Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 March 2005
302 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount paid to respective consultancy firms for consultancy services in 2004; the amount he expects to spend in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9353/05]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe amount of money paid out by my Department on consultancy services in 2004 was €3,009,247. This expenditure is broken down in three main strands: support for a number of strategic multi-annual programmes aimed at enhancing the delivery of the Department's services such as the service delivery modernisation programme; technical consultancies relating to the ongoing development of information technology systems; consultancy assistance in other areas including policy development. Details of the amounts paid in 2004 and the consultancy firms involved are set out as follows. A sum of €8,000,000 has been allocated for consultancy services on a similar basis in 2005.
|
Supplier Name |
Amount |
|
€ |
|
|
Bearing Point Ireland Ltd |
1,799,082 |
|
Hewlett Packard Ireland Limited |
396,971 |
|
Accourt Ltd |
148,686 |
|
Fujitsu Consulting Ltd. |
72,771 |
|
Nexus Europe Ireland Limited |
69,031 |
|
Gartner Ireland Limited |
56,000 |
|
CPL Solutions Ltd. |
49,432 |
|
Propylon Ltd. |
42,380 |
|
IBM Ireland Ltd. |
36,300 |
|
Lansdowne Market Research Ltd |
34,364 |
|
John Naughten Services Ltd. |
31,545 |
|
Similarity Systems Ltd. |
30,855 |
|
Cara Data Processing Ltd |
20,691 |
|
Qualbase Ltd |
17,854 |
|
First Impression Design |
16,335 |
|
Peoplesoft UK Ltd. |
13,703 |
|
Goodbody Economic Consultants |
13,310 |
|
James Doran & Associates Ltd |
10,890 |
|
Finglas Cabra Partnership Ltd |
10,000 |
|
Oracle EMEA Limited |
9,433 |
|
The Katherine Howard Foundation |
8,631 |
|
Mr Robert Dowdall, Research |
8,140 |
|
Technical Guidance Ltd. |
7,926 |
|
Waterford Institute of Technology, |
6,679 |
|
Touchpaper Ireland Limited |
6,353 |
|
Edward Delany & Associates |
6,156 |
|
Midland Web Consultancy |
5,600 |
|
The Policy Institute |
5,397 |
|
Open Interface Ltd |
5,055 |
|
Bill O’Herlihy Communications Group |
5,047 |
|
Community & Enterprise Department |
5,000 |
|
Sligo Traveller Support Grp |
4,960 |
|
Prospectus Ltd. |
4,871 |
|
Una Ryan, Research |
4,600 |
|
Excellence Ireland |
4,214 |
|
ESRI |
3,594 |
|
Richard Pawson and Associates |
3,542 |
|
Community Legal Resource |
3,334 |
|
Rowena Fitzsimons Solr |
3,283 |
|
LAN Communications |
2,542 |
|
Blue Wave Technology |
2,541 |
|
Irish Nutrition & Dietetic Inst. |
2,500 |
|
A & L Goodbody Solicitors |
2,407 |
|
Mel Cousins, Research |
2,178 |
|
Core Computer Consultants Ltd. |
1,742 |
|
Capita Business Services Ltd |
1,516 |
|
Matheson Ormsby Prentice |
1,452 |
|
Eircom |
1,392 |
|
Frank O'Brien Ltd. |
1,210 |
|
Dennis Agnew Ltd. |
1,127 |
|
University College Dublin |
1,120 |
|
Management Support Services Ltd. |
1,065 |
|
DSP Global Ltd |
1,004 |
|
S.H.B Careers Development Unit |
882 |
|
Morse |
750 |
|
Olivia O’Leary |
605 |
|
SQT Training Ltd. |
550 |
|
Insight Multimedia |
448 |
|
Hosting 365 Ltd |
206 |
|
Total |
3,009,247 |
