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Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 20 September 2023

Wednesday, 20 September 2023

Questions (170)

Peadar Tóibín

Question:

170. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance to provide a list of all studies, research and reports commissioned by his Department that were outsourced, in each year since the formation of this Government, in tabular form; the names of the companies to which each study, research and report was outsourced; the total cost for each; the number of reports finalised and presented to him that have yet to be released by his Department; the dates on which any such reports yet to be released were first provided to him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40370/23]

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Details of studies, research and reports commissioned by my Department are set out in the attached table.

Year

Studies, research and reports commissioned

Organisation commissioned

Total Cost

(Ex VAT)

Published

Date reports yet to be released provided to Minister

Modelling of the multinational sector

Joint project with ESRI

€62,310

Yes

N/A

Capital buffers

Joint project with ESRI

€18,434

Yes

N/A

Recovery scenarios from COVID19

Joint project with ESRI

€68,607

Yes

N/A

Impact of COVID19 on SMEs

Joint project with ESRI

€34,257

Yes

N/A

Corporation tax elasticities

Joint project with ESRI

€13,944

Yes

N/A

Sectoral exposure to COVID and Brexit

Joint project with ESRI

€38,346

Yes

N/A

US trade patterns and risks

Joint project with ESRI

€40,670

Yes

N/A

Fiscal cost of ageing

Joint project with ESRI

€8,875

Yes

N/A

Europe’s Economic and Monetary Union Beyond Covid-19

Independent academic report from Professor Federico Fabbrini, Full Professor of EU law at Dublin City University.

€15,000

Yes

N/A

2020

Desktop Review of Costs and Outcomes of Large Scale Liquidations

RSM consulting

€24,750

Yes

N/A

Scenarios on economic recovery from COVID-19

Joint project with ESRI

€38,203

Yes

N/A

Banking sector modelling

Joint project with ESRI

€50,711

Yes

N/A

Transition to a low carbon economy

Joint project with ESRI

€20,256

Yes

N/A

Fiscal cost of aging

Joint project with ESRI

€14,291

Yes

N/A

Firm dynamics and productivity

Joint project with ESRI

€4,896

Yes

N/A

SME survival and recovery following COVID-19

Joint project with ESRI

€37,776

Yes

N/A

SME investment and financing

Joint project with ESRI

€32,344

Yes

N/A

Initial impacts of Brexit on Irish trade

Joint project with ESRI

€34,809

Yes

N/A

2021

Economic Research into Outbound Payments of Royalties

Mr Seamus Coffey

€4,800

Yes

N/A

The role of firm dynamism in productivity - joint research with ESRI

Joint project with ESRI

€36,372

Yes

N/A

Flows into self-employment - joint research with ESRI

Joint project with ESRI

€29,877

Yes

N/A

SME Structural Change Research - joint research with ESRI

Joint project with ESRI

€46,926

Yes

N/A

Potential Impact of the War in Ukraine on the Irish Economy

Joint project with ESRI

€69,615

Yes

N/A

Economic impacts of climate transition - joint research with ESRI

Joint project with ESRI

€45,505

Yes

N/A

Report on the drivers of cost and availability of finance for residential development

KPMG

€80,000

Yes

N/A

Help to Buy Review

Mazars

€64,300

Yes

N/A

A study on Cross Border Employments

ESRI

€60,000

Yes

N/A

Research Economic into Outbound Payments of Dividends and Interest

Mr Seamus Coffey

€4,800

Yes

N/A

2022

Report of the Inter Departmental Working Group on the Review of the Domestic Implementation of Restrictive Measures (Sanctions)

External chair compiled the report. (paid Jointly by Department of Foreign Affairs, the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and the Department of Finance

€8,750

Yes

N/a

Assessing the Potential Impact of Population Ageing on the Public Finances

Joint project with ESRI

€20,000

To be finalised

Q4 2023

Impact of the Global Tax Reforms on Ireland’s Corporate Investments and wider economy

Joint project with ESRI

€30,000

To be finalised

Q4 2023

Impact of wage subsidies on the labour market during COVID-19

Joint project with ESRI

€11,000

To be finalised

Q4 2023

A Study of Cross-Border Employment in Ireland

Joint project with ESRI

€60,000

To be finalised

Q4 2023

The Changing Interest Rate Environment and the Impact on Macro-Financial Linkages

Joint project with ESRI

€60,000

To be finalised

Q4 2023

2023

Joint Research Programme on the Development of the Economic and Social Research Institute’s Ireland Environment, Energy and Economy Model

Joint project with ESRI

€100,000 per year (incl Vat)

2-year project with possibility of extending on a yearly basis thereafter

Q4 2024

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