Public Procurement Contracts

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 28 February 2023

Tuesday, 28 February 2023

Ceisteanna (717)

Neasa Hourigan

Ceist:

717. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the awards made both with and without a tender process to management consultancy firms (details supplied) by her Department and aegis bodies for each of the years 2018 to 2022 inclusive, in tabular form and classed by firm; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [10119/23]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Rural and Community Development

Details of awards made by my Department and by the bodies under the aegis of my Department to the consultancy firms referred to by the deputy are outlined in the table below.

KPMG

YEAR	DRCD or Body under Aegis	Purpose / Description of award	Value of the award	Total amount paid	Timeline/timeframe of the contracts	Desired/completed output
2018	Pobal	Resource planning report	€19,000	€20,893.09	18 Jan 2018 – 20 days	Resource management report
2021	Charities Regulator	Production of Guidance Documents	€6,150	€6,150	01/09/2021	31/12/2021
2022	Pobal	Review of SICAP (2018-2023) and Stakeholder Consultation for the next Iteration of SICAP (Commencing in 2024)	€75,000	€56,250	11 March 2022- 10 July 2023	Work is still ongoing

PwC

YEAR	DRCD or Body under Aegis	Purpose / Description of award	Value of the award	Total amount paid	Timeline/timeframe of the contracts	Desired/completed output
2021	Charities Regulator	Framework for the Provision of Appointment of Inspectors to Charities - Back Up	In excess of €144,000	Nil	29/09/2021 to 29/09/2023	29/09/2023

Deloitte

YEAR	DRCD or Body under Aegis	Purpose / Description of award	Value of the award	Total amount paid	Timeline/timeframe of the contracts	Desired/completed output
2019	DRCD	Dormant Assets Review- Identifying potential additional sources of Dormant Assets	€97,120 ex vat	€97,120 ex VAT –	October 2019 to December 2019 -	A written report which identified and considered potential sources of additional Dormant Assets, which was published on the Departmental website.
Pobal	Internal Audit Services	€144,000 estimated	€103,389	01/01/2019 - 31/12/2020	Internal audits completed
2020	Charities Regulator	Framework for the Provision of accounting, Audit and financial advisory Service	<€144,000	Nil	27/01/2020	26/01/2021
Pobal	Robotic Process Automation pilot to automate the reconciliation and closing of individual application codes process	€88179.50	€ 88179.50	10/05/2020- 31/12/2020	Pilot completed
2021	Charities Regulator	Risk Management Services	€6,000	€5,445	N/A	N/A
Pobal	Robotic Process Automation Beginner Training Internal Audit Services 3-year Blue Prism licence Covers period 08.12.21 to 07.12.24	€3,121.60 €200,000 €21,595.80	€1,973 €123,236.50 €21,595.80	Sept – October 2021 21/01/2021- 31/12/2023 08.12.21 to 07.12.24	RPA Beginner Training held Internal audits completed and contract ongoing 3-year Blue Prism licence
2022	Pobal	Drawdown Days to support Pobal Robotic Process Automation Period Covered 1/03/2022 to the 31/12/2022 Robotic Process Automation - Blude Prism upgrade to v7.1	€4,475.70 €11,189.25	€4,475.70 €11,189.25	31/03/2022 to the 31/12/2022 13/10/2022-31/12/22	Training completed for staff in RPA Upgrade completed