Departmental Reports

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 20 September 2023

Wednesday, 20 September 2023

Questions (64)

Peadar Tóibín

Question:

64. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence 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. [40366/23]

Written answers

Tánaiste and Minister for Defence

Since the formation of this Government in June, 2020, my Department has outsourced the following studies, research and reports. The table also identifies those reports which have yet to be released and the date on which reports yet to be released were submitted to me where applicable.

Year	Company	Study/Research/Report	Total Cost	Released/Not for Release/Yet to be released/Ongoing	Yet to be released but date provided to Tánaiste
2019 - 2021	Padraig Love (not subject to VAT)	Review of recruitment practices and processes in the PDF: project arising out of the 2019 Report of the Public Service Pay Commission on Recruitment and Retention in the Permanent Defence Force.	€42,900	Management Report (i.e. not intended for release)	14/09/2021
2019 - 2021	John O’Hehir Consulting Ltd	Embedding Workforce Planning in the PDF: project arising out of the 2019 Report of the Public Service Pay Commission on Recruitment and Retention in the Permanent Defence Force	€103,776.35	Management Report (i.e. not intended for release)	Not submitted to Minister
2020	Vedette Consulting	To provide expert advice on the Feasibility of the Establishment of a Research, Technology & Innovation (RTI) Capability for the Irish Defence Organisation	€30,012	Released	Released
2021 – 2022	John O’Hehir Consulting Ltd	PDF – Strategic Workforce Plan 2020 - 2035	€40,590	Management Report (i.e. not intended for release)	08/06/2022
2022	Niall Beirne SC	Review into the retirement of a member of the Permanent Defence Forces	€39,372.30	Released	Released
2022	Altea	Pre-owned Business Jet Market Analysis Report	€22,000 (ex VAT)	Management Report (i.e. not intended for release)	04/01/2023
2022 – 2023	Independent Review Group – Defence Forces (IRG-DF)	Final Report to the Minister for Defence - Independent Review Group – Defence (IRG-DF)	€310,691.38	Released	Released
2023	Dublin City University	FUTUREPROOF-IE Research into National Risk Assessment Policies and Horizon Scanning Methodologies utilised across government with a view to identifying efficiencies.	€49,928.45	Ongoing	Ongoing
2023	Dublin City University	Communicating for Impact: Public Safety Messaging for Border Communities (C41)	€29,880.00	Ongoing	Ongoing
2023	Maynooth University and Monaghan County Council	Advancing a Cross Border Approach to Messaging in Emergency Management	€30,000.00	Ongoing	Ongoing
2023	ARUP	Cost Benefit Analysis/Feasibility Study – Cathal Brugha Barracks	Not yet finalised - Funded under €250K grant from Department of Taoiseach’s Housing for All Programme.	Ongoing	Ongoing