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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 29 Jun 1999

Vol. 507 No. 2

Written Answers. - Consultancy Contracts.

Bernard Allen

Ceist:

76 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Defence each consultancy, work group, study, analysis and report commissioned by his 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. [16622/99]

The relevant reports etc. commissioned by the Department since the Government was appointed were as follows:

Consultancy, Work Group, Studies, Analysis, Report

Cost

CompletionDates

Publicationstatus

Steering Group to oversee and direct the Military Board examining the Reserve Defence Forces

£22,264(to date)

Summer1999

Notapplicable

Provision of career change/outplacement counselling services for members of Permanent Defence Forces availing of the 1997 and 1998 Voluntary Early Retirement Schemes

£302,122

Completed

Notapplicable

Analysis and design of a Fishery Control System to enable the Naval Service to meet its obligations under new fishery regulations

£479,500

September1998

No

Working Groups, Reports, Studies, Consultancies

Cost

CompletionDates

Publicationstatus

Provision of psychometric services in connection with the 1997 and 1998 Air Corps and Naval Service Cadetships and the 1999 Air Corps Cadetships

£136,700(for earlier years)and £31,000(estimated for 1999)

1999 testingwill be completedby late Summer

Notapplicable

Provision of psychometric services in connection with the 1999 Naval Service Cadetships

£32,000(estimated)

Summer 1999

Notapplicable

Market and Financial Feasibility Study for National Aviation Heritage Centre

£15,488

Late 1998

No

Inter-Departmental Task Force on the future management and development of the Curragh of Kildare

Not possible to quantify costs as each Department/Agency paid expenses of its own staff. Light refreshment costs estimated at less than £1,000

June 1999

No decision

In addition, consultants with appropriate expertise are engaged by the Department as necessary to provide technical services in connection with building and engineering projects.
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