Consultancy Contracts Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 6 April 2017

Thursday, 6 April 2017

Ceisteanna (120)

Niall Collins

Ceist:

120. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Finance the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011 per annum in tabular form. [17433/17]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Finance

In response to the Deputy's question, I have included in tabular form, the requested information in relation to external consultant reports commissioned by my Department since March 2011.

Commission date	External Consultant Report	Name	Cost	Published /Expected Publication date
2017	SME Lending Survey October 2016 - March 2017	Behaviour & Attitudes	N/A - Survey ongoing	To be published May 2017**
2016	SME Lending Survey April 2016 - September 2016	Behaviour & Attitudes	€64,575.00	Published December  2016**
2016	Structure of the Banking Sector in Ireland in a Post-Crisis Era	Seamus Coffey	€543.28	Not published. Policy research paper.
2016	Review of Corporate Tax Code	Seamus Coffey	Review ongoing	Review Ongoing
2016	SME Lending Survey October 2015 - March 2016	Red C	€58,979.00	Published June  2016**
2015	SME Lending Survey November 2014 - April 2015	Red C Research & Marketing Ltd	€58,978.50	Published - April 2015**
2015	Review of Local Property Tax	Dr Don Thornhill	Nil	Published - October 2015
2015	Tax breaks and the residential property market	ESRI	€30,677.43	Published - October 2015
2015	Spillover analysis of the effects of the Irish tax system on the economies of developing countries	IBFD	€94,678.00	Published - October 2015
2015	Review of marine taxation	Indecon	€106,887.00	Published - October 2015
2015	SME Lending Survey May 2015 - October 2015	Red C	€58,979.00	Published September 2015**
2015	Assessment of special regeneration areas for the Living City Initiative	John Martin	€2,500.00	Not published. Used as input to the decisions made on the special regeneration areas. The details of these areas were published when the Living City Initiative was launched.
2015	The provision of a review of the current Health and Safety Arrangements within the Department of Finance and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. The final objectives are to update the Health and Safety Management Systems within both Departments in order to build on existing Health and Safety culture and practices within both Departments	Antaris Consulting	€16,113.00	Not published. Internal Health & Safety report only. While the Department of Finance is the client the service is being provided to both the Department of Finance and the Department of Public Expenditure  and Reform.
2015	SME Lending Survey November 2014 - April 2015	Red C Research & Marketing Ltd	€58,978.50	Published - April 2015**
2014	Cost benefit analysis of Irish Agri-taxation measures and international benchmark against other Agri-taxation incentives	Indecon	€103,689	Published - October 2014
2014	Effective rates of corporation tax in Ireland	Seamus Coffey	€4,900.00	Published - April 2014
2014	Importance of tax policy in the location choices of multi-nationals	ESRI	€30,750.00	Published - October 2014
2014	Research Programme on funding for Small, Medium Enterprises	ESRI	€122,833.96	Published - October 2014
2014	The historical development and international context of the Irish corporate tax system	Ernst & Young	€6,150.00	Published - October 2014
2014	SME Lending Survey April-October 2014	Red C Research & Marketing Limited	€58,978.50	Published - November 2014**
2014	SME Lending Survey October-March 2014	Red C Research & Marketing Limited	€58,978.50	Published - June 2014**
2014	Review of existing facilities management processes	MKF Property Services	€28,720.50	Published - June 2014
2014	Reviews into Mortgage Servicing	Citibank Europe plc	€0.00	Cancelled
2013	Assistance and Analysis in the Preparation of the Medium-Term Economic Strategy 2014-2020	PMCA  Economic Consulting	€49,043.00	Not published. It was commissioned to provide evidence-based economic analysis as an input to the MTES. This analysis is reflected in the text of the MTES.
2013	Spatial Development Patterns - Implications for the Medium Term Economic Strategy (MTES)	ESRI	€4,624	Not published. Used as input to MTES and analysis is reflected there
2013	Report to Department in respect of a survey of R&D Active Companies 2013	Crowe Horwath	€36,850.80	Published
2013	Ex ante cost benefit analysis of proposed Living City Initiative	Indecon	€28,290.00	Published
2013	SME Lending Survey October-March 2013	Red C Research & Marketing Limited	€59,593.50	Published**
2013	SME Lending Survey April-September 2013	Red C Research & Marketing Limited	€58,978.50	Published**
2013	Remuneration Review of Covered Institutions	Mercer (Ireland) Limited	€146,370.00	Published
2012	External Review of the Compilation of General Government Debt Statistics	Deloitte & Touche	€ 61,553.00	Published
2012	(a)    Survey of audio-visual producers (b) Review on international review of audio-visual state supports	BDO and Amárach	€64,575.00	Published
2012	Assessment of Credit Review Office	Grant Thornton	€31,807.80	Published
2012	SME Lending Survey October-March 2012	Mazars	€60,885.00	Published**
2012	SME Lending Survey April-September 2012	Red C Research & Marketing Limited	€61,438.50	Published**
2011	SME Lending Survey April-September 2011	Mazars	€52,453.50	Published**
2011	Acquisition by AIB of EBS Building Society	Charles River Associates	€50,000.00	Published
2011	Mortgage arrears report commissioned to feed into Government strategy	ARAM International Partners	€100,000	Not published. It informed the deliberations of the Keane Group and fed into the Keane Report on Mortgage Arrears.

 **Reimbursed by AIB & Bank of Ireland  

The Deputy may wish to note that the list does not include research outputs under the joint Macro-economy and Taxation research programme between the Department of Finance and the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI).