Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 13 Dec 1995

Vol. 459 No. 7

Written Answers. - Employment of Consultants.

Ivor Callely

Ceist:

65 Mr. Callely asked the Minister for Finance the names of individuals, groups or companies which have undertaken or have been approved to undertake full-time, part-time or casual consultancies, reviews, examinations or analysis, apart from public relations services, on his behalf or on behalf of Minister(s) of State at his Department; the total cost to date in 1995 for each contract; when the work is likely to be completed; and the estimated cost for the full job. [18978/95]

Minister for Finance (Mr. Quinn)

The information requested by the Deputy is as follows:

Name of Consultants	Cost to date in 1995
KPMG Management Consultants	£25,543.10
Fitzpatricks	£20,872.50
Ray Gray, Craig Gardner/Price Waterhouse	£11,481.69
Price Waterhouse/INDECON	£40,300
Goodbody Stockbrokers Merill Lynch International	£991,593
Price Waterhouse Management	£93,254.70
Tansey, Webster & Associates	No payment to date¹
Price Waterhouse	£43,560²
ICC Bank plc	£31,000²
Prose	£665.50³
Openware Software	£3,194.40
Computer Facilities Management	£30,146.50
Baker Consultancy	£302.50
Baltimore Technologies	£53,094
Bill O'Herlihy Communications	£2,900
Hay Management Consultants	£7,260
Review Body on Higher Remuneration in the Public Sector	£27,5824

With the exception of those indicated in the footnotes, all the above consultancies are now completed.

1. The final cost will be approximately £70,000 and will be paid at the conclusion of the consultancy, which is expected to be at the end of 1995.

2. These consultants are likely to be retained up to the end of 1996 at similar costs to those incurred in 1995.

3. This consultancy project is likely to be completed in mid-1996. The estimated full cost is £32,000.

4. It is not possible at this stage to say when the review body will complete its work.