Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 July 2013
708. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide, in tabular form, a list of all professional fees, including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT related, advisory, advertising and accountancy; the company name and the amount invoiced between 1 June 2012 and 31 May 2013. [34541/13]
Amharc ar fhreagra710. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide the annual saving to the Exchequer of a 20% reduction in all professional fees, including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT related, advisory, advertising and accountancy; the company name and the amount invoiced between 1 June 2012 and 31 May 2013. [34573/13]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 708 and 710 together.
The followng table outlines details of fees paid for professional services as defined by the deduction of witholding tax by my Department between 1 June 2012 and 31 May 2013.
My Department administers a very diverse, complex and extremely technical brief. It has a total complement of around 250 full-time equivalent staff, of whom a limited number are technical personnel. This reality necessarily requires my Department to procure specialist external professional advice notably in legal, financial and technical areas to enable it to discharge its very wide brief. In procuring these specialised services, my Department always seeks to ensure value for money and that these professional services contribute to project delivery and informed, robust and evidence based policy making. Furthermore, in relation to the competitive tendering for contracts my Department adheres to the relevant EU Regulations and Department of Finance Guidelines on the procurement of goods and services. I would also point out that many of the consultancies relate to individual time limited projects where it is more sensible from a value for money perspective to engage consultants rather than permanent staff. In a number of cases, e.g. Tellus Border Project, the cost is either fully or partially funded by the EU.
Applying a unilateral 20% reduction in professional fees would reduce the amount paid by approximately €1 million. This figure is however a mathematical exercise, as the competitive tendering process ensures a market rate is obtained for the professional services being delivered.
Professional fees paid by the Department of Communications Energy and Natural Resource
|
Name |
Description of Service |
Amount (€) |
|
Mason Communications (Irl) Ltd |
Communications Consultancy on digital projects |
65,812 |
|
David Fox Associates |
Petroleum Engineering |
124,675 |
|
Deloitte & Touche |
Procurement advice on specialist communications projects |
10,094 |
|
ESRI Ireland |
Software licensing, maintenance and development |
230,137 |
|
Mason Hayes + Curran |
Assistance in implementation of National Postcode System |
17,454 |
|
Natural Environment Research Council |
TELLUS Border Project |
986,404 |
|
Version 1 Software |
Software licensing |
8,344 |
|
Morgan Geophysics |
Geophysical Consultancy |
89,888 |
|
Dr. Robert Meehan |
National Quaternary Mapping |
22,001 |
|
PricewaterhouseCoopers |
Financial Advisory Service |
164,827 |
|
Bearingpoint Ireland Ltd |
IT licensing & systems maintenance and development |
23,231 |
|
Name |
Description of Service |
Amount (€) |
|
Compass Informatics Ltd |
ICT input into Marine and geophysics projects |
111,646 |
|
Murphy Surveys Ltd |
INFOMAR Project |
7,545 |
|
Keane Offshore Integrity Ltd |
Corrib Gas Consultancy |
106,944 |
|
John Deasy |
Marine Geoscience & Hydrographic Services |
36,668 |
|
Maria Judge |
Marine Geoscience Services |
48,129 |
|
Niall Finn |
