Written answers
Wednesday, 2 November 2005
Department of An Taoiseach
Consultancy Contracts
9:00 pm
Paul McGrath (Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 183: To ask the Taoiseach the number and value of contracts awarded to outside consultants by his Department in each of the past five years; the details of the contracts involved; and if these projects have reached fruition. [31773/05]
Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)
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The number and value of contracts awarded to outside consultants by my Department in each of the last five years is given in Table 1. Details of the contracts and the current status are shown in table 2.
| Table 1. | ||
| Year | Number of Contracts | Total Value of Contracts |
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| 2001 | 12 | 1,113,547 |
| 2002 | 5 | 143,065 |
| 2003 | 10 | 281,707 |
| 2004 | 20 | 430,886 |
| 2005 | 6 | 108,588 |
| Table 2. | ||||
| Department of the Taoiseach | ||||
| Year of Contract | Supplier | Purpose | Total Expenditure | Current Status |
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| 2001 | Hay Management Consultants | Design and development of effective systems of feedback within the Performance Management and Development System (PMDS)2 | 45,774 | Completed |
| 2001 | Dr. Jane Pillinger | Research Report on Equality Diversity and Quality Customer Service2 | 38,700 | Completed |
| 2001 | Arthur Andersen | Management Information Framework | 93,440 | Completed |
| 2001 | Dr. Tom McCarthy, NUI Maynooth | Research for Consultation Document: Towards Better Regulation2 | 6,692 | Completed |
| 2001-2002 | Sureskills | Windows 2000 Implementation | 147,908 | Completed |
| 2001-2002 | Mr. Alex Matheson, OECD | Participation on Steering Group for the Evaluation of the Strategic Management Initiative2 | 14,014 | Completed |
| 2001 | PA Consulting Group | Evaluation of the Strategic Management Initiative2 | 491,992 | Completed |
| 2001 | Institute of Public Administration | Preparation of HR Strategy Guidelines document2 | 18,284 | Completed |
| 2001-2002 | Oracle | Management Information Framework | 229,623 | Completed |
| 2001 | Deloitte & Touche | Value for Money Audit of Mobile Phone services | 7,618 | Completed |
| 2001 | IBEC | Review of Health & Safety | 4,889 | Completed |
| 2001 | Hosca Management Consultants | Consultancy services for carrying out an Employee Opinion Survey | 14,613 | Completed |
| 2002 | Octagon | IT Strategic Review | 8,400 | Completed |
| 2002 | Dr. Patrick Butler | Evaluation of Customer Action Plans2 | 32,000 | Completed |
| 2002 | Professor Philip Lane | Commentary on Better Regulation Submissions2 | 4,500 | Completed |
| 2002 | Peter White | Consultancy regarding communications for the Civil Service modernisation programme | 850 | Completed |
| 2002 | KPMG Consulting (Bearing Point) | Implementation of Human Resource Management System | 97,315 | Completed |
| 2003 | Watson Wyatt | Consultancy services for carrying out an Employee Opinion Survey | 25,410 | Completed |
| 2003 | Watson Wyatt | Consultancy services for carrying out an Employee Opinion Survey — further reports | 14,520 | Completed |
| 2003 | Grayling Gilmore PR Consultants* | EU Presidency Logo Launch & Public Relations Compaign | 60,000 | Completed |
| 2003 | Jacobs & Associates | Consultancy on regulatory reform policy2 | 12,947 | Completed |
| 2003 | Professor Martin Cave, Warwick Business School | Consultancy on regulatory reform policy2 | 575 | Completed |
| 2003 | Fujitsu Services | ECabinet Security Policy | 15,730 | Completed |
| 2003 | Lansdowne Market Research | Irish Civil Service — Customer Satisfaction Survey report2 | 36,000 | Completed |
| 2003 | NGM Market Research | Communicating Change and Modernisation in the Civil Service report2 | 15,000 | Completed |
| 2003 | Enterprise LSE | London School of Economics to provide training course for Irish Officials in relation to regulation2 | 38,879 | Completed |
| 2003 | Carr Communications | Development and delivery of Phase II of the Department of the Taoiseach's Career Development Programme | 62,646 | Completed |
| 2004 | Eurokom | Security Review | 7,650 | Completed |
| 2004 | Red Dog Design | EU Presidency Awareness Campaign | 65,740 | Completed |
| 2004 | Carr Communications | Disability Bill | 12,147 | Completed |
| 2004 | Good Practice Ltd | Tailoring of on-line toolkit for Department Intranet | 33,350 | Completed |
| 2004 | McCann Fitzgerald Solicitors | Research and preparation of report — Redress for Civil Service Customers2 | 76,894 | Ongoing |
| 2004 | Watson Wyatt | Employee Opinion Survey | 27,947 | Completed |
| 2004 | The Design Consultancy | Step by Step Guide to the PMDS System | 4,719 | Completed |
| 2004 | Grayling Gilmore | PR re EU Presidency | 21,023 | Completed |
| 2004 | Red Dog Design | EU Presidency Posters | 2,060 | Completed |
| 2004 | David Donaghy | Day of Welcomes production | 28,900 | Completed |
| 2004 | Academic Conferences Ltd | ECEG Conference Management | 36,300 | Completed |
| 2004 | Jacobs & Associates | Preparation of report for EU Conference on Better Regulation2 | 18,876 | Completed |
| 2004 | Dr. Patrick Paul Walsh, Trinity College Dublin | Preparation of report for EU Conference on Better Regulation2 | 5,250 | Completed |
| 2004 | HCM International | Research on the integration of the Performance Management and Development System (PMDS) with HR policies and processes2 | Nil (ongoing) | Ongoing |
| 2004 | Zerflow | ECabinet Security Assessment | 5,929 | Completed |
| 2004-2005 | Goodbody Economic Consultants | Economic assistance to Departments/Offices piloting regulatory Impact Analysis2 | 21,054 ongoing | Ongoing |
| 2004 | RTE | EU Presidency Consultancy Services | 35,256 | Completed |
| 2004 | Elucidate | eCabinet Design Summary Screen | 8,546 | Completed |
| 2004-2005 | Mercer Human Resource Consulting | Review of the Performance Management and Development System (PMDS) Evaluation results for technical and professional staff2 | 15,125 | Completed |
| 2004 & 2005 | Des Geraghty | Promotion of the Affordable Housing Initiative | 4,120 | Completed |
| 2005 | IQ Content | Usability & Accessibility Review of websites | 19,239 | Ongoing |
| 2005 | Tansey, Webster & Co | Affordable Housing Proposal | 9,680 | Completed |
| 2005 | Pan Research Ltd | Customer Service Evaluation Report | 6,313 | Completed |
| 2005 | Enterprise LSE | London School of Economics to provide a training course for Irish Officials on regulation2 | 41,443 | Completed |
| 2005 | Fitzpatrick Associates | Research Project on the Special Initiatives under Sustaining Progress | 18,603 | Ongoing |
| 2005 | Institute of Public Administration | Research in relation to mapping of regulatory framework2 | 13,310 to date | Ongoing |
| * Met from funds provided by Department of Foreign Affairs | ||||
| 1Costs met from Information Society Fund, administered by the Department of Finance | ||||
| 2Costs met from Change Management Fund, administered by the Department of Finance | ||||
| Note: Department of Finance guidelines for engagement of consultants in the Civil Service state that "in relation to Information and Communications Technologies (ICT), expenditure on software development, from analysis through to implementation and post-implementation, should not be classified as consultancy, irrespective of whether this expenditure is with individuals or with the consultancy houses". Therefore expenditure in relation to such IT development projects have not been included in the data supplied. |
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