The information requested by the Deputy is in the following table.
Consultant/Adviser
|
Nature of Report
|
Year Commissioned
|
Total Cost (incl. vat.) €
|
Aviation Regulation
|
|
|
|
Schleiss Trading and Consulting Ltd, Denmark
|
To carry out a safety audit of the performance by the IAA of its functions relating to the regulation of civil aviation
|
April 2000
|
99,167
|
Kilroys Solicitors Ryan Glennon & Co BKF Design Group Ltd — Padraic Smith & Co. Ltd. Systems Dynamics
|
Advice on Ireland's bid to host the proposed international registry of financial interest in aircraft.
|
Feb 2001
|
155,220
|
Simat Hellilsem & Eichner (UK)-
|
Air Passenger analysis study of Dublin Airport
|
2000
|
73,100
|
Coyle Hamilton Ltd. Insurance
|
Assistance with aviation terrorist risk indemnities
|
2001
|
85,072 (ongoing)
|
E.R.M.
|
To advise on Public Safety Zones at Dublin, Cork, and Shannon airports.
|
Jan 2001
|
421,000
|
Airports
|
|
|
|
PricewaterhouseCoopers, Matheson Ormsby Prentice and Steer Davies Gleave
|
Expert Advice in relation to the restructuring of Aer Rianta
|
2003
|
242,000 (to date)
|
DKM Economic Consultants
|
Review of Expenditure on the Public Service Obligation (PSO) Programme
|
2003
|
41,090
|
Expert Panel
|
Dublin Airport Review of Expressions of Interest for an Independent Terminal
|
2002
|
113,981
|
Avia Solutions
|
Assistance to Expert Panel which reviewed Expressions of Interest for an Independent Terminal
|
2002
|
74,142
|
DKM Economic Consultants
|
Value for Money Audit of Runway Development Project at Galway Airport
|
2002
|
26,007
|
(i) Anthony Foley(ii) Noel Lindsay
|
Assessment of tenders in EU Public Tender Competition for 5 PSO Routes
|
2002
|
(i) 5,400(ii) 2,613
|
Deloitte & Touche
|
5% Verification check of Aer Rianta expenditure under EU Transport Operational Programme 1994-1999
|
2002
|
16,943
|
Stanley Associates
|
Technical advice in connection with Pier D issue at Dublin Airport
|
2002
|
6,044
|
PricewaterhouseCoopers
|
Analysis of financial data in relation to three State Airports.
|
2002
|
58,685
|
WS Atkins
|
Advice on design aspects of Pier D (Dublin Airport) incl security issues.
|
2002
|
17,369
|
Professor Rigas Doganis
|
Consultancy advice on Aviation/Tourism issues
|
2002
|
26,912
|
BDO Simpson Xavier
|
Review of PSO Routes operated by Aer Arann
|
2001
|
30,093
|
BDO Simpson Xavier
|
Review of allocation of Aer Arann administrative costs
|
2001
|
5,561
|
Mr Tony Foley
|
Review of Regional Airports
|
2001
|
29,839
|
Carley & Co. Solicitors
|
Legal advice in relation to advertising standards
|
2001
|
451
|
Appeal Panel
|
Established pursuant to S.40 of the Aviation Regulation Act, 2001
|
2001
|
64,994
|
BDO Simpson Xavier
|
Examination of revenues of regional airports
|
2001
|
12,344
|
Mason Hayes & Curran, Solicitors
|
Legal advice in relation to EU tender process for Public Service Obligation air routes
|
2001
|
7,682
|
Mr. Anthony Foley.
|
Advice in relation to technical and commercial aspects of public tender process for air carriers to operate Public Service Obligation air routes.
|
2000
|
9,650
|
Indecon Economic Consultants
|
A study of Aer Rianta's airport charges.
|
1999
|
101,149
|
Warburg Dillon Read, SH & E and AIB
|
Advice re the future development of Aer Rianta.
