Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 July 2018
2783. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount paid for consultancy services in each of the years 2012 to 2017; the details of these payments; the companies that received the payments; the amount received by each company; the hourly rates that applied to each company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35385/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraInformation requested on amounts paid by my Department for consultancy services in the years 2012 to 2017, to the extent to which it is readily available, is set out in the following table.
|
Consultant |
2012 € |
2013 € |
2014 € |
2015 € |
2016 € |
2017 € |
|
A&L Goodbody Solicitors |
|
|
|
|
|
23,985 |
|
AECOM |
17,393 |
*38,834 |
|
33,684 |
|
|
|
AP Env Econ Ltd. |
|
35,178 |
|
|
|
|
|
Artefact Limited |
|
|
|
|
|
1,107 |
|
ARUP Consulting Engineers |
17,835 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
ASM Chartered Accountants |
|
|
|
|
|
18,400 |
|
Bid Management Services |
|
|
2,583 |
|
3,963 |
738 |
|
Bruce McCormack |
|
|
|
|
1,970 |
|
|
Deloitte |
|
|
|
28,939 |
|
|
|
Deloitte & Touche |
|
39,299 |
66,036 |
|
|
|
|
Derek Moynihan |
475 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
DKM Economic Consultants |
39,690 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Des Johnson |
|
|
|
|
*6,000 |
|
|
Dr. Dagmar Stengel |
|
|
|
14,391 |
|
|
|
Dr. Eoin O'Sullivan, Trinity College Dublin |
6,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
DTZ Sherry Fitzgerald |
2,783 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Duncan Lawrence Environmental Ltd. |
|
|
4,223 |
|
|
|
|
Eamon O'Boyle & Associates Limited |
|
|
|
|
2,411 |
|
|
Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) |
60,280 |
*174,403 |
*95,474 |
|
60,000 |
*189,785 |
|
Egan, Fitzpatrick, Malsch & Lawrence |
1,526,250 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expert Panel on Concrete Blocks |
|
|
|
|
|
10,114 |
|
Flynn Furney Consultants Ltd |
3,167 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Frank Curran Consultants Ltd |
1,476 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Glas Ecology |
4,920 |
|
1,599 |
|
|
|
|
Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency |
1,937 |
*66,613 |
2,017 |
|
|
|
|
Housing & Sustainable Communities Ltd. |
|
12,300 |
|
|
|
|
|
Indecon |
*67,431 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Invas Biosecurity |
|
|
|
|
9,225 |
|
|
IT Executive Focus |
|
|
|
33,173 |
22,115 |
|
|
KW Research & Associates |
|
9,921 |
|
|
|
|
|
KOSI Ltd |
|
|
|
|
|
26,000 |
|
Local Government Management Agency (LGMA) |
|
|
|
50,000 |
|
|
|
MacCabe Durney Barnes |
|
|
94,567 |
350 |
|
|
|
Marine Institute |
996,162 |
478,980 |
633,105 |
568,232 |
181,002 |
|
|
Martinplan Consulting |
|
|
|
*3,250 |
|
|
|
Mason Hayes & Curran |
|
27,060 |
566 |
|
|
|
|
Mazars Consulting |
|
|
|
27,075 |
|
|
|
Malachy Walsh & Partners |
2,153 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mr. David Lovegrove |
9,689 |
1,120 |
|
|
|
|
|
Mr. Eamon Galligan SC |
|
|
2,433 |
|
|
|
|
Mr. Hendrick W van der Kamp |
|
12,096 |
|
|
2,688 |
|
|
Mr. Seamus Woulfe SC |
19,680 |
49,200 |
|
|
|
|
|
Munster Archaeology |
24,258 |
23,031 |
|
|
|
|
|
National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) |
2,706 |
14,145 |
|
|
|
*27,768 |
|
National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG)/National Economic and Social Council (NESC) |
|
|
*58,525 |
|
|
|
|
O'Brien Learning |
|
|
|
|
|
2,622 |
|
Optimize |
|
|
|
|
|
6,150 |
|
Padraic Thornton Planning & Environmental Consultancy |
|
7,200 |
5,263 |
|
|
|
|
Patricia Thornton Tom Philips Associates |
|
|
4,151 |
|
|
|
|
Price Waterhouse Coopers |
120,294 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rory Mulcahy, Senior Counsel |
|
|
|
|
|
55,350 |
|
RPS Group |
211,458 |
*58,248 |
79,848 |
|
*195,979 |
73,427 |
|
RPS MCOS Ltd |
45,223 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sean O' Riordain & Associates |
|
3,257 |
|
|
|
|
|
SLR Environmental Consulting (Ireland) Ltd |
|
50,451 |
|
|
|
|
|
Steering Group on Fire Safety Review |
|
|
|
25,000 |
9,905 |
692 |
|
Sweeney Consulting (Scotland) Limited |
|
|
41,781 |
|
|
|
|
Tobin Consulting Engineers |
57,180 |
55,142 |
52,014 |
|
|
|
|
TRL Limited |
|
42,435 |
|
|
|
|
|
University College Cork (UCC) |
|
19,373 |
23,678 |
|
|
|
|
University College Cork (UCC)/National Economic and Social Council (NESC) |
|
|
4,305 |
|
|
|
|
White Young Green |
13,005 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
3,251,445 |
1,218,286 |
1,172,168 |
784,094 |
495,258 |
436,138 |
* Certain consultants were engaged in more than one contract.
The awarding of consultancy contracts by my Department is carried out in accordance with Guidelines for the Engagement of Consultants and Other External Support by the Civil Service, published by the Department of Finance. In procuring such services and managing the associated contracts, every effort is made by my Department to ensure maximum value for money and the keeping of expenditure to the minimum necessary to achieve the relevant objectives.
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 on-going performance of the Department’s business.
