Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 July 2023
37. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs 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. [35973/23]
View answerThe Department of Foreign Affairs commissions external expertise where highly specialised skills are not available internally and in particular where ongoing independent evaluation of programmes and projects is required. During the course of their engagement these consultants and experts may prepare reports and other documentation for the Department.
In-depth analysis of issues by external experts has informed, and continues to inform, the Department’s policies, allowing for a more targeted use of resources and greater accountability in the allocation of budgets.
These services are procured by open competitive tendering processes in accordance with EU and national rules and comply with the overall value for money objectives.
The following reports were commissioned by my Department from 2020 to 2022 and to date in 2023:
|
Year |
Name of Company |
Title of Report |
Publication Date |
Cost |
|
2020 |
Rowan Engineering |
Development of Resource Efficiency Action Plans for the Department’s headquarters buildings |
May 2020 |
€13,222 |
|
2020 |
University of Otago, New Zealand |
“Irish in Aotearoa: Mapping the Irish Community and People of Irish Heritage in New Zealand” |
December 2020 |
€7,206 |
|
2020 |
Fitzpatrick Associates Economic Consultants |
Business Case Tokyo (1/3) |
Not published - for internal use only |
€10,861 |
|
2020 |
Karl Royce |
Mapping Ireland-Chile economic links and areas of post-pandemic potential focus |
Not published - for internal use only |
€4,340 |
|
2020 |
Dave Oldroyd |
Strategic Review of ESP funded organisation Haringey ICC |
Not published - for internal use only |
€1,974 |
|
2020 |
IOD Parc |
Formative Evaluation of the Programme Grant II (2017-2021) & Humanitarian Programme Plan (2019-2021) |
23 August 2021 |
€136,925 |
|
2020 |
Patrick McAllister |
External Quality Assurance – Climate Change Multi-Annual Funding Framework 2020-2025 |
N/A for internal purposes only |
€2,250 |
|
2020 |
Lynne Elliot |
External Quality Assurance – Global Health and HIV and AIDS MAFF 2021-24 |
N/A for internal purposes only |
€2,070 |
|
2020
|
Gumfoot Consultancy Ltd |
Process review of Irish Council for International Students (ICOS) systems. |
Report not published - for internal use |
€16,335 |
|
2020 |
Southern Cross Consulting |
IDEAS Programme Review (Vietnam) |
Report not published - for internal use |
€11,150 |
|
2020 |
John O’ Regan |
Programme Grant monitoring Nepal |
Report not published - for internal use |
€1,814 |
|
2020 |
Gumfoot Consultancy Ltd |
Programme Grant Partner Follow-Up |
Report not published - for internal use |
€4,552 |
|
2020 |
Fergal Ryan |
Programme Grant monitoring Honduras |
Report not published - for internal use |
€11,964 |
|
2020 |
Fergal Ryan |
Programme Grant monitoring Sierra Leone |
Report not published - for internal use |
€11,347 |
|
2020 |
Fergal Ryan |
Programme Grant monitoring Tanzania |
Report not published - for internal use |
€3,000 |
|
2020 |
IOD Parc |
Formative Evaluation of the Programme Grant II (2017-2021) & Humanitarian Programme Plan (2019-2021) |
23 August 2021 |
€136,925 |
|
2020 |
Morina O’Neill |
Monitoring of public engagement and development education under Irish Aid Programme Grant |
Report not published - for internal use |
€15,000 |
|
2020 |
John Moody Risk Management |
Strategic Partner Systems Review |
Report not published - for internal use. |
€24,539 |
|
2021 |
Fitzpatrick Associates Economic Consultants |
Business Case Tokyo (2/3) |
Report not published - for internal use |
€25,761 |
|
2021 |
Dr Rachel Widdis |
Review of Access to Remedy in Ireland |
July 2021 |
€17,000 |
|
2021 |
Colombia Risk Analysis |
Mapping Economic Links and post-pandemic opportunities between Ireland and Colombia |
Report not published - for internal use |
€4,918 |
|
2021 |
Tina Poyzer |
Report Identifying the Needs of the Irish Community in the London Borough of Haringey |
Not published- for internal use only |
€5,870 |
|
2021 |
Bankhawk |
Provision of Banking Services, including Electronic Banking |
Report not published - for internal use |
€8,364 |
|
2021 |
Charles Derek Poate |
External Quality Assurance – Draft Malawi Mission Strategy, 2021-2026 |
N/A for internal purposes only |
€1,696 |
|
2021 |
Lynne Elliot |
External Quality Assurance – Draft Malawi Mission Strategy, 2021-2026 |
N/A for internal purposes only |
€1,380 |
|
2021 |
Mary Ann Brocklesby |
Review of Draft Mission Strategy 2020-2025 |
N/A for internal purposes only |
€1,950 |
|
2021 |
Mary Ann Brocklesby |
EQA GENDER SUPPORT TO MISSION ADDIS 34 DAYS JUNE TO DECEMBER 2020 |
N/A for internal purposes only |
€22,100 |
|
2021 |
Charles Derek Poate |
External Quality Assurance – Draft Mission Strategy 2020-2024, Embassy of Ireland, Ethiopia |
N/A for internal purposes only |
€1,696 |
|
2021 |
Pham Thai Hung |
Mission Strategy (2017-2020) Results Review Report |
Report not published - for internal use |
€3,375 |
|
2021 |
William Langslet |
Independent review of Ireland’s support to Mine Action in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam 2017-2020 |
Report not published - for internal use |
€7,500 |
