Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 29 June 2023
160. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount paid out to all consultancy firms for any services rendered; and the cost per contract for the year-to-date 2023, in tabular form [31687/23]
View answerThe amount paid out to all consultancy firms by my Department for the year to date 2023 is €7,632,654, details of which are set out in the attached table.
|
Contract Description |
Cost of contract YTD 2023 |
|
Research programme communications policy |
100,000 |
|
Advisory Services for the Procurement of a Concessionaire for Telecommunications infrastructure |
29,336 |
|
Assistance in the application, enhancement and broadening of the Strategic Delivery Framework. |
460,587 |
|
Consultancy Service for redesign of Energy Efficiency Obligation Scheme |
1,353 |
|
Health and Safety Framework Consultancy |
13,055 |
|
Provision of internal audit services |
7,995 |
|
Legal advise for Renewable Electricity Support Scheme 2 |
3,181 |
|
Technical assistance to support the development of a Green Public Procurement Strategy and Action Plan |
9,533 |
|
Irish Offshore Strategic Environmental Assessment |
32,820 |
|
Project Management support to deliver essential security of supply actions |
112,344 |
|
Legal services relating to security of energy supply |
269,128 |
|
Technical analysis - review of security of energy supply |
67,404 |
|
Pilot study and report on updated levelised cost of electricity and auction bid estimates to support the Renewable Electricity Support Scheme |
43,050 |
|
Economic and Policy Advice for the Offshore Renewable Electricity Support Scheme |
113,168 |
|
Legal advisory services - design and implementation of the Offshore Renewable Energy Support Scheme |
39,866 |
|
Celtic Interconnector review |
23,985 |
|
Procurement support services to assist with the development and management of a multi-supplier framework of Renewable Energy experts. |
2,532 |
|
National cyber procurement guidelines report |
137,760 |
|
Provision of Accounting, Audit and Financial Advisory Services |
55,769 |
|
National Cyber Security Centre technology strategy consultancy |
1,529 |
|
Building security consultancy |
61,328 |
|
Facilitating of and Reporting on the National Stakeholder Forum on the Sustainable Development Goals |
21,033 |
|
Legal Services for Kinsale & Seven Heads Gasfields Decommissioning |
6,963 |
|
Environmental Consultancy Services in relation to the Kinsale and Corrib gas fields |
9,188 |
|
Petroleum Engineering Support |
25,041 |
|
Minerals Environmental Screening Assessments |
415,217 |
|
Financial consultancy |
1,230 |
|
Expert Services to Monitor Mining Activities |
20,208 |
|
Expert Advice on Statutory Environmental Assessment for Geophysical Surveys and drilling applications |
25,909 |
|
HR Legal Advice |
2,313 |
|
Protected Disclosures |
46,833 |
|
Technical criteria design and technical assessment of Phase One offshore energy projects |
66,049 |
|
Legal support in respect of the Maritime Area Consent regime for Phase One offshore energy projects. |
30,289 |
|
Process mapping services in respect of Ireland's Offshore Renewable Energy Regulatory Regime. |
35,055 |
|
Citizen engagement and creative communications services for the delivery of a national public consultation on Ireland’s Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan II |
169,740 |
|
National Litter Pollution Monitoring System |
28,858 |
|
Project Management Services in respect of the National Postcode System |
16,293 |
|
Technical Economic Consultancy Support Services to design and recommend options to inform seabed levy charging framework(s) for the subsea telecommunications cable sector. |
30,627 |
|
Legal Advice on Contracts |
65,347 |
|
Technical Advisory Services NBP |
1,926,822 |
|
Commercial Advisory Services NBP |
825,106 |
|
Legal Advisory Services NBP |
474,366 |
|
Analysis of Irelands security of supply for the coming years. |
42,066 |
|
Internal Tax Review |
33,867 |
|
Economic & Policy advice for Offshore Renewable Electricity Support Scheme |
11,301 |
|
Drafting VAT memo on operation of Deposit Return Scheme |
14,022 |
|
Renewable Electricity Support Scheme 2 External Legal Advice Services |
16,847 |
|
Provision of Leglislative drafting/settling services |
7,749 |
|
Values and Behaviours |
26,076 |
|
Study on Ireland's Electricity Interconnector needs beyond 2030 |
88,560 |
|
Provision of Air Quality Modelling to the Climate Action Modelling |
343,785 |
|
Provision of Economic and Climate Modelling to the Climate Action Modelling |
170,000 |
|
Provision of Energy Systems Modelling to the Climate Action Modelling Group |
352,780 |
|
Provision of Electricity Systems Modelling to the Climate Action Modelling Group |
141,417 |
|
Provision of Agriculture and Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry Modelling to the Climate Action Modelling Group |
446,166 |
|
Assistance in relation to Discovery |
41,220 |
|
Provision of legal services |
68,589 |
|
Total Consultancy Costs YTD 2023 |
7,632,654 |
