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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 9 Oct 2002

Vol. 554 No. 5

Written Answers. - Consultancy Contracts.

Bernard Allen

Ceist:

886 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount paid since July 1997 to date in 2002 in fees, salary, allowances including delegates' allowances, expenses and other payments to any person including a body corporate or an unincorporated body of persons in or under the aegis of his Department who is or was a consultant or was a person performing functions normally performed or capable of being performed by permanent civil servants or special advisers, but who was neither a permanent civil servant nor a special adviser within the meaning of the Ethics in Public Office Act, 1995; the name of the person in each case; the amount paid to each person; the breakdown as between salary, allowances, expenses or other payments; the date on which each person was appointed; if, in the case of persons no longer holding such position, the date on which the appointment ceased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17284/02]

Details of the fees paid to the consultants engaged by my Department since its establishment last June are set out hereunder. Details of the fees paid to the consultants engaged by the Department in its former configuration as the Department of Tourism, Sport and Recreation from July 1997 to 17 June 2002 are also provided below. Amounts shown are inclusive of all fees and expenses. During this period no person was employed by my Department to perform functions normally performed or capable of being performed by permanent civil servants or special advisers who was neither a permanent civil servant nor a special adviser within the meaning of the Ethics in Public Office Act, 1995.

Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism.

Name of Company

Amount Paid

Nifast

2,268.75

Fleishman-Hillard Saunders

19,323.87

Department of Tourism, Sport and Recreation.

Name of Company

Amount Paid

€s

(Punts)

Cadwell Consulting and Training

38,093

(30,000)

Capita Business Services Ltd.

72,060

(56,752)

Carr Communications Ltd.

990

(780)

Dave Farrington

7,682

(6, 050)

Deloitte and Touche

18,697

(14,725)

Decision Support Systems

108,018

(85,071)

Farrell Grant Sparks

278,989

(219,722)

Fitzpatrick Associates

231,069

(181,982)

Fizzical

49,501

(38,985)

Name of Company

Amount Paid

€s

(Punts)

Fleishman-Hillard SaundersOctober 1999-17 June 2002

185,234

(145,884)

Goodbody Economic Consultants

329,093

(259,182)

High Point Rendel

391,337

(308,203)

Infrastructure Management Systems

13,165

(10,368)

Keane Murphy Duff Ltd.

43,033

(33,891)

Kit Campbell Associates

65,055

(51,235)

Mr. John Lindsay

2,286

(1,800)

P.A. Consulting Group

90,682

(71,418)

Paul Boland Consultancy

30,531

(24,045)

Slattery Public Relations

204,592

(161,129)

Tourism & Leisure Partners

16,044

(12,636)

Oonagh Young Designs

16,731

(13,177)

Trinity College, Dublin

17,522

(13,800)

Dr. Mark Morgan

8,707

(6,857)

National Medicines Information Centre

28,810

(22,690)

N.U.I., Maynooth

50,790

(40,000)

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