Departmental Reports

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 July 2023

Tuesday, 25 July 2023

Questions (351)

Verona Murphy

Question:

351. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of external consultant reports commissioned by the bodies under his Department's aegis 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. [35980/23]

Written answers

Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform

The information requested by the Deputy in respect of the bodies under the aegis of my Department from 2020 to date is set out in the tables below. 

I have been advised that the Office of Public Works and the Public Appointments Service will reply directly to the Deputy. 

Public Body	Service Provider	Title of Report	Date of Completion / Publication	Cost
Office of the Ombudsman	Marston Ltd	Fire Safety Report	Completed May 2020 – for internal use	€650
Office of the Ombudsman	Integrated Engineering Consultancy Ltd.	Energy Audit Compliance	Completed September 2022 – for internal use	€2,214
Office of the Ombudsman	Commercial Energy Ratings	Display Energy Certificate Advisory Report	Completed December 2022 – for internal use	€1,536
Standards in Public Office Commission	Ms. Niamh O’Donoghue	Review of staffing resources in the Standards in Public Office Commission	Completed July 2022 – for internal use	€6,000
State Laboratory	Institute of Public Administration	Review of the Management Board Structure in the State Laboratory	Completed September 2020 – for internal use	€9,840
State Laboratory	Institute of Public Administration	Phase 2 of a Review of the Governance Structure in the State Laboratory	Completed July 2021 – for internal use	€12,456
National Shared Services Office	PA Consulting Ltd	Organisational Capability Assessment	Completed in 2021 – for internal use	€105,270
National Shared Services Office	EY Ireland	Enterprise IT Organisation Planning	Completed in May 2022 – for internal use	€29,394
National Shared Services Office	Deloitte	Review of the Existing NSSO Processing of Payrolls with a view to amending to processing arrears	Completed in November 2022 – for internal use	€27,675
National Shared Services Office	EY Ireland	Strategic Shared Services Review	Due for completion in September 2023	€188,836 estimated (work is ongoing)
National Shared Services Office	EY Ireland, Bearingpoint	Report for the ICT Committee	Due for completion end July 2023 – for internal use	€80,000 estimated (work is ongoing)
National Shared Services Office	Mentoring Connection	Post Implementation Review of Wave 1 of Finance Shared Services	Due for completion before the end of 2023 (intended the learnings will be published)	€50,000 estimated (work is ongoing)

There were no such reports commissioned in this time frame by the Office of the National Lottery Regulator.