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Consultancy Contracts Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 April 2018

Tuesday, 17 April 2018

Ceisteanna (1516)

Alan Kelly

Ceist:

1516. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department in each of the years 2015 to 2017; the number of consultants engaged by his Department in those years; the names of the consultancy companies awarded contracts; and the steps which have been taken to reduce the expenditure on consultancy and the reliance on consultants by his Department in these years and for the future. [15192/18]

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The information requested on expenditure and the number of consultants engaged by my Department is set out in the following table. The information relates to the current configuration of my Department and does not include any expenditure in respect of functions that have transferred to other Departments, i.e. Rural Affairs, Social Enterprise, Climate Action, Environment and Community Development, which transferred out of my Department between 2016 and 2017.  

 

 2015

2016

2017

Consultancy Expenditure

€0.784m

€0.495m

€0.436m

No. of Consultants engaged

12

15

21

 

The names of the consultants are set out below as follows (1):

A&L Goodbody Solicitors

AECOM

Artefact Limited

ASM Chartered Accountants

Bid Management Services

Bruce McCormack

CAAS Ltd(2)

Capita Transformation(2)

Deloitte

Des Johnson

Dr. Dagmar Stengel

Eamon O'Boyle & Associates Limited

Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)

Expert Panel on Concrete Blocks

Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency(2)

PACEC(2)

Invas Biosecurity

Ipsos MRBI(2)

IT Executive Focus

KOSI Ltd

Limerick Institute of Technology(2)

Local Government Management Agency (LGMA)

MacCabe, Durney Barnes

Marine Institute

Martinplan Consulting

Mazars Consulting

Mr. Hendrik W van der Kamp

National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI)

O'Brien Learning

Optimize

Rory Mulcahy, Senior Counsel

RPS Group

School of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin(2)

Steering Group on Fire Safety Review

(1) Certain consultants were engaged in more than one year and on more than one contract.

(2) No expenditure incurred during 2015 to 2017.

My Department’s expenditure on consultancy has declined during the years in question and work will continue to ensure consultancy expenditure is kept to the minimum consistent with meeting key business needs.

In this regard, the Department’s consultancy budget is managed in accordance with Government policy and consultants are only engaged where specific expertise is required which is not  available in the organisation at the required time. The approach taken is to secure outside assistance when it is needed and to work to obtain organisational learning from the engagement so as to reduce costs in the future. The Department uses its training and development budget to up-skill staff with expertise necessary for the ongoing performance of the Department’s business.

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