Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 26 Jun 2001

Vol. 539 No. 1

Written Answers. - Consultancy Contracts.

Jim Higgins

Ceist:

84 Mr. Higgins (Mayo) asked the Taoiseach the names of consultancy companies commissioned by his Department to carry out consultancy work since July 1997; the amounts paid to each company; and the schemes, programmes or projects for which consultancy advice was sought. [19091/01]

The Taoiseach

The following schedule contains details of all consultancies employed by my Department and bodies under the aegis of my Department since June 1997. In some cases, the engagements are ongoing. The cost is identified in each case where payments have been made.

Consultancy and Public Relations Services

Name	Type of consultancy	Amount	Year
Dermot Nally	Cabinet Confidentiality	£2,400	1997
Diarmaid McGuinness	Cabinet Confidentiality	£4,235	1997
Rory Brady	17th amendment to Constitution – CabinetConfidentiality	£4,235	1997
Noel Dorr	UN Carlsson Group	£30,930.09	Ongoing
Mairead Mullaney	Contract Librarian	£63,459.15	1997 to October 1999 – now paid as contract staff
Dr. Kevin Whelan	1798 Commemoration	£12,013.63	1997/98
Jim Kirby	Advisor to Minister of State Mitchell	£10,358.95	1997
Prof. Philip Beaumont	Address to seminar on High Level Group on Trade Union Recognition	£1,784.89	1999
Arthur Anderson	Review of a Proposal by DCU on Capital Funding	£3,025.00	1997
KPMG	Review on Non-National Roads Study	£104,755.75	1997
PriceWaterhouse	Review of Irish Air Corps and Naval Service	£76,262.67	Report published in July 1998
John Timoney	Flights & expenses (Garda Review)	£16,083.24	1997
Drury Communications	Consultancy on SMI communications	£2,795.10	1997
Irish Marketing Surveys	Customer Survey of Irish Civil Service	£8,954.00	1997
Irish Productivity Centre	Facilitation of the Partnership Committee	£3,000	1998
Fusio Limited	Design and develop the Department's page on the website	£6,897	Engaged in 1998
Hall Public Relations	PR consultants for the 1798 Commemoration	£10,000	1998
PA Consulting	IT Consultancy	£54,406.80	1999
St. John's University New York	Basic Income Study (Phases 1 and 2)	£27,000	1998
ESRI		£76,804	1999/2000
Prospectus Consultants	Department of the Taoiseach and the Financial Services Industry Association jointly commissioned a Feasibility Study into the establishment of a training facility for IFSC companies	£5,000	1999
William M Mercer	Consultancy service on Performance Management	£20,965.90	1998 and 1999
Deloitte and Touche	Business Analysis and Review of the Financial Management Function	£36,771.90	November 1999 to January 2000
Farrell Grant Sparks	Business planning	£3,856.88	1999
Deputy Michael O'Kennedy	Taoiseach's personal representative on the EU Body established to develop a Charter on Fundamental Rights for the Union.	£3,797.22(expenses only)	1999 to date
Mr. Mahon Hayes	Engaged on an on-going basis as an alternate to Deputy O'Kennedy	£40,838.50(fees andexpenses)	1999 to date
BIC Systems	IT Consultancy – Lotus Notes	£3,000	April 2000
EPS Software	IT Consultancy – Lotus Notes	£477.95	May 2000
Rory O'Donnell & Paul Teague	To evaluate partnership at work in Ireland	Payment not yetmade	1999/2000
Drury Communications/BFK Design	Forms design for performance management	Payment not yetmade	2000
Arthur Anderson	Management Information Framework	£30,377	2001
ISI Interact	Modernisation Website Development	£11,986.75	2000
Hay MSL	Performance Management and Development	£36,050.00	2000
Dr. Jane Pilger	Research on Equality/Diversity aspect of Quality Customer Service	£7,560.00	2001
CBC	Customer Service Guidelines Document	£120.00	2001
Deloitte & Touche	Value for Money Audit of Mobile Phones	£6,000	2001
Price WaterhouseCoopers	eCabinet Project	£100,090.00	November 2000 –to date

