Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 July 2023
350. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of external consultant reports commissioned by his Department in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023; the cost of same; the company involved; the title and publication date, by report, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35979/23]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy in respect of my Department from 2020 to date is set out in the table below.
|
Service Provider |
Title of Report |
Completion / Publication Date |
Cost |
|
RSM Ireland |
Review of Strategic Workforce Planning Practices within the Public Service |
December 2020 |
€29,939 |
|
Great Place to Work |
Great Place to Work Action Planning Report for the Office of Government Procurement |
Not published as for internal use only – completed in February 2020 |
€23,526 |
|
Grant Thornton |
Organisation Review of the Office of Government Procurement |
Not published as for internal use only – completed in November 2020 |
€145,845 |
|
KOSI Corporation |
Covid-19: Provision of Expert Advice and Assistance in relation to Financial and Economic Standing Assessment |
November 2020 |
€13,125 |
|
Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors |
External Quality Assessment |
December 2020 |
€9,875 |
|
KOSI Corporation |
Spot Buy – Logistics – Financial and Economic Assessment of Tenderers |
Not published as for internal use only – completed in December 2020 |
€5,250 |
|
Deloitte |
Public Sector Reform Delivery of Workshops & Summary Report |
December 2021 |
€5,535 |
|
PWC |
Organisational Culture Review: Review and Next Steps |
April 2021 |
€248,658 |
|
Mazars |
eCohesion Information Security Audit |
December 2021 |
€13,591 |
|
Gerry Finn |
Moderators Report on Complementaries and Synergies Across EU Funds |
Not published as for internal use only – completed in June 2021 |
€1,000 |
|
EY Ireland |
Supporting Excellence: Capital Project and Programme Review Delivery |
March 2021 |
Nil* |
|
CAAS |
River Bride EIAR and AA Review |
March 2021 |
€27,528 |
|
CAAS |
River Glashaboy EIAR and AA Review |
January 2021 |
€24,866 |
|
Great Place to Work |
Great Place to Work Action Planning Report for the Office of Government Procurement |
Not published as for internal use only – completed in February 2021 |
€22,441 |
|
Indecon International Consultants |
Research and Report Writing Services for the production and issue of written report to the Office of Government Procurement on the operation of the roles of the Standing Conciliator and the Project Board |
Not published as for internal use only – completed in December 2021 |
€159,008 |
|
BearingPoint |
Internal Analysis to determine Cloud Demand and the feasibility of developing a Cloud Services Category Strategy |
Not published as for internal use only – completed in February 2022 |
€32,287 |
|
Behaviour & Attitudes |
Civil Service Business Customer Satisfaction Survey |
June 2022 |
€26,260 |
|
RED C Marketing & Research |
Digital Public Services Research |
December 2022 |
€15,867 |
|
Connect the Dots |
Consultation Phase for the Open Data Strategy 2022-2027 Town Hall Summary Report |
Not published as for internal use only – completed in August 2022 |
€28,044 |
|
Davis Business Consultants |
Departmental Operating Model Review |
July 2022 |
€22,221 |
|
Grant Thornton |
Independent Hours Body Review |
April 2022 |
€4,243 |
|
Gerry Finn |
Moderators Report on Second Complementarities Workshop |
January 2022 |
€2,250 |
|
Enviroguide Consulting |
River Deel EIAR and AA Review |
May 2022 |
€16,913 |
|
CAAS |
River Slaney EIAR and AA Review |
March 2022 |
€26,599 |
|
Great Place to Work |
Great Place to Work Action Planning Report for the Office of Government Procurement |
Not published as for internal use only – completed in February 2022 |
€20,878 |
|
Storm Technology |
External Assessment of eDocs Solution |
Not published as for internal use only – completed in August 2022 |
€30,000 |
|
Indecon Economic Consultants |
Review of the Distribution and Utilisation of National Lottery Funding |
December 2022 |
€135,054 |
|
OECD |
Procurement for better value – A case study of Ireland, Measuring the impact of centralised purchasing |
July 2023 |
€50,000 |
|
Institute of Public Administration |
Review of the 2016 Consultation Principles and Guidance |
Ongoing - projected completion date is Q4 2023 |
€19,650 |
|
The Brave Lab |
Draft Output report from the 4th Open Government Workshops |
Not yet published |
€18,112 |
|
Tangent |
Design-led Principles Consultation workshop series and report |
Ongoing |
€23,700 |
|
Deloitte |
Human Centred Design in the Public Service |
Ongoing |
€15,000 |
|
Mazars |
eCohesion Information Security Follow Up Audit |
January 23 |
€6,150 |
|
Institute of Public Administration |
Guidance for the preparation of action plans to address the recommendations of an Organisational Capability Review |
Not yet published |
€15,300 |
|
OECD |
Strengthening environmental consideration in public investment in Ireland |
July 2023 |
Nil * |
|
OECD |
Integrating climate change in infrastructure project appraisal |
July 2023 |
Nil * |
|
ESRI |
An independent mid-term review of investment priorities and capacity of the NDP |
Ongoing |
No payments to-date |
|
Institute of Public Administration |
Climate Action Capacity in the Public Service |
Ongoing |
€15,000 in 2022 in part-payment for the review, with balance to be paid in 2023 on completion of the project |
|
EY Ireland |
Economic Advices in Respect of Construction Contracts’ Price Variation Clauses |
Ongoing |
€262,233 (to-date) |
*No cost to the Exchequer - applied through the EU Technical Support Instrument
