation Services in relation to Business Planning |
|
Hornbill Consultants Ltd. |
€1,000 |
Technical support to the Civil Society Fund |
|
Hrdalo Krnic d.o.o. |
€1,490 |
Legal Services, Embassy Zagreb |
|
IOD Parc |
€17,528 |
Review to examine the implementation of Ireland’s Strategy for Partnership with Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 2019-2025 |
|
IOD Parc |
€39,701 |
The Provision of Services in Relation to: Review of The Embassy of Ireland, Uganda’s Programme in Karamoja 2016-2020 |
|
IOD Parc |
€29,634.06 |
Management Review of the International Development Assistance Programme |
|
Jim Fitzpatrick |
€ 3,358 |
Evaluation services and QA – framework agreement |
|
Journey Partners |
€11,070.00 |
Consultancy Services to provide Evaluation and Management Support Services for the Irish Aid Enterprise Climate Action Fund. |
|
KPD Consulting LLC |
€5,838 |
Legal Services, Embassy Kyiv |
|
Lindeberg OU |
€186 |
Legal Services, Embassy Tallinn |
|
Lynne Elliot |
€3,750 |
External Quality Assurance Review of the internal appraisal of ICSP applications |
|
Jones Lang Lasselle |
€4,839 |
Fees for lease extension, Con Gen, Edinburgh |
|
MAB Associates Ltd |
€1,650 |
External Quality Assurance – Draft Tanzania Mission Strategy 2022 -2026 |
|
Martin Rose |
€29,060 |
Global Citizenship Education strategic partner evaluation – WorldWise Global Schools |
|
Mazars |
€15,990 |
Internal Audit support (Audit of the Cyber Security Risk approach) |
|
Mazars |
€11,528 |
Internal Audit support (Audit of Embassy Stockholm) |
|
Mazars |
€12,054 |
Internal Audit support (Audit of Crisis Preparedness and Response) |
|
Mazars |
€18,942 |
Internal Audit support (Audit of Embassies Madrid and Belfast Secretariat) |
|
Mazars |
€10,394 |
Audit Services of ESP organisations |
|
Mekong Economics |
€4,679 |
Support to the assessment of Ireland Fellows Programme applications, Vietnam |
|
Mella Cusack |
€6,325 |
Global Citizenship Education annual grants appraisals |
|
Mentoring Connection |
€23,370 |
Mentoring services |
|
Mokoro Ltd. |
€18,096.38 |
Financial Risk Management consultancy |
|
Nishimura & Asahi |
€54,721 |
Legal Services, Embassy Tokyo |
|
Northern CIGF Tenco (Metcalfe) |
€2,153 |
Legal Services, Embassy Ottawa |
|
Nossman LLP |
€3,245 |
Legal Services Con Gen, Los Angeles |
|
Nutrition Works |
€18,403.88 |
Consultancy for Nutrition Technical Support |
|
Oxford Policy Management Ltd |
€15,650 |
Support Ministry of Health of Ethiopia to prepare a Financial Management Manual for Channel Two Grants |
|
Ponsich |
€23,41.71 |
Legal Advice Mexico |
|
Prawo-Rodzinne |
€5,526.55 |
Legal Advice Poland |
|
Public Good Ltd. |
€18,450 |
Disability Mapping consultancy services |
|
Public Good Ltd. |
€46,229.25 |
Food Systems consultancy services |
|
Richard Collins |
€11,250 |
Consultancy services to support an assessment of the AntarcticTreaty System |
|
Schulte Rechtsanwahlte mbH |
€14,244 |
Legal Services Con Gen, Frankfurt |
|
Shanghai United |
€9,835 |
Legal Services Con Gen, Shanghai |
|
Shearn Delamore & Co |
€883 |
Legal Services, Embassy Kuala Lumpur |
|
Skrine |
€470 |
Legal Services, Embassy Kuala Lumpur |
|
Social Development Direct |
€43,726.94 |
Safeguarding consultancy |
|
Southern Cross Consulting |
€8,795 |
Technical Support to the Civil Society Fund |
|
Trade Advisors |
€51,574 |
Evaluation of Ireland’s EXPO 2020 |
|
Vanessa Sheridan |
€20,750 |
Global Citizenship Education annual grants appraisals and Global Citizenship Education strategic partner evaluation – One World Irish Aid Awards/DICE |
|
Vanguard Economics Ltd |
€5,129.10 |
Evaluation and Management Support consultancy to Africa Agri Development Programme |
|
Vermillion Design Consultants |
€11,051.55 |
Graphic Design |
|
Zero G |
€112,000 |
Creative services in relation to Global Reputation and Communications Strategy for Ireland and related ancillary communications strategies & activities |
|
State Claims Agency |
€1,950.16 |
Legal expenses |
|
Byrne Wallace Solicitors |
€416.74 |
Legal expenses |
|
State Claims Agency |
€1,523.26 |
Legal expenses |
|
Michael J Kennedy & Co. Solicitors |
€28,000 |
Settlement costs |
