Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 22 June 2023
266. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection the total spend on consulting services and on business-as-usual outsourcing, as differentiated under the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies 2016, for each commercial public body under the aegis of her Department for 2022. [30266/23]
View answerThere are no commercial State bodies operating under the aegis of the Department of Social Protection. However, I did answer the question in relation to non-commercial State bodies within the remit of my Department on 13th June last [27970/23].
The statutory bodies (all of which are non-commercial) operating under the aegis of my Department are the Citizens Information Board, the Pensions Authority, the Pensions Council and the Social Welfare Tribunal.
Neither the Pensions Council nor the Social Welfare Tribunal incur expenditure on consulting services; their operations are wholly carried out by existing resources provided from within my Department.
Details in relation to the total spend for the year 2022 on consulting services and on ‘business as usual’ outsourcing as differentiated under the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies 2016 for the Citizens Information Board and the Pensions Authority is set out in tabular format below.
Citizens Information Board
|
Type |
Details of Consultancy / Business as Usual Outsourcing |
Amt € (inc. VAT) |
|
Consultancy |
Professional advice on a quality and continuous improvement system for MABS |
€23,247 |
|
Consultancy |
Procurement advice and support |
€28,444 |
|
Consultancy |
Sign Language Interpreting Services (SLIS) voucher scheme evaluation |
€12,300 |
|
Consultancy |
Consultancy services relating to the following: Post Restructuring Review, CIB Strategy, Volunteer Review |
€147,770 |
|
Consultancy |
PR consultancy |
€11,108 |
|
Consultancy |
Environment scan relating to the development of the CIB Strategy |
€19,557 |
|
Total Expenditure on Consultancy Services |
|
€242,426 |
|
Business-as-Usual outsourcing |
Outsourced payroll processing for CIB |
€17,220 |
|
Business-as-Usual outsourcing |
Outsourced HR services for CIB and its funded services |
€112,521 |
|
Business-as-Usual outsourcing |
Management Information system support |
€7,211 |
|
Business-as-Usual outsourcing |
Outsourced pensions advice |
€3,916 |
|
Business-as-Usual outsourcing |
Cyber security |
€95,251 |
|
Business-as-usual outsourcing |
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) development |
€644,366 |
|
Total expenditure on Business-as-Usual outsourcing |
|
€880,485 |
Pensions Authority
|
TYPE |
Details of Consultancy / Business as Usual Outsourcing |
Amt (inc. Vat) |
|
Consultancy |
Legal Advice |
€289,713 |
|
Consultancy |
Research Consultancy |
€38,573 |
|
Consultancy |
ICT Consultancy |
€154,010 |
|
Consultancy |
Investigation and Compliance Support |
€71,992 |
|
Total Expenditure on Consultancy Services |
|
€554,288 |
|
Business-as-usual outsourcing |
Financial |
€72,514 |
|
Business-as-usual outsourcing |
Other |
€56,511 |
|
Total expenditure on business-as Usual outsourcing |
|
€129,025 |
