Written answers
Wednesday, 18 April 2012
Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
Consultancy Contracts
10:00 pm
Tom Fleming (Kerry South, Independent)
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Question 1143: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of contracts that were issued to consultancy firms by his Department in 2011; the number that were issued in the first quarter in 2012; the cost of each contract and to whom they were issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19167/12]
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The material requested by the Deputy is listed in the following table.
| CONSULTANT | PURPOSE/ NATURE OF WORK | PAYMENTS IN 2011(January to December)€ |
| Brendan Riordan | Professional fee for training services on net-flow of funds calculation | 6,000 |
| Mazars | IT Audit Support | 56,634 |
| ESPION | Quarterly independent assessments of the Department's IT security measures as required for EU accreditation purposes and Biannual independent security review of the Department's IT infrastructure. | 13,446 |
| ESPION | Independent Web Application testing | 3,518 |
| Milliards Solicitors | Legal advice, consultations, correspondence and court attendance | 2,723 |
| Drima Marketing Ltd | Collation, analysis and communication of national wood harvest and trade data on behalf of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, and transmission of data to EUROSTAT, FAO, the International Energy Agency and other bodies. | 30,905 |
| CONSULTANT | PURPOSE/ NATURE OF WORK | PAYMENTS IN 2012(January-March)€ |
| ESPION | Quarterly independent assessments of the Department's IT security measures as required for EU accreditation purposes and Biannual independent security review of the Department's IT infrastructure. | 6,887 |
| ESPION | Independent Web Application testing | 5,771 |
| Drima Marketing Ltd | Collation, analysis and communication of national wood harvest and trade data on behalf of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, and transmission of data to EUROSTAT, FAO, the International Energy Agency and other bodies. | 23,430 |
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