I propose to take Questions Nos. 593 and 596 together.
Tables 1, 2 and 3 provide details of the costs associated with the external public relations and consultancy persons and organisations used by my Department, and the names of the individuals / firms involved, in the period specified by the Deputy. Just one of the companies listed, Barberry Limited, relates to PR and communications consultancies.
Table 1: DJEI External PR & Consultancy Payments – Jan-Aug 2012
Name of Company/Payee
|
Cost (€)
|
Deloitte & Touche
|
€86,100
|
Ward Solutions (ICT Consultancy)
|
€16,590
|
SIRA Consulting BV*
|
€34,000
|
Version 1
|
€147
|
Ward Solutions
|
€14,111
|
Kilroys Solicitors
|
€ 2,499
|
AD Little
|
€30,000
|
SIRA Consulting BV*
|
€32,000
|
Paul O'Higgins
|
€1,230
|
Philip Rahn
|
€6,365
|
Shelley Horan
|
€566
|
Capita Asset Services (Ireland) Limited
|
€159,535
|
The Access Expert
|
€1,148
|
Brendan Moran
|
€1,845
|
Barberry Ltd, (trading as Keating & Associates)
|
€4,161
|
A & L Goodbody
|
€69,047
|
Table 2: DJEI External PR & Consultancy Payments 2011
Name of Company/Payee
|
Cost (€)
|
IKEN Software
|
€4,532
|
Four Point Software Development
|
€26,069
|
UCD (Dr Frank Walsh)
|
€15,000
|
Mason, Hayes and Curran
|
€7,000
|
Capital for Enterprise Limited
|
€72,074
|
Capital Assets Services Limited
|
€103,763
|
Kilroys Solicitors
|
€9,231
|
Rits (ICT Consultancy)
|
€15,452
|
IBM (ICT Services)
|
€10,239
|
Maxima Ireland (ICT Consultancy)
|
€8,276
|
DNM Technology
|
€7,623
|
Reidy Brophy Limited
|
€3,570
|
The Access Expert
|
€5,770
|
Sia Management Group
|
€15,089
|
John Travers
|
€36,905
|
Fitzpatrick Associates- Economic Consultants
|
€15,730
|
Connolly Lowe
|
€8,963
|
Remy Farrell
|
€545
|
Una Ní Raifeartaigh
|
€1,210
|
Una Ní Raifeartaigh
|
€4,840
|
Karole Cuddihy
|
€968
|
Una Ní Raifeartaigh
|
€454
|
Barberry Ltd (trading as Keating & Associates)
|
€18,770
|
Greater Heights Ltd
|
€15,645
|
Mairéad Carey
|
€7,889
|
Table 3: DJEI External PR & Consultancy Payments 2010
Name of Company/Payee
|
Cost (€)
|
John Travers
|
€24,805
|
SIRA Consulting BV
|
€9,950
|
SIRA Consulting BV
|
€8,531
|
Capgemini Consulting
|
€4,963
|
Jacobs and Associates
|
€3,300
|
Connolly Lowe
|
€12,778
|
Caroline Costello
|
€424
|
Paul Anthony McDermott
|
€3,933
|
Brian Murray
|
€5,288
|
Paul O'Higgins
|
€3,933
|
Nessa Cahill
|
€1,892
|
Tom Mallon
|
€557
|
Brian Murray
|
€4,564
|
Cyril O' Neill
|
€2,056
|
Remy Farrell
|
€424
|
Remy Farrell
|
€333
|
Paul Anthony McDermott
|
€1,210
|
Paul O'Higgins
|
€1,210
|
Catherine Donnelly
|
€4,235
|
Remy Farrell
|
€3,237
|
Horwath Bastow Charleton
|
€1,252
|
Nessa Cahill
|
€3,896
|
Eoghan O’Briain
|
€8,785
|
Barberry Ltd, (trading as Keating & Associates)
|
€29,011
|
Brendan Moran
|
€3,085
|
LHM Casey McGrath
|
€55,575
|
Kilroys Solicitors
|
€7,213
|
Rits
|
€4,847
|
Version 1
|
€9,518
|
Bearing Point
|
€9,680
|
* These amounts are in respect of an interdepartmental project managed by DJEI. A number of Departments contributed funds to pay for the project but DJEI was not a contributor.