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Consultancy Contracts.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 12 October 2005

Wednesday, 12 October 2005

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Joan Burton

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346 Ms Burton asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the consultancies awarded to Deloitte & Touche since 1 July 1997; the cost of each; and the purpose of same. [28410/05]

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Details of the consultancies awarded by my Department to Deloitte & Touche since June 2002, the cost of each and the purpose of same are set out in the table. All of these consultancies related to once-off work in improving governance systems in this new Department, including improved ICT, financial control and risk management.

Consultancies awarded to Deloitte & Touche since June, 2002

Year

Purpose of Consultancies awarded to Deloitte and Touche since June, 2002

The cost of each (inc. V.A.T.)

2002

Provision of professional accounting service between June 2002 and October 2003.

71,513

2002

Provision of assistance in the specification and selection of a new financial management system for the Department.

117,250

2003

Provision of advice and support in the areas of project management, quality assurance, business process redesign, user-acceptance testing, change and risk management and post go-live support, in the implementation of a new financial management system in the Department.

288,838

2004

Provision of professional accounting service in February-March 2004.

13,096

2004

Development of Department’s ICT strategy

103,280

2005

The purpose of the contract is to undertake a risk review of its Dublin-based operations and business, both in the context of decentralisation and in terms of advancing and deepening risk management in the Department generally.

The cost of the consultancy will be 41,455

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