Vol. 488 No. 4
50 Mr. Hogan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the names, duties and rates of remuneration of all public relations consultants or other consultants engaged by her Department from 26 June 1997 to date. [6251/98]
The following tables set out the information sought by the Deputy.
|
Name of Consultants |
Duties |
Cost |
|
Deloitte & Touche |
Review of Community Employment Programme. |
£40,500 + expenses up to a maximum total of £2,500 |
|
Eustace Patterson |
Analysis of the local employment service. |
£28,652 |
|
Deloitte & Touche |
Information technology project in the Department. |
£58,321.50 |
|
Interact |
Information technology project in the Department. |
£19,626.20 |
|
Mentec |
Information technology project in the Department. |
£15,164 |
|
John Fingleton, Trinity College |
Provide an objective assessment of the operation of the taxi market in Dublin and make recommendations for its future development from a competition perspective. |
£4,000 |
|
Moore McDowell and Joe Durkan, UCD |
Provide an objective assessment of the development of the health insurance market since the arrival of a competitor to the VHI. |
£4,800 |
|
Creative Inputs (Design Consultants) |
Design a logo for the European Social Fund in Ireland. |
£3,000 plus VAT. |
|
IMI |
Advice in relation to preparation of statement of strategy and business plans. |
£5,000 approx. |
|
Pat Kearney, SME Partnership, Dublin |
Assessment of revised county enterprise board plans. |
£4,700 |
|
Brendan Murphy, Abbott International Consultancy Services Ltd. |
Provisional assessment of revised county enterprise board plans. |
£2,200 |
|
Ciara McCarthy |
Provisional assessment of revised county enterprise board plans. |
£2,200 |
|
Pat Kearney, SME Partnership, Dublin |
Training needs assessment of assistant chief executive officers of county enterprise boards. |
£4,000 |
|
Lar Burke |
Comparative evaluation of IT systems for use in project assessment by CEBs. |
£700 |
|
Ron Immink, TASC Enterprise Development |
Business survey of childcare facilities funded by the CEBs |
£4,000 |
|
Coopers & Lybrand |
Study on cross-Border local and integrated area plans with respect to the community economic development measure of the Joint INTERREG Programme for Northern Ireland and Ireland, 1994-1999. |
£4,308.04 |
|
Exselan |
IT system audit and upgrading of the system |
£1,650 |