|
1999
|
186,309
|
Aer Lingus Affairs
|
|
|
|
Schroder Salomon Smith Barney
|
To examine and assess the suitability of the strategic alliance proposal recommended by Aer Lingus with British Airways/American Airways and future capital needs of the company
|
1999
|
199,539
|
Noel Lindsay
|
Process Auditor to Aer Lingus IPO
|
2000
|
21,046
|
Schroder Salomon Smith Barney and AIB Capital Markets
|
Joint Global Co-ordinators for the Aer Lingus IPO
|
2000
|
3,047,371
|
Linklaters and Alliance
|
International Legal advisers to Aer Lingus IPO (sub con of SSSB/AIBCM)
|
2000
|
726,637
|
William Fry Solicitors
|
Legal advisers to Aer Lingus IPO (sub con of SSSB/AIBCM)
|
2000
|
176,017
|
Mason Hayes and Curran
|
Legal advisers to retail aspect of Aer Lingus IPO (sub con of SSSB/AIBCM)
|
2000
|
183,858
|
McCann Fitzgerald
|
Legal advice re selection process for Aer Lingus IPO
|
2000
|
4,605
|
Drury Communications
|
PR/Marketing adviser to Aer Lingus IPO
|
2000
|
106,861
|
Irish International Group
|
Advertising agency for Aer Lingus IPO (incl production of TV and press advertising)
|
2000
|
764,321
|
Computershare
|
Receiving Agent for Aer Lingus IPO
|
2000
|
60,947
|
Deloitte and Touche
|
Process Fraud Auditor
|
2000
|
14,932
|
Goodbody Corp. for Behaviour & Attitudes
|
Market Research (sub-con of SSSB/AIBCM)
|
2000
|
89,800
|
Asger Petersen
|
Examination of the State Aid issue in the context of funding options for Aer Lingus following financial crisis at end of 2001
|
2001
|
6,750
|
William Fry Solicitors
|
Legal advice in relation to Employee Share Ownership Plan (ESOP) in Aer Lingus
|
2001 (retained from engagement re IPO above)
|
68,539
|
Richard Hooper
|
Examination of Investment options for Aer Lingus
|
2003
|
Invoice not yet received
|
Air Accident Investigation Unit
|
|
|
|
International Team
|
Review of files of fatal accident to Aer Lingus Viscount St Phelim, Reg. EI-AOM 2000
|
November 2000
|
117,035
|
Mr. Patrick Keane, Senior Counsel
|
Review of the Public Inquiry which was held into the non-fatal accident to the Aer Lingus DC 3 near Birmingham, UK on 1 January, 1953
|
May 2001
|
37,094
|
Rail/PPP
|
|
|
|
Masons Solicitors/Babtie Group Ltd/Booz-Allen Hamilton.
|
Recommendations regarding scope of the operating contract for Light Rail and the way in which the competition should be conducted
|
2000
|
1,605,572
|
Ernst & Young/Arthur Cox/Fitzpatrick Associates/Simmons & Simmons/WS Atkins
|
Appointed in 2000 to advise the Dept. in developing a policy for Pubic Private Partnerships for metro and light rail
|
2000
|
1,622,507
|
Mr. Noel Lindsay
|
Process Auditor for competition to select an operator for light rail services in Dublin.
|
February 2001
|
25,759
|
PB Kennedy & Donkin
|
Consultants to be Monitoring Committee for the Dublin Light Rail Project (2000 to date)
|
2000
|
1,011,613
|
O'Connor Sutton Cronin & Associates
|
Review of the engineering feasibility of providing a grade separated crossing of the M50 Motorway and Red Cow interchange for the Luas light rail system Line A Tallaght to Abbey Street Line.
|
2003
|
30,250
|
Mr. Dom Hegarty
|
Recommendation re the LUAS interchange at Red Cow.
