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37 Mr. Allen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment each consultancy, work group, study, analysis and report commissioned by her Department since the Government was appointed; the date each was completed or will be completed; the cost of each in this regard; and if each report has or will be published. [16618/99]
The information sought by the Deputy is as follows:
|
Working Groups/Studies/Analysis/Reports |
Topic |
Estimated Cost of each where appropriate |
Date Report was received or is scheduled to be received |
Report has or will be published |
|
£ |
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|
Deloitte & Touche |
Review of Community Employment Programme |
54,450 |
September 1998 |
Published 1 October 1998 |
|
Eustace Patterson |
Evaluation of the Local Employment Service |
29,854 |
July 1998 |
Published August 1998 |
|
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 |
November 1997 |
Will not be published |
|
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 |
December 1997 |
Will not be published |
|
Pat Kearney, SME Partnership Dublin |
Assessment of certain revised County Enterprise Board Plans |
4,700 |
April 1998 |
Will not be published |
|
Brendan Murphy, Abbott International Consultancy Services Ltd. |
Provisional assessment of certain revised County Enterprise Board Plans |
2,200 |
April 1998 |
Will not be published |
|
Ciara McCarthy |
Provisional assessment of certain revised County Enterprise Board Plans |
2,200 |
April 1998 |
Will not be published |
|
Pat Kearney, SME Partnership, Dublin |
Training needs assessment of Assistant chief executive officers of County Enterprise Boards |
4,000 |
March 1998 |
Will not be published |
|
Lar Burke |
Comparative evaluation of IT systems for use in project assessment by CEBs |
1,331 |
October 1997 |
Will not be published |
|
Ron Immink, TASC Enterprise Division |
Business survey of childcare facilities funded by the CEBs |
4,000 |
July 1998 |
Will not be published |
|
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 |
2,154 |
December 1997 |
No decision made |
|
Chapman Flood |
Financing Needs of Small Business |
47,795 |
March 1999 |
Yes – date to be decided |
|
Tom Martin & Associates |
Evaluation of the Pilot Network Programme |
4,895 |
10 March 1998 |
Will not be published |
|
Working Group on Sunday Working in the Retail Sector |
Discussion Process on Sunday Working |
2,100 |
18 May 1998 |
Will not be published |
|
Business Education and Training Partnership Forum (which includes an Expert Group on Skills and a Management Implementation Group) |
Skills needs, manpower forecasting and education for industry and business |
– |
Ongoing |
Will not be published |
|
Inter-departmental and Agency Group on EXPO 2000 |
Irelands presentation at EXPO 2000 |
– |
Ongoing |
Will not be published |
|
Inquiry under Section 38(2) of the Industrial Relations Act, 1990 |
Mr. Phil Flynn and Mr. Dan McAuley were requested under the aforementioned Act to undertake an urgent inquiry into the dispute between SIPTU and Ryanair |
27,986to date |
Report received July 1998 |
Published July 1998 |
|
Partnership 2000 Social Economy Working Group |
To undertake a detailed examination of the potential of the social economy both in terms of employment and also in the supply of services |
1,000 |
Mid 1998 |
Published July 1998 |
|
National Minimum Wage Commission |
To examine and advise the Government on the implementation of a national minimum wage |
42,000 |
30 March 1998 |
Published 5 April 1998 |
|
Working Groups/Studies/Analysis/Reports |
Topic |
Estimated Cost of each where appropriate |
Date Report was received or is scheduled to be received |
Report has or will be published |
|
Inter-departmental Group on national minimum wage |
To assist the Government in formulating proposals and a plan of action in respect of implementing the recommendations of the National Minimum Wage Commission |
1,857 |
Interim report received October 1998 |
Interim report published November 1998 |
|
None to date |
Final report received May 1999 |
Final report published on 22 June 1999 |
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|
ESRI study commissioned by Inter-departmental Group on National minimum wage |
To carry out economic impact study on implementation of national minimum wage |
122,080 |
April 1999 |
