Consultancy Contracts

Wednesday, 6 June 2012

Ceisteanna (749, 750)

Arthur Spring

Ceist:

754 Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of expenditure by his Department on outside consultants for each year since 2007. [26931/12]

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755 Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the top five paid consultancy companies contracted by his Department since 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26932/12]

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Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Deputy Simon Coveney)

I propose to take Questions Nos. 754 and 755 together.

My Department uses private contractors, consultants and agencies to provide certain services when such proves to be more cost effective and Department staff are not available. This can include services such as specialised laboratory services, computer services, legal advice or independent auditing services. The information requested can be found in the following table:

Total Amount of Expenditure on Consultants

2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
1,378,502	2,890,638	2,778,490	1,882,866	1,531,181

The top five paid consultancy companies contracted since 2007

	Consultant/Consultancy Company	Nature of Work	Expenditure in 2007 €
1	Deloitte	Certifying Body, providing independent certification of the Department’s EAGF/EAFRD annual accounts and compliance with EU accreditation criteria, as required under EU Council Regulation 1290/05.	481,118.75
2	Mott MacDonald Consulting Engineers,5 Eastgate Avenue,Little Island,Cork	Various Harbour Developments	259,581.22
3	Jacobs Engineering UK Ltd.,Jacobs House,427 London Road,Reading,Berkshire RG6 1BL,UK	Castletownbere Harbour Development — Site Works supervision	233,525.00
4	RPS Consulting Engineers,Elmwood House,74 Boucher Road,Belfast BT12 6RZNorthern Ireland	Various Harbour Developments	130,255.72
5	Mazars	Provision of IT audit expertise to the Internal Audit Unit	58,147

	Consultant/Consultancy Company	Nature of Work	Expenditure in 2008 €
1	Mott MacDonald Consulting Engineers, 5 Eastgate Avenue, Little Island, Cork	Various Harbour Developments	704,560.40
2	Deloitte	Certifying Body, providing independent certification of the Department’s EAGF/EAFRD annual accounts and compliance with EU accreditation criteria, as required under EU Council Regulation 1290/05.	519,168.15
3	Haskoning Consulting Engineers	Engineering Services in relation to Greencastle Harbour Development	443,274
4	Jacobs UK, Consulting Engineers, 95 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, G2 7HX, U.K.	Castletownbere Harbour Development — Site Works supervision	390,939.88
5	RPS Consulting Engineers, Elmwood House, 74 Boucher Road, Belfast BT12 6RZ	Various Harbour Developments	210,132

	Consultant/Consultancy Company	Nature of Work	Expenditure in 2009 €
1	Mott MacDonald Consulting Engineers, 5 Eastgate Avenue, Little Island, Cork	Various Harbour Developments	1,091,818.53
2	Deloitte	Certifying Body, providingindependent certification of the Department’s EAGF/EAFRD annual accounts and compliance with EU accreditation criteria, as required under EU Council Regulation 1290/05.	€556,652.88
3	Jacobs UK, Consulting Engineers, 95 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, G2 7HX, U.K.	Castletownbere Harbour Development — Site Works supervision	338,902.38
4	Lisney	Property Valuations	€132,457.14
5	RPS Consulting EngineersElmwood House, 74 Boucher Road, Belfast BT12 6RZ	Various Harbour Developments	117,651.00

	Consultant/Consultancy Company	Nature of Work	Expenditure in 2010 €
1	Mott MacDonald Consulting Engineers, 5 Eastgate Avenue, Little Island, Cork	Various Harbour Developments	727,694.73
2	Deloitte	Certifying Body, providingindependent certification of the Department’s EAGF/EAFRD annual accounts and compliance with EU accreditation criteria, as required under EU Council Regulation 1290/05.	€438,689.27
3	Jacobs UK, Consulting Engineers, 95 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, G2 7HX, U.K.	Castletownbere Harbour Development — Site Works supervision	139,210.21
4	Indecon International Economic Consultants	Independent mid-term evaluation of the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013 as required by the EU	110,903
5	Haskoning Consulting Engineers	Engineering Services in relation to various Harbour Developments	105,411

	Consultant/Consultancy Company	Nature of Work	Expenditure in 2011 €
1	Deloitte	Certifying Body, providing independent certification of the Department’s EAGF/EAFRD annual accounts and compliance with EU accreditation criteria, as required under EU Council Regulation 1290/05.	509,830
2	Mott MacDonald Consulting Engineers, 5 Eastgate Avenue, Little Island, Cork	Various Harbour Developments	265,030.63
3	RPS Consulting Engineers Ltd, Innishmore, Ballincollig, Co. Cork	Various Harbour Developments	255,463.86
4	White Young Green Consulting Engineers	Engineering Services in relation to Electrical Upgrading at Howth Harbour	72,408
5	Mazars	Provision of IT audit expertise to the Internal Audit Unit	56,634