Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 13 Dec 1995

Vol. 459 No. 7

Written Answers. - Consultancy Costs.

Ivor Callely

Ceist:

166 Mr. Callely asked the Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications the names of individuals, groups or companies which have undertaken or have been approved to undertaken 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. [18989/95]

Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications (Mr. Lowry)

The information sought is in the following table.

Consultancies Reviews undertaken on behalf of the Department of Transport, Energy and Communications in 1995

Name	Cost to date in 1995 including VAT	Completed	Total Cost including VAT
	(£)		(£)
Advanced Organisation & Management Development Ltd.	8,100.95	1995	8,100.95
Andersen Management International A/S	490,366.00	Early 1996	493,940.00 Estimated
Mr. Liam O hAlmhain	9,760.00	1995	9,760.00
David Young	7,443.06	September 1996	18,000.00
Peter McCormick	12,272.24	June 1996	30,000.00
Aqua Fact International	3,133.90		3,133.90
Forbairt	10,275.32	December 1996	25,000.00
James L. Rice	12,856.25	September 1996	15,000.00
National Economic Research Associates (NERA)			664,000.00
Denton Hall & Arthur Andersen	239,940.00	1996	Estimated
Combustion Systems Inc	21,375,000	1996	100,000.00/ 120,000.00 Estimated
Coopers & Lybrand	78,771.00	September 1995	78,771.00
Knight Piésold & Partners	35,180.90	1996	80,000.00 Estimated
RTZ Consultants	Nil	1996	Not available
B.L. Hodge & Partners	5,893.60	1995	5,893.60
Mr. John Taylor	3,253.37	Ongoing	3,253.37
Mr. Michael O'Mahony	3,267.00	Ongoing	3,267.00
De Courcy Nyland	10,277.00	Early 1996	10,800.00 Estimated
WFX O'Sullivan	12,461.00	Ongoing Ad-hoc basis	12,461.00
Merc Partners	1,138.00	1995	1,138.00
Bill O'Herlihy Communications Group	7,284.00	1995	7,284.00
Wm Slattery	6,776.00	1995	6,776.00
Dr. D. Drew	240.00	1995	240.00
Dr. I. Somerville	1,214.00	1995	1,214.00
Margaret Keegan/Weston — FTA Ltd.	3,864.00	1995	3,864.00
Dr. G. Ashley	1,120.00	1995	1,120.00
Dr. K. Bradbury	822.00	1995	822.00
Mr. Duncan Cleary	400.00	1995	400.00
Paradigm Services Ltd.	2,176.00	1995	2,176.00
PA Consulting Ltd.	7,688.00	1995	7,688.00
Coopers & Lybrand	42,071.12	End of 1995	43,257.50
Mr. B. McKenna	9,730.00	1995	9,730.00
Andersen Management International	72,600.00	September 1995	72,600.00
INDECON International Economic Consultants	102,000.00	July 1995	102,000.00
University of Westminster Transport Studies Group	14,000.00	December 1995	14,000.00
Consortium of Experts	40,000.00	December 1995	40,000.00
Deloitte & Touche	152,286.97	1995	152,286.97
Goodbody Economic Consultants	6,776.00	31 December 1995	6,776.00
KPMG Stokes Kennedy Crowley	36,300.00	March 1996	72,600.00 Estimated
KPMG Corporate Finance	Nil	December 1995	50,000.00 Estimated
KPMG Stokes Kennedy Crowley	25,000.00	1995	25,000.00
Morgan Stanley, Legal Advisers Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom, Arthur D. Little	713,021.03	Late 1996	4,477,000.00
DTA Marketing	10,996.48	on-going	N/A
Energy Resource Consultants Ltd.	10,878.10	June 1996	17,000.00
Pat Shannon	875.00	September 1995	875.00
National Economic Research Associates (NERA) Economic Consultants	800.00	1995	800.00