Consultancy Contracts Data

Tuesday, 28 January 2014

Ceisteanna (654)

Eoghan Murphy

Ceist:

654. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of the top 20 consulting firms engaged by his Department, including public bodies, in order of fee generation or cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4613/14]

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Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

My Department uses private contractors, consultants and agencies to provide certain services when such an approach is more cost effective. This can include services such as specialised laboratory services, computer services, legal advice or independent auditing services.

Details of the top twenty consulting firms engaged by this Department for the year 2013 are provided in the table.

-	Consultant/Consultancy Company	Nature of Work	Expenditure in 2013 €
1	Deloitte	Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine – Annual Accounts Certification as required by EU legislation.	468,277
2	Smith Carter - an American specialist Biocontainment Engineering consultancy firm	This company was retained following a procurement process managed by the OPW for the purpose of designing and commissioning the amelioration of the high containment virology CAT 4 facility at the DAFM laboratories at Backweston, Celbridge, Co. Kildare.	192,646
3	Malone O’Regan	Provision of Consultancy Services for The Bull’s Nose & Storm Gate for North Harbour, Cape Clear, Co. Cork	93,773
4	Ove Arup & Partners Ireland	Structural Engineering Consultancy for the East Pier at Howth FHC	91, 260
5	Mazars	Assist in the provision of IT Audit Expertise to the Internal Audit Unit.	61,500
6	RPS	Civil Engineering Consultancy for Environmental Remediation project at Howth FHC	51,752
7	Fitzpatrick Associates Economic Consultants	Ex Ante Evaluation, Strategic Environmental Assessment and Appropriate Assessment of the 2014 – 2020 Rural Development Programme	48,400
8	Drima Marketing Ltd	Collation, analysis and communication of national wood harvest and trade data on behalf of DAFM, and transmission of data to Eurostat, FAO, the international Energy Agency and other bodies, compilation of support documentation and data related to the CITES convention	34,668
9	WYG Engineering (NI) Ltd	Electrical Engineering Consultancy for Howth FHC	26,826
10	Malachy Walsh & Partners	Consultancy services for An Daingean FHC Marina Pontoons Replacement and Smart Water Metering	23,236
11	Espion	Quarterly independent assessments of the Department’s IT security measures and Biannual independent security review of the Department's IT infrastructure as required for EU accreditation purposes, and independent web facing application testing.	18,825
12	NTA Monitor Limited	Quarterly independent assessments of the Department’s IT security measures and Biannual independent security review of the Department's IT infrastructure as required for EU accreditation purposes and independent web facing application testing.	16,162
13	Danish Forestry Extension	Wood Energy advisory service (www.woodenergy,ie) and production of publications on wood energy	15,173
14	Malachy Walsh & Partners	Consultancy services for Castletownbere FHC New Gangway & Pontoon System	15,169
15	Arup	Provision of Consultancy Services for the Proposed Maintenance Dredging of Contaminated Sediment at Dunmore East FHC, Co. Waterford.	13,284
16	Mott MacDonald Group	Sewer Data Gathering and local Sewer Design at Dunmore FHC, Co. Waterford	12,453
17	Henry Phillips, Forestry Consultant	Professional advice and analysis in relation to the national forest policy review, forest management planning systems and forecasting, and forest valuation	11,980
18	Norfolk Marine Ltd.	Survey works report to Killybegs FHC	10,828
19	Jennings O’Donovan	Structural Engineering Consultancy for Safety Mooring at Killybegs FHC and Traffic Management Consultancy for Killybegs FHC	9,723
20	CST group	Traffic Management Consultancy for Howth FHC and Structural Engineering Consultancy for Killybegs FHC	9,474