Written answers
Thursday, 26 November 2015
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Consultancy Contracts Data
Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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91. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount paid out to named consultants and consultancy firms in 2015 to date, in tabular form; the description of the work provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42274/15]
Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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In response to the Deputy's question the table below outlines the amount paid to consultancy firms and the description of the work provided to my Department since 1 January 2015.
Consultants/Consultancy Firms | Description of Work | € |
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Astec Global | Civil Service Financial Management Shared Services Project: Project Management Services | €140,195 |
Capita | Civil Service Financial Management Shared Services Project: Consultancy Services | €30,221 |
Resolve Ltd | Civil Service Financial Management Shared Services Project: Consultancy Services | €26,191 |
Gartner | Civil Service Financial Management Shared Services Project: Consultancy Services | €30,602 |
Deloitte | Civil Service Financial Management Shared Services Project: Consultancy Services | €808,276 |
Harvey Nash | Civil Service HR and Pensions Administration Shared Services Consultancy (Paid in 2015, for 2014 consultancy work) | €13,284 |
Bearing Point | Civil Service HR and Pensions Administration Shared Services Business Analyst | €109,788 |
Bearing Point | Consultancy services for the provision of Debt Management Project Manager | €115,805 |
Accenture Consulting | Civil Service HR and Pensions Administration Shared Services Analytics Work | €31,144 |
The Communication Clinic | Project implementation training | €3,750 |
Clarion Consulting | Business process review of the Civil Service Disciplinary Code | €23,985 |
AA Ireland | Category Specific Advisory Services | €2,460 |
Accenture | Provision of Procurement Benefits Measurement Guidance Support | €29,582 |
Accenture | Build to share Public Service ICT strategy | €339,188 |
Achilles Procurement Services | Procurement Capacity Support | €93,649 |
Empirica | Data Review | €3,921 |
Ernst & Young | Procurement Capacity Support | €197,682 |
Gartner Ireland | Category Specific Advisory Services | €159,285 |
Adrian O Donoghue Service Design Workshop | Workshop Facilitator | €378 |
Aspiracon Ltd | IT Consultancy | €10,240 |
Astron Consulting | Consultancy Services for Quality Assurance | €15,498 |
Brooker Consulting | Consultancy Fees for Quality Management System | €7,995 |
Darcy Lynch | Provision of Audit Services | €39,330 |
IT Allowance Outsourcing | IT Consultancy | €13,456 |
John Gallagher | Consultancy Services for Quality Assurance | €8,408 |
Gartner Ireland | Research and advisory services | €162,903 |
Innovative Procurement Solutions | Procurement Capacity Support | €49,853 |
John O'Hehir & Associates | HR Consultancy | €17,589 |
OVE ARUP & Partners | Category Specific Advisory Services | €22,866 |
Pantaleon Consulting Limited | Category Specific Advisory Services | €1,250 |
Papernet | Category Specific Advisory Services | €4,615 |
Peter Bacon and Associates | Economic Consultancy | €25,598 |
Schneider Electric (M&C Ireland) | Category Specific Advisory Services | €213,749 |
The Analytics Store | IT Consultancy | €1,845 |
Dovetail Technologies | Business analysis and preparation of a draft specification for an electronic data exchange system for EU funding | €46,371 |
TMG Translation Services | Translation of Partnership agreement into Irish | €9,238 |
Mazars | Audit services | €11,921 |
Dr. Michaela Greenwood, Chartered Occupational Psychologist | Work carried out in 2014 in relation to the development of 360 tools for the SPS executive coaching programme | €3,304 |
Core HR Consulting | Consultancy for Payroll Shared Services Project | €686,787 |
Deloitte | Consultancy for Payroll Shared Services Project | €93,374 |
Deloitte | Consultancy services for the NSSO | €187,611 |
EY | Consultancy services for the NSSO | €43,173 |
PWC | Expert assistance in relation to the implementation of Public Service Reform initiatives | €36,900 |
Byrne Wallace | Legal Services | €70,897 |
McGrath Associates | HRM Facilitation and Consultancy | €8,000 |
In the course of their normal business activity the Office of Public Works engages technical consultants on many of its projects, primarily architectural and engineering. The costs of these consultants would be included in the overall project cost and are not included here.
My Department ensures that every effort is made to limit the use of consultants where possible. All contracts are negotiated with a view to achieving best value for money and are kept under review to ensure this is maintained. When the use of consultants is unavoidable the staff in my Department ensure appropriate skills transfer to reduce the requirement for consultants going forward.
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