Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 30 January 2024
240. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has availed of services and or consultancy from a list of related companies (details supplied) in the past five years to date; if so, if he will provide a schedule of costs and the purpose for which the company was engaged; and if he continued to use services provided by it. [3778/24]
View answerMy Department considers hiring external consultants in cases where there is not the necessary expertise to deliver the project in-house, in cases where an external assessment is deemed essential, or in cases where a project must be completed within a short time scale, and although the expertise or experience may be available in-house, performing the task would involve a prohibitive opportunity cost. My Department complies with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform's guidelines for engagements of consultants by the civil service, having regard to public procurement guidelines.
Details of services and consultancy commissioned by my Department in the years 2019 to 2023 from the companies identified by the deputy are set out in the table below.
|
Consultancy Company |
Consultancy Report/ Service provided |
Year |
Expenditure |
|
Grant Thornton |
Business Process reviews on internal systems |
2019 |
65,632 |
|
Grant Thornton |
Report on National Clustering Policy |
2021 |
48,737 |
|
Grant Thornton |
Review of Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund |
2021 |
34,120 |
|
Grant Thornton |
Connected Teams Project Report |
2021 |
55,181 |
|
Grant Thornton |
Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund Review |
2022 |
8,530 |
|
Grant Thornton |
National Clustering Policy and Framework |
2022 |
48,737 |
