The following table details the expenditure by my Department on consultancies in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. Every effort is made to minimize costs in this area but, from time to time, certain specialist skills and expertise are required. Our ongoing contract with Arthur Cox is necessary because the unfolding financial issues of relevance to the stabilization and regulation of the Banking/Financial Services sector.
Year
|
Contractor
|
Payment €
|
2008
|
Hay Group Ireland, Lr. Mount Street, Dublin 2
|
114,344
|
2008
|
Petrus Consulting
|
4,114
|
2008
|
McCann Fitzgerald
|
63,024
|
2008
|
A&L Goodbody
|
182,008
|
2008
|
IPA — Institute of Public Administration
|
50,000
|
2008
|
Ernst and Young
|
193,901
|
2008
|
Arthur Cox
|
1,628,024
|
2009
|
Arthur Cox
|
4,173,689
|
2009
|
Mercer (Ireland) ltd
|
3,308
|
2009
|
Watson (Wyatt) ltd
|
7,290
|
2009
|
Hay Group Ireland ltd
|
4,860
|
2009
|
Life Strategies Ltd
|
32,805
|
2009
|
Hay Group Ireland
|
215,937
|
2010
|
PriceWaterhouse Coopers
|
118,580
|
2010
|
Arthur Cox and Company
|
4,804,884
|
2011
|
Arthur Cox and Company
|
1,373,060
|
2011
|
Charles Rivers Associates
|
60,500
|
2011
|
Aram International Partners LLC
|
121,000
|
2011
|
Mazars
|
52,454
|
2011
|
Niamh Hyland
|
24,657
|
2011
|
David Barniville
|
36,402
|