Published as appendix to Final report on 22 June 1999 |
|
Rate for the Job Advisory Group |
To provide report on application of Rate for the Job concept to Community Employment |
5,324 |
18 May, 1998 |
Will not be published |
|
EU Pilot Benchmarking Programme financed jointly by Commission and Member States, incl. Ireland |
To study competitiveness in EU industry. Studies in Ireland will concern logistics, financing of innovation, labour skills and information communication technologies. Forbairt and the Department are carrying out the study in Ireland |
40,000 |
Irish study completed November 1998 |
The Cion. Published EU Report |
|
Reports of Company Investigations |
To examine the books and documents of the company and to seek explanations |
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|
Garuda Limited |
As above |
– |
Final Report submitted on 14th December 1998 |
Report will not be published |
|
Faxhill Homes Limited |
As above |
115,000 |
Final report submitted on 22 December 1998 |
Report will not be published |
|
Bula Resources (Holdings) plc |
As above |
201,000 |
Final report submitted on 22 July 1998 |
Report published on 22 July 1998 |
|
Celtic Helicopters Limited |
As above |
– |
Ongoing |
Decision on publication will be made upon receipt of final report and in light of any legal advice obtained. |
|
Ansbacher (Cayman) Ltd |
As above |
– |
Ongoing |
As above |
|
Guinness and Mahon (Irl) Ltd |
As above |
– |
Ongoing |
As above |
|
Hamilton Ross & Co. Ltd. |
As above |
– |
Ongoing |
As above |
|
Irish Intercontinental Bank Ltd |
As above |
– |
Ongoing |
As above |
|
Kentford Securities Limited |
As above |
– |
Ongoing |
As above |
|
Dunnes Stores Ireland Company |
As above |
– |
Ongoing (awaiting High Court judgment prior to recommencing investigation |
As above |
|
Dunnes Stores (Ilac Centre) Limited |
As above |
– |
Ongoing (as above) |
As above |
|
College Trustees Limited |
As above |
– |
Ongoing |
As above |
|
Working Group on Company Law Compliance and Enforcement |
7,538 |
30 November, 1998 |
Published 15 March 1999 |
|
|
Report on a Regulatory Examination into Sales Practices with particular reference to Allegations of churning of Life Assurance Policies. (Irish Life) |
28,150 |
3 February 1999 |
Published 5 February 1999 |
|
|
Working Groups/Studies/Analysis/Reports |
Topic |
Estimated Cost of each where appropriate |
Date Report was received or is scheduled to be received |
Report has or will be published |
|
Interim Report of the Authorised Officer. Pursuant to Section 59 of the Insurance Act, 1989. |
National Irish Bank Financial Services Ltd. |
21,787 |
4 June 1998 |
Will not be published |
|
Motor Insurance Advisory Board |
Cost of Motor Insurance |
11,000to date |
On-going |
December 1999 |
|
Deloitte & Touche |
Review of Job Initiative |
20,000 |
End July 1999 |
No decision made |
|
Dermot McCarthy |
Feasibility of introducing a formal preliminary/pre-assessment system for the hearing of cases by the Employment Appeals Tribunal |
Estimatedcost9,600 |
January 1999 |
Report will not be published (consideration is being given to the publication of an abbreviated version) |
|
Ernst & Young |
Business modelling study |
27,043 |
March 1999 |
Will not be published |
|
Irish Council for Science, Technology and Innovation. |
Technology Foresight Initiative. |
56,332 |
Completed |
Published 30 April 1999 |
|
Network Resources Limited |
Evaluation of Opportunities for Small Firms in the Irish Public Sector Market |
74,415 |
May, 1999 |
Yes – date to be decided |
|
National Advisory Council on Teleworking |
Report: New Ways of Living and Working: Teleworking in Ireland. |
28,000 |
June, 1999 |
Published 10 June, 1999 |
|
Price Waterhouse Coopers/Enterprise Ireland |
Services Sector study and review of all aspects of Services with particular emphasis on regional balance |
400,000 |
To be completed Autumn 1999 |
Report to be made available by Enterprise Ireland |
|
Forfás |
Evaluation of Irelands participation in the European Unions 4th Research Framework Programme. |
60,000 |
October 1999 |
October 1999 |
|
IBI Corporate Finance |
To advise the State in relation to the sale of IFI. |
67,900to date |
Ongoing |
Not applicable – retained to advise |
|
Information Society Action Plan Implementation Group |
Government Policy in Electronic Commerce area. |
25,000 |
July, 1999 |
Report will be published |
