Joanna Tuffy
Ceist:
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Deputy Joanna Tuffy
asked the
Taoiseach
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.
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Amharc ar fhreagra
The Taoiseach: The following table details the amount spent on consultancy by my Department each year from 2008 to 2011 and the names of the consultancy companies awarded contracts. In addition, details of consultancy expenditure recouped from the Change Management Fund in the Department of Finance during 2008, 2009 and 2010 is included.
Consultancies engaged by Department of the Taoiseach 2008 to 2011
Name of Consultant
|
Total cost of Project
|
Department
|
|
2008
|
Grant Thornton
|
€75,120
|
Goodbody
|
€7,200
|
QTS Limited
|
€1,694
|
Ipsos Mori
|
€9,952
|
Hudson Talent Management
|
€45,552
|
PA Consulting Group
|
€46,775
|
Raymond Burke Consulting
|
€3,376
|
|
|
National Forum on Europe
|
|
Austin Butler Design
|
€647
|
Caroline Erskine
|
€118,602
|
Lansdowne Market Research
|
€6,292
|
|
|
Ireland Newfoundland Partnership
|
|
Bernadette Kiely
|
€1,028
|
|
|
Change Management Fund, Department of Finance
|
|
The Economist Intelligence Unit
|
€316,421
|
Isolde Goggins
|
€1,815
|
Isolde Goggins and Gillian Lauder
|
€85,305
|
RA Consulting
|
€9,030
|
2009
|
|
QTS Limited
|
€2,977
|
Ipsos Mori
|
€34,626
|
|
|
National Forum on Europe
|
|
Caroline Erskine
|
€54,471
|
|
|
Change Management Fund, Department of Finance
|
|
Goodbody
|
€5,545
|
Ipsos Mori
|
€34,093
|
O’Neill Amarach Consultants
|
€11,876
|
Fitzpatrick Associates
|
€30,942
|
Economist Intelligence Unit
|
€25,633
|
2010
|
|
Mercer (Ireland) Ltd
|
€23,595
|
Mazars
|
€2,500
|
|
|
Change Management Fund, Department of Finance
|
|
Goodbody
|
€3,117
|
Indecon
|
€13,930
|
2011
|
|
Tower Watson
|
€12,100
|
QTS Limited
|
€1,271
|