Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 12 July 2023
161. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount paid by her Department in 2022 and to date in 2023 on outside/third-party reports of a technical nature or qualitative and quantitative nature, by payee, in tabular form. [34477/23]
View answerDetails for the period in question, where my Department engaged the services of consultants and other third-party providers to provide quantitative and/or qualitative analysis and technical advice are set out in the table below:
|
External/third-party reports of a technical, qualitative or quantitative nature |
Name of third-party provider of report |
Amount |
|
Audits of ICT systems for internal audit purposes |
Ernst & Young Business Advisory Services |
€39,067 (2022) €21,371 (2023) |
|
Poverty and Social Inclusion Research Programme 2022: •Technical Paper on the Poverty Indicators for Social Inclusion in Ireland published June 2023 •Annual thematic report (to be published shortly ) |
Economic and Social Research Institute |
€ 109,586 (2022) |
|
Poverty and Social Inclusion Research Programme 2023: • Work underway on Technical Paper •Annual thematic report to follow in 2024 |
Economic and Social Research Institute |
€60, 273 (YTD 2023) |
|
Mid-term review of the Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020 - 2025 |
Ipsos |
€ 26,478 (2022)
€ 11,347 (2023) |
|
Strategic Review of the Abhaile Service |
Indecon Economic Consultants |
€ 99,446 (2022) |
|
Evaluation of the School Meals Programme |
RSM Ireland |
€98,400 (2022) |
|
Employer Youth Activation Charter Consultation Process |
Irish National Organisation for the Unemployed (I.N.O.U) |
€7,200 |
|
The Actuarial Review of the Social Insurance Fund. |
KPMG |
€352,395 |
|
Operational Review of Customer Contact Centres |
Vodafone Ireland |
€230,625 |
|
Report of the Child Maintenance Review Group |
The Review as conducted by a group with an independent Chair and members from within and outside the Civil Service |
€111,753 (2022) |
