Written Answers Nos. 1038-1039
1038. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount spent on consultancy services by her Department in 2021; the reason for each consultancy; and the name of the consultancy in tabular form. [1725/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe procurement of external consultancy services is essential to support my Department in providing high quality service to the public in a cost effective and efficient manner. Consultants are engaged for a fixed period following procurement exercises conducted in accordance with Department procedures that are compliant with EU and national legislation and with guidelines set down by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. All consultancy related payments in my Department are made from the consultancy budget (Subhead A2(vii)).
A breakdown of annual expenditure on consultancy and IT external service provision, and a list of purchase orders for €20,000 and above, is available on the Department’s website at gov.ie - Department of Social Protection Policy on Procurement (www.gov.ie)
The following is the provisional spend on Consultancy for 2021 in tabular form:
|
BearingPoint Ireland Ltd |
€122,508 |
Consultancy Support in the setting up of PUP Scheme Area and in establishing the Central Jobseeker Processing Unit |
|
Mazars |
€58,733 |
Government Banking Services implementation |
|
Institute for Employment Studies |
€57,518 |
Design, development and procurement of future contracted public employment services |
|
The Economic and Social Research Institute |
€49,315 |
Poverty and Social Inclusion Research Programme 2020-2023 |
|
BearingPoint Ireland Ltd |
€47,145 |
Customer Contact Strategy Implementation |
|
Ernst & Young Business Advisory Services |
€42,143 |
Outsourced IS internal audit expertise |
|
KPMG |
€30,062 |
Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIA) |
|
Crowe Advisory Limited |
€26,445 |
Financial and Economic Services |
|
Project Botticelli Limited |
€25,830 |
Migration of Analytics Platform |
|
Ruth A Fitzgerald |
€16,680 |
Transposition of the IORP II Directive |
|
KPMG |
€12,100 |
Actuarial Peer Review services |
1039. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for a disability allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1782/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraI can confirm that my Department received an application for disability allowance (DA) from this person on 10 December 2021.
On 15 December 2021 the person concerned was requested to confirm if they wished to have an agent appointed in respect of their DA claim. The agent would act on behalf of the person concerned. On receipt of this confirmation, a decision will be made on their DA application and the person concerned will be notified of the outcome.
I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.