|
2003
|
8,988
|
Public Transport Regulatory Reform
|
|
|
|
Arthur Cox
|
Legal advice on public transport regulatory issues
|
Feb. 2004
|
102, 085
|
NERA
|
Public transport study
|
Feb. 2004
|
16, 495
|
Cathal Murphy, Barrister
|
Assisting in the transposition of EU directives
|
Jan, 2004
|
4, 840
|
Holland Railconsult
|
Technical advice on the development of European Technical Specifications for conventional rail operability
|
Feb. 2003
|
35,332
|
Booz-Allen-Hamilton
|
Public Transport Study
|
Sept. 2003
|
24,800
|
W.S. Atkins
|
Scoping Report on the Development of a Public Transport Fares Policy
|
Jan. 2003
|
150,796
|
Matheson, Ormsby, Prentice
|
Report on Public Service Contracts for Public Transport Operators
|
July 2001
|
44,440
|
Steer Davies Gleave in conjunction with Fitzpatrick Associates
|
Regulation of Bus Services Outside the Greater Dublin Area
|
June 2001
|
188, 141
|
A & L Goodbody
|
Study to Identify Extant Legislation Relating to the Economic and Safety Regulation of Bus and Rail Services
|
May 2001
|
Project not completed — payment waived
|
NERA/TIS
|
Models for the Provision, Regulation and Integration of Public Transport Services
|
January 2001
|
120,000
|
Bus Licensing/Railway Safety
|
|
|
|
IRMS
|
Railway safety — Pre-audit Report
|
Aug 1999
|
19,168
|
Major (Rtd) C.B. Holden
|
Retainer for consultancy advice to Railway Inspectorate
|
From Sept 1999 (rolling 1 year contract)
|
33,553 (to date at Feb 04)
|
IRMS
|
A Review of Railway Safety in Ireland — Implementation Review
|
Oct 1999
|
174,698
|
IRMS
|
Supplementary work related to Oct 99 contract
|
Mar 2000
|
18,275
|
IRMS
|
Railway Inspectorate Human Resource Requirements
|
Jul 2000
|
61,716
|
IRMS
|
A Review of Railway Safety in Ireland — Second Implementation Review.
|
Nov 2000
|
304,319
|
IRMS
|
Draft Guidelines for Railway Safety Cases
|
Nov 2000
|
96,595
|
IRMS
|
A Review of Railway safety in Ireland Implications of the Delay in Implementation of the Mini-CTC Project
|
May 2001
|
3,072
|
PricewaterhouseCoopers
|
Review of a bus operation
|
June 2001
|
25,141
|
IRMS
|
Safety Audit for the Lines Affected by the Delay in Implementation of the Mini-CTC Project
|
Oct 2001
|
25,316
|
Lloyd's Register MHA Limited
|
Preparation of Draft Guidelines for the Design and Construction of Railway Infrastructure and Rolling Stock
|
Mar 2002
|
357,961
|
GDK
|
IT systems provision, set-up & support
|
Jul 2002
|
43,642
|
Major (Rtd) C.B. Holden
|
Advice to Railway Safety Task Force
|
Oct 2003
|
Nil to date Minimum 14,110
|
CIE Corporate
|
|
|
|
Atkins
|
Technical Audit of Mini-CTC Project
|
March 2003
|
36,197
|
Ernst and Young
|
Financial Audit of Exchequer and EU Capital funding to CIÉ
|
September 2002
|
47,496
|
Holland Railconsult
|
Technical Audit of Exchequer Funded Projects in CIÉ under the NDP
|
February 2003
|
111,020
|
Booz Allen and Hamilton
|
Assistance in Establishing the Investment Monitoring Unit
|
2001-2003
|
101,939
|
A & L Goodbody
|
Report on Modernisation and Reform of Legislation Relating to Rosslare Harbour
|
2002
|
42,250
|
Deloitte and Touche
|
Report on Public Transport measures under the Community support framework 1994-2001
|
2001-2002
|
34,998
|
A Top Level Group of three persons
|
To assist Iarnród Éireann face the challenges of expanding the rail network and delivering improved services
|
2001
|
Nil to Department
|
Currie & Brown in association with Ernst & Young
|
To review existing arrangements to monitor expenditure and to develop a project management system for the public transport investment programme under the National Development Plan
|
2001
|
136,192
|
Department of Economics, UCD
|
Comparison of subvention levels for public transport systems in European cities
|
2000
|
10,158
|
Symonds
|
To develop a model to determine the costs and revenues associated with the operation of additional buses, and to develop a Performance Indicator System for the CIÉ bus Companies
|
2000
|
72,321
|
DTZ Sherry Fitzgerald
|
Review of CIE property
|
1999
|
88,266
|
Road Haulage
|
|
|
|
Stephen Treacy, IR Consultant
|
To provide expert negotiation skills to avert major disruption to haulage services due to threatened disputes in the Dublin Port area
|
1999
|
4,177
|
Indecon Int. Consultants & PWC
|
Review of the Road Haulage industry resulting in the report ‘A Strategy for the Successful Development of the Irish Road Haulage Industry.’