Marine Geological Services |
42,859 |
|
Ms. Mairead Glennon |
Geological Project Management Consultancy, TELLUS Border Project, GSI |
51,150 |
|
Indecon |
National Broadband Plan, eInclsion & the contribution of mining sector on economy |
114,227 |
|
Tobin Consulting Engineers |
Geoscience Initiatives on groundwater |
213,210 |
|
Grainne O'Shea |
Geographic Information Systems Services |
69,459 |
|
Mr. Phelim Lally |
Specialist for National Aggregate potential Mapping |
59,729 |
|
Client Solutions Limited |
Software Maintenance |
110,220 |
|
Aurum Exploration Ltd |
Geoscience Initiatives on bedrock |
43,267 |
|
Geo Marine Survey Systems BV |
Offshore Data Acquisition, |
3,046 |
|
CDM Smith Ireland Ltd T/A CDM |
Mine safety and environmental monitoring of Avoca and Silvermines, EMD |
43,558 |
|
Ronan O'Toole |
Marine Geoscience & Hydrographic Services, INFOMAR |
56,938 |
|
W1 Design |
Information Society and eInclusion |
13,447 |
|
PA Consulting Group |
Assistance in implementation of National Postcode System |
209,133 |
|
Mouchel Parkman Ireland Ltd |
Landslide Susceptibility Mapping |
43,290 |
|
VBF Technologies |
Information Society and eInclusion |
31,396 |
|
Construction Consultancy Svs |
Geoscience Initiatives |
35,246 |
|
Jenny Deakin |
Hydrogeological Services, Groundwater Source Protection |
7,350 |
|
Janine Guinan |
Marine Geoscience Services |
52,181 |
|
Reidy Brophy Limited |
Emergency Exercise for Oil Supply Disruption |
5,680 |
|
Peter Conroy |
Hydrogeological Services, Groundwater Source Protection Work |
7,067 |
|
Tom Browne |
Survey Vessel Master Services, INFOMAR |
41,474 |
|
Shane Carey |
Geographic Information Systems Services, TELLUS Border Project |
59,089 |
|
Environ uk ltd |
Monitoring consent conditions for Corrib Gas Consultancy |
166,412 |
|
Dúlra Iorrais Teoranta |
Marine Geoscience Services, INFOMAR |
4,371 |
|
Eoin Mc Craith |
Marine Geoscience Services, INFOMAR |
41,349 |
|
Brian Smith |
Survey vessel master services |
23,856 |
|
Atlas Services Group |
Hydrographic Data Processing-INFOMAR |
116,512 |
|
Versata FZ - LLC |
Software Licensing |
72,180 |
|
Waterwise Environmental |
Water Sample Analyses, TELLUS Border Project |
68,156 |
|
Katherine Knights |
Geochemical Consultancy, TELLUS Border Project |
61,370 |
|
Beta Analytic Limited |
INFOMAR Operations |
2,041 |
|
Morrow Communications |
Community and Landowner Outreach Consultancy, TELLUS Border Project |
9,688 |
|
Gill Scott |
Marine Geoscience Services, INFOMAR |
22,289 |
|
Latinollo Limited |
National Analogue Switch Off Campaign |
767,472 |
|
OConnell Agri-Enviromental Consultants (OCAE) |
Geochemical Data Acquisition, TELLUS Border Project |
68,588 |
|
Peter Cooney |
Geographic Information Systems Services, National Groundwater Vulnerability Mapping |
46,327 |
|
Ronan Tierney (Tierney & Associates ) |
Internal Audit Consultancy |
66,819 |
|
OHH Energy |
Consultancy –Meath Tyrone Power Lines |
4,198 |
|
2B Energy |
Consultancy –Meath Tyrone Power Lines |
1,342 |
|
Elimark AB |
Consultancy –Meath Tyrone Power Lines |
2,849 |
|
Jim Duffy |
Exemplar Networks |
4,139 |
|
Neary Marketing + Communications |
Data management and presentation |
1,600 |
|
Cloda Ryan |
Pensions Advisor |
160 |
|
Irish Observer Network Ltd |
Survey Vessel Master Services, INFOMAR |
5,953 |
|
Mostop Ltd |
Geoscience Initiatives |
55,729 |
|
LHM Casey McGrath |
Geoscience Initiatives |
670 |
|
Capital Business Svs Ltd T/A Capita Consulting |
Internal audit services |
24,080 |
|
Seighin Lennon |
Marine and Geophysics, INFOMAR |
1,920 |
|
Botanical Environmental Consultants (BEC) |
Environmental Impacts Assessments |
7,668 |
|
Communications Consultants Ireland |
Public and stakeholder consultation meetings |
1,505 |
|
5,016,054 |
