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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 30 Mar 1999

Vol. 502 No. 6

Written Answers. - Departmental Appointments.

Michael D. Higgins

Ceist:

103 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for Public Enterprise the ad hoc advisory committees and groups in relation to policy or implementation, the statutory committees, permanent groups, interdepartmental groups, advisers, consultants and unestablished civil servants appointed in her Department; and the cost or remuneration in each case paid since July 1997 to date. [8695/99]

I refer the Deputy to my previous reply of 24 March in relation to ad hoc advisory groups, statutory committees, other permanent groups and interdepartmental groups operating under the aegis of my Department. The information sought in relation to appointment of consultants and unestablished civil servants is set out in the schedules below.

Schedule 1 – Consultants

Consultants

Description

Payment from July 1997 to 30 March 1999

Indecon International Economic Consultants

External Evaluator for the Economic Infrastructure Operational Programme

£47,161

WS Atkins International Ltd.

Dublin Light Rail: Appraisal of Alternative Surface and Underground Options

£251,000

Arthur Andersen

Advice on Public Partnership for LUAS project

No payment to date

International Risk Management Services (IRMS), Michael Hamlyn Associates, CArl Bro. Rail and Metz and McLennan

Strategic Review of Rail Safety

£234,740

Consultants

Description

Payment from July 1997 to 30 March 1999

Oscar Faber Consultants

Study of environmental impact of continuing transport growth and the scope for measures under the Technical Assistance element of the Operational Programme for Transport 1994-1999

£90,500(75% of cost funded by EU25% by CIE)

AEA Technology plc (acting through ETSU, Oxfordshire UK)

Assessment of proposals received under (a) Third and (b) Fourth Alternative Energy Requirement competitions (AER III and IV)

(a) £168,759 (Stg)(b) £69,867 (Stg)

Kirk, McClure, Morton, Consulting Engineers

Department of Public Enterprise and Department of Economic Development, Belfast joint study of the Off-Shore wind energy resources of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland

No payment to date

NERA (National Economic Research Associates)

Financial and technical review of proposed charges for access to the gas transmission system

No payment to date

London Economics Consultants in association with Byrne O'Cleirigh Ltd.

Study on Irish Energy Efficiency Policy for the period 2000 to 2005

£88,345

DKM Economic Consultants

Carry out an economic evaluation of the natural gas infrastructure development

No payment to date

Indecon Economic Consultants and Coopers and Lybrand

Review of the Irish Road Haulage Sector

£280,000

Morgan Stanley Ltd.

Financial consultancy services in connection with the introduction of an Employee Share Ownership Plan (ESOP) in Telecom Éireann

£157,500

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Legal consultancy services in connection with the introduction of an Employee Share Ownership Plan (ESOP) in Telecom Éireann

£150,000

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Legal consultancy services in connection with the IPO in Telecom Éireann

£105,000

Merrill Lynch and AIB Capital Markets

Joint Global Co-ordinators for Telecom Éireann IPO

No payment to date

Noel Lindsay

Process Auditor for Telecom Éireann IPO

£7,500

Citigate Dewe Rogerson, (i) with subcontract to Drury and (ii) with subcontract to Drury Research and Lansdowne Market Research for market research services and associated services.

Public Relations/Marketing Advisers for Telecom Éireann IPO

Nil

Mr. Liam O'hAlimhain

Technical Adviser on the Gas Technical Standards Committee

£26,318.74

Ovum Ltd.

Consultancy services in relation to an analysis of Ireland's international telecommunications connectivitiy (Economic)

No payment to date

The Smith Group

Consultancy services in relation to an analysis of Ireland's international telecommunications connectivity (Technical)

No payment to date

A & L Goodbody

Consultancy services in relation to an analysis of Ireland's international telecommunications connectivity (Domestic Legal)

No payment to date

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Consultancy services in relation to an analysis of Ireland's international telecommunications connectivity (International Legal)

No payment to date

Price Waterhouse Coopers

Consultancy services in relation to an analysis of Ireland's international telecommunications connectivity (Financial Investment Banking)

No payment to date

Norcontel (Ireland) Ltd.