|
1999
|
118,508
|
Indecon (Working Time Directive)
|
A study of the implications for Ireland of the proposed draft Directive on Working Time for Mobile Workers in the Transport Industry.
|
2000
|
76,667
|
Stephen Treacy, IR Consultant
|
To provide expert negotiation skills to avert major disruption to haulage services due to threatened disputes in the Dublin Port area
|
2000
|
23,586
|
Promech
|
Conducting a review of the work practices of Road Haulage Division with a view to improving same.
|
2001
|
7,743
|
HRA Management
|
Developmental training for the Transport Officers
|
2001
|
27,185
|
Precept Consulting
|
To advise on best practice for administering the Irish Road Haulage Association Development fund
|
2001
|
1,536
|
Richmond Recruitment
|
Provision of an IT Project Manager for the Irish Digital Tachograph Card Issuing Project
|
2003
|
42,577
|
Richmond Recruitment
|
Provision of an IT Project Manager for the Irish Digital Tachograph Card Issuing Project
|
2004
|
508.20 per day
|
CIE Restructuring & Taxi Regulation
|
|
|
|
Three person Taxi Hardship panel
|
To report in general terms on the nature and extent of extreme personal hardship of individual taxi licence holders arising from loss of income as a direct result of the liberalisation of the taxi licensing regime in November 2000.
|
February 2002
|
22,440
|
Interim Chairman of Commission for Taxi Regulation (Jimmy Farrelly)
|
To undertake a series of detailed consultations with those involved in the taxi, hackney and limousine industry, local authorities, An Garda Síochána, and other relevant groups
|
February 2003
|
30,169
|
Area Development Management Limited (ADM)
|
To administer and manage the Taxi Hardship Payments Scheme which will implement the recommendations of the Taxi Hardship Panel Report.
|
August 2003
|
Estimate 536,000
|
PricewaterhouseCoopers
|
To advise on the options for dealing with issues in the context of a possible restructuring of CIE.
|
August 2001
|
256,167
|
PT Planning
|
|
|
|
Booz Allen Hamilton in association with Taylor Lightfoot Transport Consultants and the TAS Partnership
|
Study on Accessible Public Transport
|
July 2002
|
61,159
|
Interdepartmental Committee on Rural Public Transport.
|
Availability, Access and Choice Rural Transport
|
September 2001
|
81,680
|
Booz Allen Hamilton in association with Ernst & Young and ERM
|
Strategic Rail Review
|
May 2002
|
649,558
|
Road Safety & Traffic
|
|
|
|
SWOV(Road SafetyResearch Institute, Netherlands) (Mr Fred Wegman)
|
To carry out a Review of Road Safety Strategy, 1998-2002
|
April 2002
|
24,200
|
Road Policy
|
|
|
|
Goodbody Economic Consultants
|
Study to update the Cost Benefit Analysis Parameter Values and application rules for transportation projects
|
February 2004
|
47,295
|
Atkins
|
Review on Dublin Port Tunnel Height
|
2003
|
57,669
|
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
|
Assessment scheme for acquisition of land for national road projects
|
2003
|
23,046
|
Indecon Consultants
|
ESIOP Midterm Review Report
|
2003
|
263,769
|
Driver Licensing
|
|
|
|
PricewaterhouseCoopers
|
Introduction of driver theory test
|
1999
|
272,416
|
Human Resources
|
|
|
|
Precept Consulting
|
Staff Opinion Survey
|
2002
|
17,490
|
Finance Unit
|
|
|
|
PricewaterhouseCoopers
|
Advice in relation to the implementation of a new financial management information system
|
2000
|
85,794
|