Vol. 457 No. 5
34 Mr. Dempsey asked the Taoiseach the consultants who were appointed by his Department since 16 December 1994; if they were appointed following a tendering procedure; if the consultant appointed in each case was the lowest tenderer; and if not, who the lowest tenderer was. [15703/95]
Consultants were appointed by my Department, the NESC, the Forum for Peace and Reconciliation, the Constitution Review Group, the Western Development Partnership Board and the Strategic Management Initiative (SMI). On the basis of direct tender or a tendering procedure which led to a list for selection. the following were appointed:
NESC
Dr. Ciaran Driver
Professor Phil Cooke
Graduate School of Business, UCD
Forum for Peace and Reconciliation
KPMG
Bradley, ESRI
Western Development Partnership Board
EC-BIC
Business Innovation Centre, Galway
Robin Anderson Consultants
Business Consulting and Training Ltd.
Peter Quinn Consultancy Services
Centre for Development Studies (UCG)
Lilcon, Galway
Jim Lyons, chief executive officer, County
Clare vocational education committee
Nomad Productions
Suzanne Kelly
Professor Brendan Kearney
Strategic Management Initiative, Department of the Taoiseach
Mr. Tom Murray, Price Waterhouse
The tenders accepted were not in all cases the lowest. Where they were not, the essential reason was the particular expertise required.
