Name of Committee/Group etc.
|
Nature of Committee/Group etc.
|
Costs associated with Committee/Group etc.
|
Outside Advisers and associated costs (if any)
|
Interdepartmental IT security group
|
Interdepartmental
|
None
|
None
|
Interdepartmental Records Management Working Group
|
Interdepartmental
|
None
|
None
|
Interdepartmental Year 2000 Monitoring Committee
|
Interdepartmental
|
None
|
None
|
Management Committee for Common Systems in Accounts Branches
|
Interdepartmental
|
None
|
None
|
Financial Management System (FMS) User Group
|
Interdepartmental
|
None
|
None
|
Unipay (Payroll) User Group
|
Interdepartmental
|
None
|
None
|
Management Committee for Systems in Personnel areas
|
Interdepartmental
|
None
|
None
|
COREPAY (Payroll) User Group
|
Interdepartmental
|
None
|
None
|
Interdepartmental Committee for Public Management Research
|
Interdepartmental
|
None. (There is a budget for public management research.)
|
None
|
Government Contracts Committee
|
Interdepartmental
|
Approximately £350 per annum
|
None
|
Departmental Merit Awards Committee
|
Ad hoc advisory
|
None
|
None
|
Interdepartmental Working Group on the Pre-funding of Social Welfare Pension costs
|
Interdepartmental
|
None
|
None
|
Review Body on Higher Remuneration in the Public Sector
|
Permanent
|
£25,000 in 1998
|
None
|
Civil Service Arbitration Board
|
Permanent
|
£14,000 in 1998
|
None
|
Working Group on the Department of Finance Strategy for the Negotiation of a new National Programme to succeed Partnership 2000
|
Ad hoc
|
None
|
None
|
Steering Group on Systems Review of Department of Agriculture and Food
|
Ad hoc
|
Not possible to quantify at this stage. Unlikely to exceed £100,000 (including cost of Working Group – see below).
|
External financial management expert at £900 per day + VAT
|
Working Group on Systems Review of Department of Agriculture and Food
|
Ad hoc
|
See above
|
External financial management may assist this group
|
Name of Committee/Group etc.
|
Nature of Committee/Group etc.
|
Costs associated with Committee/Group etc.
|
Outside Advisers and associated costs (if any)
|
Department of Finance – Economic and Social Research Institute Liaison Group
|
Ad hoc
|
None
|
None
|
Long-term Issues Group
|
Ad hoc
|
None
|
None
|
Tax Forecasting Methodology
|
Ad hoc
|
None
|
None
|
Improving Financial Statements
|
Expert Working Group
|
£245.04 (related to the travel expenses of non-civil service group members)
|
None
|
Strategy for Ageing
|
Ad hoc
|
None
|
None
|
Certification Advisory Committee
|
Ad hoc
|
None
|
None
|
Working Group on Secondary Tax Legislation
|
Ad hoc
|
None
|
None
|
Steering Committee on Programme Evaluation
|
Ad hoc
|
Approximately £3,000 per annum
|
None
|
Implementation Advisory Group in relation to Single Regulatory Authority
|
Ad hoc advisory
|
Not possible to quantify at this stage. Unlikely to exceed £10,000
|
None
|
Freedom of Information (FOI) Working Group
|
Interdepartmental
|
Estimated at £500 per annum
|
None
|
Business Advisory Group on FOI
|
Advisory
|
Estimated at £200 per annum
|
None
|
Citizens' Advisory Group on FOI
|
Advisory
|
Estimated at £200 per annum
|
None
|
FOI Public Service Network
|
Permanent
|
None
|
None
|
Public Private Partnership – Interdepartmental Group
|
Interdepartmental
|
None
|
None
|
Public Private Partnership – Informal Advisory Group
|
Advisory
|
None
|
None
|
Money Laundering Steering Committee
|
Ad hoc
|
None
|
None
|
ICSEM: Sound and Efficient Management of EU Structural Funds
|
Interdepartmental
|
None
|
None
|
PMG Steering Group on Installation of OCR Scanner
|
Ad hoc
|
None
|
£3,000 consultancy costs in 1998
|
Financial Management System Steering Group
|
Ad hoc
|
None
|
£1,000 consultancy costs in 1998
|
PMG Steering Group on Bank Reconciliation System
|
Ad hoc
|
None
|
£224,000 consultancy costs associated with Bank Reconciliation System in 1998
|
Payroll System Steering Group
|
Ad hoc
|
None
|
None
|
Review of Financial Management and Control of European Regional Development Fund and Cohesion Fund
|
Interdepartmental
|
None
|
£16,000 consultancy costs in 1998
|
Interdepartmental Group to Evaluate Tenders in relation to the Procurement of Air Transport and Related Services for Government Departments/Offices
|
Interdepartmental
|
None
|
A management consultant from KPMG was engaged to assist the group at a cost of £29,052
|
Tax Strategy Group
|
Interdepartmental
|
None
|
None
|
Tax/Calendar Year Working Group
|
Interdepartmental
|
None
|
None
|
Tax Credits and Standard Rating Working Group
|
Ad hoc Working Group
|
None
|
None
|
Interdepartmental Group on Environmental Taxation
|
Interdepartmental
|
None
|
None
|
Working Group to examine the Taxation Implications of the NPPI Report
|
Working Group
|
None
|
None
|
Single Currency Officers' Team
|
Interdepartmental
|
None
|
None
|
Euro Changeover Board of Ireland (ECBI)
|
Ad hoc
|
A provision of £1.680 million has been made in the 1999 Estimates in respect of the ECBI
|
Approximately £70,000 to advise on public information campaign in 1999
|
ECBI sub-committee on retail issues
|
Interdepartmental
|
None
|
None
|
ECBI sub-committee on information
|
Interdepartmental
|
None
|
None
|
Management Advisory Committee
|
Permanent Advisory
|
None
|
None
|
Assistant Secretary Group
|
Advisory
|
None
|
None
|
Principal Group
|
Advisory
|
None
|
None
|
Departmental Partnership Committee
|
Advisory
|
None
|
None
|
Committee of Principals to Examine the Implications of Ireland's Membership of the EMU
|
Ad hoc
|
None
|
None
|
Interdepartmental Committee on EU Budget Fraud
|
Interdepartmental
|
None
|
None
|
Commission on Public Service Pensions
|
Ad hoc advisory
|
£74,854 in 1998
|
£66,790 in 1998
|