National Millennium Committee

Name	Type of consultancy	Amount	Year
BDO Simpson Xavier Consulting	Detailed assessment of a proposal for a Millennium Tower (the old Jameson chimney at Smithfield in Dublin)	£4,961	1999
Peter Owens DDB	Advertising/information campaign	£325,300.93	1999 to date
CMS Marketing (Century Merchandising)	Marketing, Promotion and Event Management	£309,420.30	1999 to date
Pembroke Communication	Public Relations Work	£84,545.21	1999 to date
Irish Film & Television Network	Millennium Event Guide	£24,800.94	2000
BFK Design Limited	Design of the Millennium Logo, put the logo on disc for use by authorised bodies, and to create large backdrops for use at various Millennium launches	£32,583.00	1999 to date
Octagon Technologies	Facilitation with Government Departments as part of the e-Strategy Process	£32,100	2001 to date
Fusio Limited	Design, set up website	£20,761.60	1999 to date

Information Society Commission

Name	Type of consultancy	Amount	Year
Edelman Public Relations	Engaged on a retainer basis to manage a communications and media strategy for the ISC	£119,800	Engaged in April 1998 – ongoing
The Learning Organisation	Cyril Drury an educational expert was engaged to assist the Learning Advisory Group in the preparation of a report on the non-formal environment for learning and information and communications technology	£27,165	April 1998 to June 1999
Lansdowne Market Research	Appointed to carry out the Public and Business Survey	£48,400	1998
Oniva	Appointed to design and set up equipment at the “Young Scientists Exhibition”	£10,285	1998
Sink Digital Media	Responsible for the animation of the logo for Tech TV	£1,573	1998
Langely Freeman	Designed and acted as consultants for the back drop for the launch of the ISC report	£1,033.34	1998
Brenda O'Hanlon	Series of newspaper articles	£1,119.09	1998
MRBI	Research survey of the general public designed to establish levels of awareness of, and engagement with, the technologies associated with the evolving Information Society	£28,314	1999
MRBI	Survey of Irish businesses to establish awareness of technology	£18,755	1999
Edelman Worldwide	PR Consultancy for Netd@ys	£52,000	July to November 1999
MRBI	Update of 1999 research survey to assess the impact of Netd@ys	£9,619	November 1999
MRBI	Research into awareness and usage of information and communications technology amongst Irish businesses	£16,880	2000
MRBI	Research into General Public Awareness and Usage of Information and Communications Technology 2000	£25,482	2000
Paul Tanney	Report on Personal Use of Technology	£250	2000
NW Labs	To examine the issues of convergency and the implications for telecommunications communications regulation for Ireland	£21,246	2000
Centre for Research in Technology in Education	Research material for seminar	£16,452	2000
Dunnion Partners	Development of Government websites review and report	£3,630	2000
KPMG	Tax incentives & barriers to e working in Ireland	£5,000	2000
Barry McCall	Copywriting of Business & General Public Research reports	£1,080	2000
Jonathan Williams	Copy – editing & proof-reading of Final Report	£300	2000
Farrell Grant Sparks	Research into future needs for Ireland's development as an Information Society	£24,154.18	2000

Tribunal of Inquiry (Payments to Messrs. Charles Haughey and Michael Lowry)

Name	Type of consultancy	Amount	Year
Baker Consultants	Design, implement and host a Web site	£10,220.50	1999 to date
Moss Technology Limited	Year 2000 compliance report and follow up	£5,002.72	1999
Confidential	Commercial Research	£3,032.65	2000
Confidential	Legal consultancy in relation to the Moriarty Tribunal	£5,934.72	1999

Multi Media Developments

Name	Type of consultancy	Amount	Year
Executive Services Team for the Digital Hub	Executive Services	£145,200	Dec 2000

National Economic and Social Forum

Name	Type of consultancy	Amount	Year
Advance Organisation and Management Development	Consultancy work for the Forum relating to Project Teams	£11,200	1998
ESRI	Labour Market Study	£2,000	1999
Hay Consultants,D. Halloran and C. O'Connell	Social Housing	£8,151.95	1999
Anne Clarke	Local Employment Services	£6,604.55	1999
Agtel (video)NI Housing ExecutiveC. O'Connell	Social Housing	£30,000£5,819£950	200020002000
Freda Keeshan	Lone Parents	£2,340	2000
Hay ConsultantsMary Murphy	Labour Shortages	£2,300£1,400	20002000
Kieran McKeown	Lone Parents	£3,000	2001
Anne Clarke	Lone Parents	£3,465	2000
NUI Maynooth	Lone Parents	£6,242.74	2000
Goodbody	Draft Opinion on National Anti Poverty Strategy	£2,475	2000
UCD (Equality Studies Centre)Professor Chris McCrudden	Draft opinion on Equality Issues	£14,220£1,720.00	20002000

