Consultancy Contracts Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 26 November 2015

Thursday, 26 November 2015

Ceisteanna (91)

Michael McGrath

Ceist:

91. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount paid out to named consultants and consultancy firms in 2015 to date, in tabular form; the description of the work provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42274/15]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform

In response to the Deputy's question the table below outlines the amount paid to consultancy firms and the description of the work provided to my Department since 1 January 2015. 

Consultants/Consultancy Firms	Description of Work	€
Astec Global	Civil Service Financial Management Shared Services Project: Project Management Services	€140,195
Capita	Civil Service Financial Management Shared Services Project: Consultancy Services	€30,221
Resolve Ltd	Civil Service Financial Management Shared Services Project: Consultancy Services	€26,191
Gartner	Civil Service Financial Management Shared Services Project: Consultancy Services	€30,602
Deloitte	Civil Service Financial Management Shared Services Project: Consultancy Services	€808,276
Harvey Nash	Civil Service HR and Pensions Administration Shared Services Consultancy (Paid in 2015, for 2014 consultancy work)	€13,284
Bearing Point	Civil Service HR and Pensions Administration Shared Services Business Analyst	€109,788
Bearing Point	Consultancy services for the provision of Debt Management Project Manager	€115,805
Accenture Consulting	Civil Service HR and Pensions Administration Shared Services Analytics Work	€31,144
The Communication Clinic	Project implementation training	€3,750
Clarion Consulting	Business process review of the Civil Service Disciplinary Code	€23,985
AA Ireland	Category Specific Advisory Services	€2,460
Accenture	Provision of Procurement Benefits Measurement Guidance Support	€29,582
Accenture	Build to share Public Service ICT strategy	€339,188
Achilles Procurement Services	Procurement Capacity Support	€93,649
Empirica	Data Review	€3,921
Ernst & Young	Procurement Capacity Support	€197,682
Gartner Ireland	Category Specific Advisory Services	€159,285
Adrian O Donoghue Service Design Workshop	Workshop Facilitator	€378
Aspiracon Ltd	IT Consultancy	€10,240
Astron Consulting	Consultancy Services for Quality Assurance	€15,498
Brooker Consulting	Consultancy Fees for Quality Management System	€7,995
Darcy Lynch	Provision of Audit Services	€39,330
IT Allowance Outsourcing	IT Consultancy	€13,456
John Gallagher	Consultancy Services for Quality Assurance	€8,408
Gartner Ireland	Research and advisory services	€162,903
Innovative Procurement Solutions	Procurement Capacity Support	€49,853
John O'Hehir & Associates	HR Consultancy	€17,589
OVE ARUP & Partners	Category Specific Advisory Services	€22,866
Pantaleon Consulting Limited	Category Specific Advisory Services	€1,250
Papernet	Category Specific Advisory Services	€4,615
Peter Bacon and Associates	Economic Consultancy	€25,598
Schneider Electric (M&C Ireland)	Category Specific Advisory Services	€213,749
The Analytics Store	IT Consultancy	€1,845
Dovetail Technologies	Business analysis and preparation of a draft specification for an electronic data exchange system for EU funding	€46,371
TMG Translation Services	Translation of Partnership agreement into Irish	€9,238
Mazars	Audit services	€11,921
Dr. Michaela Greenwood, Chartered Occupational Psychologist	Work carried out in 2014 in relation to the development of 360 tools for the SPS executive coaching programme	€3,304
Core HR Consulting	Consultancy for Payroll Shared Services Project	€686,787
Deloitte	Consultancy for Payroll Shared Services Project	€93,374
Deloitte	Consultancy services for the NSSO	€187,611
EY	Consultancy services for the NSSO	€43,173
PWC	Expert assistance in relation to the implementation of Public Service Reform initiatives	€36,900
Byrne Wallace	Legal Services	€70,897
McGrath Associates	HRM Facilitation and Consultancy	€8,000

 

In the course of their normal business activity the Office of Public Works engages technical consultants on many of its projects, primarily architectural and engineering.  The costs of these consultants would be included in the overall project cost and are not included here. 

My Department ensures that every effort is made to limit the use of consultants where possible.  All contracts are negotiated with a view to achieving best value for money and are kept under review to ensure this is maintained.  When the use of consultants is unavoidable the staff in my Department ensure appropriate skills transfer to reduce the requirement for consultants going forward.