|
2021 |
Pham Thai Hung |
Review of the Ethnic Minority Partnership for Resilience and Development (EMPRO) |
Reports published for internal use |
€1,315 |
|
2021 |
Pham Thai Hung |
Programme Approach to Reach the Furthest Behind in Vietnam |
Reports published for internal use |
€4,760 |
|
2021 |
Arab World for Research and Development |
Gender Equality Review of the Palestine Programme |
Reports published for internal use |
€11,800 |
|
2021 |
Morina O’Neill |
Monitoring of public engagement and development education under Irish Aid Programme Grant |
Report not published - for internal use |
€37,500 |
|
2021 |
Gumfoot Consultancy Ltd |
Programme Grant Monitoring in Malawi, Nepal, Tanzania & Ethiopia |
Report not published - for internal use |
€44,128 |
|
2021 |
Claire Dijoux |
Programme Grant Monitoring in Guinea and Malawi |
Report not published - for internal use |
€23,991 |
|
2021 |
Gumfoot Consultancy Ltd |
Review of the Civil Society Fund |
Report not published - for internal use |
€28,413 |
|
2021 |
KOSI |
Volunteering partner systems review |
Report not published - for internal use. |
€15,625 |
|
2021 |
Public Good |
Review of volunteering initiative |
Report not published - for internal use. |
€15,950 |
|
2022 |
Fitzpatrick Associates Economic Consultants |
Business Case Tokyo (3/3) |
Report not published - for internal use |
€27,675 |
|
2022 |
Fitzpatrick Associates Economic Consultants |
Consultancy – Preliminary Business case London and Washington (1/2) |
Report not published - for internal use |
€54,520 |
|
2022 |
Conan McKenna |
Review of Domestic Implementation of Restrictive Measures (Sanctions) |
Report not published - for internal use |
€2,914.*Note this was a shared cost between DFA, D/ETE and DFIN |
|
2022 |
Clare Duignan |
Strategic Review of ESP funded Crosscare Migrant Project |
Report not published - for internal use |
€9,600 |
|
2022 |
Irish Centre for Diversity |
Department of Foreign Affairs – Investors in Diversity (Silver) Report |
21 January 2022 |
€4,495 |
|
2022 |
Vanessa Sheridan |
Global Citizenship Education Strategic Partner Evaluation |
Report not published - for internal use |
€10,500 |
|
2022 |
Martin Rose |
Global Citizenship Education Strategic Partner Evaluation |
Report not published - for internal use |
€16,538 |
|
2022 |
Deirdre Farrell |
Global Citizenship Education Strategic Partner Evaluation |
Report not published - for internal use |
€7,500 |
|
2022 |
Barbara Wilson |
Global Citizenship Education Strategic Partner Evaluation |
Report not published - for internal use |
€6,750 |
|
2022 |
Boyle and associates |
Global Citizenship Education Strategic Partner Evaluation |
Report not published - for internal use |
€7,875 |
|
2022 |
Institute for Social and Environmental Transitions (ISET) International |
Demining review |
No publication date, for internal use only |
€21,758 |
|
2022 |
Charles Derek Poate |
External Quality Assurance – Draft Pretoria Mission Strategy, 2022-2026 |
Report not published - for internal use |
€1,746 |
|
2022 |
MAB Associates Ltd |
External Quality Assurance – Draft Tanzania Mission Strategy 2022 -2026 |
Report not published - for internal use |
€1,650 |
|
2022 |
Lynne Elliot |
External Quality Assurance Review of the Internal appraisal of ICSP |
Report not published - for internal use |
€3,750 |
|
2022 |
Bernard McLoughlin |
External Quality Assurance Review of the internal appraisal of ICSP |
Report not published - for internal use |
€4,920 |
|
2022 |
Arab World for Research and Development |
Gender Equality Review of the Palestine Programme |
Report not published - for internal use |
€4,300 |
|
2022 |
Gumfoot Consultancy Ltd |
Review of the Civil Society Fund |
Report not published - for internal use |
€1,722 |
|
2022 |
Gumfoot Consultancy Ltd |
Development Partner Systems Review |
Report not published - for internal use |
€23,228 |
|
2022 |
IOD Parc |
Management Review of the International Development Assistance Programme |
18 July 2023 |
€29,634 |
|
2022/2023 |
Derek Poate |
Mission Strategy Review Pretoria Mission Strategy Review Hanoi |
Report published for internal use |
€3,492 |
|
2022/2023 |
DemocraShe |
Midterm Review of Ireland’s Third National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security |
Report not published - for internal use |
€10,000 ex VAT |
|
2023 |
Fitzpatrick Associates Economic Consultants |
Consultancy – Strategic Assessment Report - London and Washington (2/2) |
Report not published - for internal use |
€47,560 |
|
2023 |
Institute for Development Strategy |
Strategic capture of progress and learning in Irish Foreign Policy outcomes: International benchmarking study' |
Not yet published |
€22,815 |
|
2023 |
Mary Ann Brocklesby |
External Quality Assurance of Uganda Mission Strategy 2023-2027 |
Report not published - for internal use |
€1,625 |
|
2023 |
Charles Derek Poate |
External Quality Assurance Opinion Submission on draft Strategy for Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos for 2023-2027 |
Report not published - for internal use |
€1,746 |
|
2023 |
Lynne Elliot |
External Quality Assurance – Draft Embassy of Ireland, Mission Strategy Zambia 2022-2027 |
Report not published - for internal use |
€1,500 |
|
2023 |
Gumfoot Consultancy Ltd |
Kenya Monitoring Visit Report |
29 May 2023 |
€17,551 |
