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Consultancy Contracts

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 May 2012

Tuesday, 22 May 2012

Ceisteanna (404)

Joanna Tuffy

Ceist:

501 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; the numbers of consultants engaged by his Department in those years; the names of the consultancy companies awarded contracts; and the steps which have been taken to reduce the expenditure on consultancy and the reliance on consultants by his Department in these years and for the future. [25545/12]

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The information requested on expenditure and the number of consultants engaged by my Department is set out in the following table:

2008

2009

2010

2011

Consultancy Expenditure

€5.594m

€2.051m

€0.994m

€0.323m

No. of Consultants

61

21

31

16

The names of the consultants awarded contracts in this period are set out below:

Table

A&L Goodbody Solicitors

Aegis Archaeology Ltd

AP Env Econ Limited

Archaeology Consultancy Services Ltd

ARUP Consulting Engineers

Barrow Archaeological Services

Baseline Creative Services

BRE Scotland

Brendan Fehily

Brid McGrath

Building Research Establishment Ltd

Cawley Nea

Combat Poverty Agency

Community Consultants

David Hickie, Environmental Consultant

Deloitte

Design Works

DKM Consultants Ltd

Downey Mac Conville Architects

Dr Carol Westrik

Dr. Jukka Jokilehto

DTZ Sherry Fitzgerald

ECU Ltd

Environmental Systems Research Institute Ireland

Enviros Consulting

ERA Maptec

Ernst and Young

ESRI (Economic and Social Research Institute)

Eunomia Research and Consulting

Farrell Grant Sparks

First Communication and Advertising Ltd

Fortius Consulting ltd

Golder Associates

Goodbody Economic Consultants Ltd

Grant Thornton

Headland Archaeology/Eneclann

Holger Schweitzer

Indecon

Irish Concrete Federation Ltd

Irish Traveller Movement

John Murphy

Kavanagh, Mansfield and Partners

Kieran O’Malley and Co Ltd

Lee Mc Cullough Consultant Engineers

Liam Downey and Dermot Harrington

M.J O’Connell

Malachy Walsh and Partners

Margaret Gowen and Co. Ltd

Mary Higgins

Mary Murphy and Assoc

MI Safety Training Services

Mr Owen Boyle

Mr Pat McBride

Mr. David Lovegrove

Mr. Hugh O Cofaigh

Murphy Consulting

Murrays Consultants

Murtagh and Partners

Napier University Ventures Ltd.

Nathan O’Connor

National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI)

NCCRI

O’Herlihy Consultancy

Olive Safety Services

OMD

Operational Command Training Organisation Ltd

Oracle EMEA ltd.

Pembroke Communications

Price Waterhouse Coopers

QTS

Queens University Belfast

Room Three Design

RPS Group

Seaver Associates

Shaffrey Associates and Placemakers

Sirius Geotechnical and Env Ltd

SQW Limited

Start Computing ltd.

Tobins Consulting Engineers

Tom Considine

UCD Consultancy Team

White Young Green Consultants

William Fry Solicitors

WYG Consultants

Zenith Land Surveys

The Department's consultancy budget is managed in accordance with Government policy: consultants are only engaged where specific expertise is required which is not available in the Department. The Department also uses the training and development budget to upskill staff with expertise necessary for the performance of the Department's business.

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