My Department engages a wide variety of professional services to provide advice within a particular field of expertise where such expertise is not readily available within my Department. This ranges from archaeology services to the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes to ICT related professional services, such as web design and maintenance. Other areas include graphic design, copy editing, proof reading, audit and HR related services such as learning & development supports.
The amount of expenditure spent on such consultancies in the period 2015 to 2017 is set out in the table. This expenditure related to eighty four individual consultants or consultant companies. These figures do not include details of legal opinions or advices received as they are not defined as consultants.
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2015
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2016
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2017
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Overall Total
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Total Expenditure
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€552,584
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€643,743
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€1,251,263
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€2,447,590
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Name of Company
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Aidan Harte T/A Munster Archaeology
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Atlas Geophysical Ltd.
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Axiseng - Professional Service
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Beaumont Hospital - Risk Assessment
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Brenda O'Hanlon
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Brian Harvey Social Research
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Capita
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Carmel Corrigan
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Carole C Devaney
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Centre for Effective Services
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Dan Mulvihill & Assoc. Consulting Engineers Ltd
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Dara Dooge
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Darragh Buckley
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Deirdre Fullerton - Insights
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Deirdre McGuillicuddy
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Nick Frost
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Dermot O' Brien
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DIT
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Downes Associates
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Dr Anne Sanson
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Dr Brian Farrell
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Dr John Bynner
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Dr Satya Brink
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Dr. Nelleke Bakker
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Dymphna Devine
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Educative
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Elliot & Fitzgerald -Warehouse Premises & Land Valuation
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EMC Radar Consulting
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Ernst & Young
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Eurofins Forensic Services Ltd
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Foroige
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Fusio
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Glasgow Caledonian University
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Hugh Kavanagh
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ICA Training
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Imelda Coyne
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IT Executive Focus
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James Gallen
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James Hutton Limited
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Javelin Direct Marketing - Oberstown Brochure Design
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Jim Halley T/A 2 Collaborate Ltd
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JJ Campbell & Associates - Engineering Consultancy
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John Malone - Process Auditor
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Kathleen C O'Flaherty
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Linda Lynch
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Liz Harper
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Malayo Ltd
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Mandy Johnston
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Mazars
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Media Coop Productions Ltd.
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Michael Little
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Middlequarter
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Mindful Facilitation
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Monsignor Gordon F Read
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Naomi Eisensdtadt
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Niamh Malone
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Niamh McCullagh
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NJN Consulting
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Noel Fitzgerald
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NYCI
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O'Hanlon Media
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OSC Consulting Engineers Ltd
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Paul Boland Consultancy
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Paul Harrison
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Paul Snell
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Penhouse Design Ltd
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Persuasion Republic
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Peter Smyth Consultancy
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Print Media Services Ltd.
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Professor Gordon T Cook
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QSR International (UK) Ltd
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Research Matters Ltd.
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Sandra Roe
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Scottish Universities
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Screenlink
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Shorecontrol Safety
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SouthPaw Pictures
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Susan Carey
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Tallaght West Childhood Development Initiative
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TCD
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Tom Beegan & Associates
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UCC - Deirdre Horgan
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UCC - Ursula Kilkelly
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UCL Consulting (Ingrid Schoon)
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In order to reduce costs, my Department avails of Framework Agreements negotiated by the Office of Government Procurement (OGP) where possible. A number of areas where consultancy costs are being experienced do not always lend itself to OGP frameworks. This can arise particularly in the area relating to the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and the Irish Youth Justice Services.
My Department is developing its internal resources to help reduce dependance on certain types of consultancies such as internal audit, HR and ICT advice.
