Details of the amount of expenditure on consultancy by my Department in the years 2006 and 2007, the numbers of consultants engaged and the names of the consultancy companies is set out below. In 2007, my Department and the Bodies under the aegis of my Department, engaged 19 consultants at a cost of €570,258. The breakdown is as follows.
|
Body
|
Total Expenditure
|
Consultants Engaged
|
|
€
|
|
|
Department
|
278,248
|
|
|
|
Goodbody Economic Consultants
|
|
|
Grant Thornton
|
|
|
Indecon
|
|
|
PA Consulting Group
|
|
|
Marie Halpin and Associates
|
|
|
PA Consulting Group
|
|
|
Fitzpatrick Associates
|
|
|
QTS Limited
|
|
National Forum on Europe
|
166,435
|
|
|
|
Caroline Erskine
|
|
|
Fitzpatrick Associates
|
|
Taskforce on Active Citizenship
|
6,050
|
|
|
|
Caroline Erskine
|
|
All Party Committee on the Constitution
|
33,030
|
|
|
|
Gail Nohilly
|
|
|
Jim O’Donnell
|
|
Change Management Fund, Department of Finance
|
86,495
|
|
|
|
RA Consulting
|
|
|
ESRI
|
|
|
Fitzpatrick Associates
|
|
|
Goodbody Economic Consultant
|
|
|
Ipsos Mori
|
|
|
Isolde Goggin and Gillian Lauder
|
In 2006, my Department engaged 17 consultants at a cost of €387,383. The names of the consultants are as follows:
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Body
|
Total Expenditure
|
Consultants Engaged
|
|
€
|
|
|
Department
|
45,109
|
|
|
|
Fitzpatrick Associates
|
|
|
Watson Wyatt
|
|
Change Management Fund, Department of Finance
|
212,368
|
|
|
|
Etain Doyle
|
|
|
Economic and Social Research Institute
|
|
|
Fitzpatrick Associates
|
|
|
Goodbody Economic Consultation
|
|
|
Institute of Public Administration
|
|
|
Ipsos Mori Ireland
|
|
|
HCM Consultants & Acturaries
|
|
|
John Sweeney
|
|
National Forum on Europe
|
55,780
|
|
|
|
Caroline Erskine
|
|
|
Brendan Lynch
|
|
Taskforce on Active Citizenship
|
66,685
|
|
|
|
Olivia McEvoy
|
|
|
Caroline Erskine
|
|
|
Mary Higgins
|
|
NESDO
|
7,441
|
|
|
|
Xperidox
|
|
|
Achilles Procurement
|
Spend by my Department on Consultancy services is minimal. However, where it is necessary to engage consultants in order to avail of their particular expertise or experience, the procurement of consultancy services is subject to Public Procurement Guidelines and, where applicable, EU procurement rules and guidelines, with selection criteria geared to select the most economically advantageous tender. It is also our policy that skills-transfer from consultants to Departmental staff takes place as an integral part of all consultancy engagements. The purpose of this is to increase the knowledge and expertise of Departmental staff and to reduce and, if possible, eliminate further dependance on consultants in the areas concerned.