Consultancy services in relation to the award of EU Structural Funds for broadband telecommunications infrastructure projects.

£121,658

Siemens Nixdorf/AMS

Examination and Reorganisation of Filing Systems

£13,084

KPMG

Audit of ESB expenditure under EIOP and INTERREG II Programmes

No payment to date

Price Waterhouse Coopers

Audit of Bord na Mona expenditure under EIOP

£7,592

Coopers and Lybrand

Audit of Telecom Éireann expenditure under EIOP and INTERREG II Programmes

No payment to date

Major (Rtd) C. B. Holden

Safety Consultant to Railway Inspecting Officer

£12,100

Consultants

Description

Payment from July 1997 to 30 March 1999

Arthur Andersen

Background industry research in relation to possible sale of TEAM Aer Lingus

£3,935

Price Waterhouse Coopers

Review of Exchequer subvention to CIE

£24,200

Gordon McArthur

Development of software applications for use in Met Éireann

£720

Precept Consulting

Training needs analysis for Met Éireann

£22,370

Digital

Year 2000 Compliance advice for Met Éireann

£5,893

Tom Larkin

Collaboration on development and evaluation of flood warning system for Met Éireann

£2,880

Forbairt

Examine an Environmental Assessment Report in respect of proposed Carrickmona to Bray gas pipeline

No payment to date

Enterprise Ireland

Examine an Environmental Assessment Report in respect of natural gas pipeline from Pilltown to Navan

No payment to date

Paul Cassidy

Review of distribution of staff resources within Department

£7,260

Caroline Pfiffer

Development of Department's Library

£9,901

Dr. E. Molloy

Facilitate Strategic Management Initiative in the Department

£16,044

Lan Communications

Report on Departments IT Infrastructure

16,044

Diarmuid Hegarty

Advice on Financial Management Information System

£3,750

Ewbank Preece Ó hEocha

Engineering evaluation of ESB's proposals for the refurbishment of Ferbane Power Station

£7,604

Hay Management Consultants

Staff Training Services

£10,570

Goodbody Economic Consultants Ltd.

Examination of INTERREG application

No payment to date

Consultants

Description

Payment from July 1997 to 30 March 1999

Geological Survey of Ireland, Consultants

Bernard Murphy and Associates

Advice on Groundwater Vulnerability Research

£1,000

Dr. David Drew

Advice on Groundwater Vulnerability Research in County Clare

£1,440

Geotechnical and Environmental Consultants

Assistance with groundwater studies in County Wexford

£1,750

Crowe, Schaffalitzky and Associates

Report of Karst heritage sites

£2,420

Matthew Parkes

Palaeontology Curation

£4,500

Roger Hooke

Quaternary Studies

£3,500

Gail Ashley

Quaternary Studies

£3,000

Jorge Rabussa

Quaterary Studies

£640

Matthew Parkes

Karst Databases

£600

Bruce Misstear

Groundwater Vulnerability Research – Advice on Assistance with Groundwater Projects

£600

Suzanne Tynan

Documentation of IT Procedures in GSI Production of Gold Map of Britain and Ireland

£2,070£1,980

Patrick McKeever

Production of Geoteorism products

£5,400

Marcus Pracht

Mapping of Beara Penninsula

£3,894

Ken McCaffrey

Provision of training cover in structural geology for GSI staff

£1,200

Vincent Gallagher

Regional Geochemistry Report

£4,500

Schedule 2 – Unestablished Civil Servants in the Offices of the Minister/Minister of State

Number

Grade

Payment from July 1997 to 30 March 1999

1

Minister's Dáil Secretary

£25,125.56

1

Minister of State's Personal Secretary

£26,850.98

1

Minister of State's Personal Assistant

£40,315.01

Advisers

Number

Description

Payment from July 1997 to 30 March 1999

1

Press Adviser (Served with previous two Ministers)

£80,058.32

1

Part-time adviser reporting on all the steps necessary for the introduction of competition in the electricity market.

Cost not yet finalised

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