National Economic and Social Council

Name	Type of consultancy	Amount	Year
Dr John Sweeney &Dr Kieran McKeownSocial and Economic Research Consultant	Preparing background documents for Strategy Report	£11,313.50	1999
Dr John GearyMichael Smurfit Graduate School of BusinessUDC	Preparing background documents for Strategy Report	£4,200	1999
Dr Richard BoyleInstitute of Public Administration	Preparing background documents for Strategy Report	£4,235	1999
ESRI	Commissioned for research which will be used as inputs to NESC's project on the future of the tax/welfare system	£10,000(not yet paid)	2001
ITG Computers	Testing equipment for Year 2000 compliance	£2,587.50	1999

Information Society Fund

Name	Type of consultancy	Amount	Year
System Dynamics	Design of Social Partners Extranet	£59,753.40	2000
Irish Marketing Surveys	Independent evaluation of Training Roadshow	£5,384.50	2000
Dan Collins	Production & Presentation of Radio Programmes	£2,994.75	2000
Computer Gym	Supply of mobile unit and training consultancy for Training Roadshow	£94,900	2000
Eirtrade	Consultancy services for web site development – sub-contracted to Frontend	£24,724	1999
Frontend	Work on Website for Internet Venue Directory	£16,399	2000

Western Development (transferred from Taoiseach's Vote in 1997)

Name	Type of consultancy	Amount	Year
Brendan McKenna	Updating Aran Islands	£1,197.90	1997
Centre for Adult Education	Public Services in Rural Areas	£10,000	1997

Referendum Commission (operated in 1998)

Name	Type of consultancy	Amount	Year
Drury Communications	PR Consultants on the Northern Ireland Referendum	£1,864,241(of which £111,622 was media consultancy management fee; the balance was sub-contractor/ supplier expenditure viamedia consultants)	1998

Local Development (transferred from Taoiseach's Vote in 1997)

Name	Type of consultancy	Amount	Year
Keating & Associates	Operational Programme for Urban & Rural Development	£16,237.47	1997
Goodbody Economic Consultants	External Evaluation of Operational Programme	£59,834.86	1997
EPS Computer Systems	Computer System for Local Development	£28,219.02	1997

All Party Committee on Constitution

Name	Type of consultancy	Amount	Year
IT Assist	Advice on e mail and internet systems	£726	1997 and 1999
Brian Murphy	PR – regarding launch of 2nd Progress Report	£250	December 1997
Datapac	Installation of computer network	£726	1997
Coakley/Laver	Study on the future of Seanad Éireann	£1,000	1997/98
Dr. Richard Synott	Research on Referendum	£1,000	1998
Lansdowne Market Research	Research on Referendum Voting	£5,445	1998
Gerard Hogan SC	Honorarium for legal drafting on constitutional amendments	£2,420	1998
Laura Rattigan BL	Legal Research	£1,310	1999
Frank Farrell In house Services	Creation of a database to record public submissions on the Committee's Reports	£150	1999
Moss Technologies	Year 2000 Compliance	£242	2000
Shelbourne Public Affairs	Public Relations	£10,260	2000 to date
Sureskills.com	IT support	£2,904	2000
Diarmuid Rossa Phelan	Legal Research	£4,883	2000

Devolution Commission (transferred from Taoiseach's Vote in 1997)

Name	Type of consultancy	Amount	Year
Lansdowne Market Research	Survey on Attitudes to Local Government	£49,240.95	1997

Communicating Europe

Name	Type of consultancy	Amount	Year
International Music Event	Europe Day Concert	£27,450.00	1997
Patsy McArdle	Production of Euro link column	£7,500.00	1997

Campus & Stadium Ireland Development Ltd (up to 31.12.2000)

Name	Type of consultancy	Amount	Year
Pricewaterhouse Coopers	Feasibility studies	£474,826.85	Up to December 2000
McCann Fitzgerald	Legal consultancy	£10,510.79	Up to December 2000
Wilson Hartnell	Public Relations	£55,547.49	Up to December 2000
RIAI	Architectural consultancy	£15,000.00	Up to December 2000
Deloitte & Touche	Tax consultancy	£12,500	Up to December 2000