Joan Burton
Ceist:224 Ms Burton asked the Minister for Finance the consultancies awarded to Deloitte & Touche since 1 July 1997; the cost of each; and the purpose of same. [28403/05]
Amharc ar fhreagraWednesday, 12 October 2005
Ceisteanna (194)
Freagraí scríofa
My Department awarded consultancies to Deloitte & Touche in most of the years in question. In addition, the Euro Changeover Board of Ireland, ECBI, which operated under the aegis of my Department, and the NDP-CSF evaluation, information and IT unit, which operates under the aegis of my Department and is part funded by the EU, each awarded consultancies to Deloitte & Touche in two of the years in question.
The following tables set out the year of award, the purpose and the total cost of each such consultancy.
|
Year |
Department of Finance Purpose of Consultancy |
Cost |
|
€ |
||
|
1999 |
Contract for a series of three annual audits on the operation of business travel policy by Government Departments and Offices and Club Travel Ltd. |
268,567 |
|
2000 |
Provision of advice to the Department in relation to the negotiation of the National Lottery Licence with An Post National Lottery Company. |
239,082 |
|
2000 |
Review of the Department’s management information requirements in the context of the Management Information Framework. |
145,323 |
|
2001 |
Provision of advice in relation to the negotiation of the National Lottery licence with An Post National Lottery Company. |
12,697 |
|
2001 |
Secondment of accountant to provide financial, accountancy and related advice. |
209,448 |
|
2002 |
Assistance in the detailed specification of new software to support the department’s Management Information Framework project. |
34,568 |
|
2002 |
Advice and support in relation to financial system implementation and documenting of financial policies and procedures in the context of the Department’s Management Information Framework project. |
202,092 |
|
2003 |
Research on Public Sector Benchmark and Value for Money Comparison in Public Private Partnerships. |
143,990 |
|
2003 |
Assistance to an interdivisional study group on Shared Services. |
28,713 |
|
2003 |
Study of Best Practice in HR. |
17,424 |
|
2003 |
Personnel data integrity checking exercise. |
7,260 |
|
2003 |
Advice and support in relation to the procurement of a Financial Business Intelligence application to support the implementation of the e-Estimates project. |
88,481 |
|
2004 |
Financial assessment of decentralisation costs and savings. |
48,400 |
|
Year |
Euro Changeover Board of Ireland Purpose of Consultancy |
Cost |
|
€ |
||
|
1999 |
Advice on blueprint for Cash Changeover Plan |
4,044 |
|
2001 |
Advice and assistance in development and implementation of euro changeover oversight plan. |
156,554 |
|
Year |
NDP/CSF Evaluation, Information and IT Unit Purpose of Consultancy |
Cost |
|
€ |
||
|
1998 |
Phase One of a study of the Labour Market Impact of Human Resources (Education and Training) Interventions in the Community Support Framework for Ireland, 1994-1999 |
32,559 |
|
2003 |
Professional services rendered in relation to Ireland/Wales INTERREG II |
5,929 |