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Tuesday, 30 May 2017

Department of Education and Skills

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board

Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail)
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203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of contracts he or his predecessors have received for ministerial approval from Caranua; and if in each case, it has been approved. [25925/17]

Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail)
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204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to contracts that Caranua has entered into that Caranua has not referred to him or his predecessors for approval. [25926/17]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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Caranua, the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board, is an independent statutory body established pursuant to the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012. Section 7(7) of that Act provides that the Board, as it considers necessary for the performance of its functions and with the approval of the Minister, may enter into contracts with persons and engage consultants or advisers under terms and conditions that the Board considers appropriate. Section 7(7) also provides that sums payable to persons, consultants or advisers shall be paid by the Board out of moneys at its disposal.

Details of the contracts and consultancies, etc., approved under section 7(7) since the establishment of the organisation in 2013 are set out in the tabular statement that follows. Consideration of the items listed in the tabular statement was undertaken following receipt of business cases from Caranua. Ministerial approval was not granted in respect of one request submitted by Caranua, the details of that case are included in the tabular statement.

I am not aware of any instances of contracts being entered into by Caranua without the knowledge and approval of my Department.

Approvals issued by the Minister for Education and Skills under section 7(7) of the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012

Date	Contractor/Consultant	Purpose
02/04/2014	Exchequer Software Ltd.	Acquisition of Financial Management System
15/6/2014 26/9/2014 15/10/2014 11/8/2015	CPL Recruitment	Provision of agency staff
17/09/2014		Entering into a proposed lease on new accommodation including engagement of architectural firm. (Note: project was not proceeded with.)
21/10/2014		Approval to seek tenders to undertake a review of Caranua's structures, processes and systems
11/08/2015	Achilles	Provision of advice and support in procurement
11/08/2015	Acumen	Preparation of Board handbook
11/08/2015	Acumen	Set up of case management system
11/08/2015	Ampersand	Facilitation of session of Board
11/08/2015	Ampersand	Facilitation of Board meeting
11/08/2015	Ampersand	Facilitation of management team for staff meeting
11/08/2015	An Post Mails Revenue	PO Box Licence and Freepost Licences
11/08/2015	Anna Carroll	Training for staff member
11/08/2015	Athena Media	Historical research
11/08/2015	Athena Media	Communications strategy
11/08/2015	Beverly Smith & Sons	Furniture removal
11/08/2015	Bill Moss & Partners	Addresses of parish priests for mailshot.
11/08/2015	Blacknight Internet	Hosting of website
11/08/2015	Bluewave Technologies	Further development of Salesforce CRM System
11/08/2015	Brendan Foreman Design	Design of new corporate identity.
11/08/2015	Brendan Foreman Design	Branded stationery
11/08/2015	Brendan Foreman Design	Design and development of new temporary website
11/08/2015	Brendan Foreman Design	Design of Application Form Pt 1 and guidelines
11/08/2015	Brendan Foreman Design	Design of Application Form Pt 2 and Guidelines 2^nd Edition
11/08/2015	Brendan Foreman Design	Sub-contracting of printing of applications and guidelines
11/08/2015	Byrne Wallace Solicitors	Legal advice
11/08/2015	Brian Harvey	Summary of Oireachtas debates
11/08/2015	BT Communications Ireland Ltd	Computer hardware & software
11/08/2015	Caroline O’Leary	Irish Sign Language interpretation
11/08/2015	Carlin Marketing	Working with subcommittee on rebranding
11/08/2015	Carlin Marketing	Drafting rationale for rebranding
11/08/2015	Cathleen Anne Ronayne	Assist with payroll calculations
11/08/2015	Character Print Solutions	Print and distribute copies of Application Form Pt 1 & Guidelines
11/08/2015	Character Print Solutions	Printing of letterheads etc.
11/08/2015	Ciara Murray	Examine the implications of working through delivery partners
11/08/2015	Codex	Provision of stationery supplies
11/08/2015	CPL Admin
11/08/2015	Crowleys DFK	EFB Audit
11/08/2015	Datapac	ICT equipment (laptops, printers)
11/08/2015	David Palmer Enterprises	Moving of office furniture
11/08/2015	Dreamhost	Hosts emails and website
11/08/2015	Dublin Rape Crisis Centre	Training course
11/08/2015	Eircom	Provision of telephone services
11/08/2015	Eircom Business Systems	New phone management system
11/08/2015	Emobile	Provision of 6 mobile phones
11/08/2015	FEXCO	Foreign payments and anonymised cheque payments
11/08/2015	Focus Training	Staff training
11/08/2015	Focused Solutions	Support to admin staff
11/08/2015	Fruit Design	Design of Online Application Form Part 1
11/08/2015	Fruit Design	Website design
11/08/2015	Graphite HRM	HR support
11/08/2015	Harcourt Printing	Stationery supplies
11/08/2015	Hyperlink Ltd	Placing of invitation to tender for baseline study on Activelink website
11/08/2015	Inform Display Systems	Distribution of Application Form Pt 1 to health service
11/08/2015	Iron Mountain	Confidential document destruction
11/08/2015	Ita Mangan	Research on entitlements.
11/08/2015	Joan O'Flynn	Facilitation session
11/08/2015	Jury's Inn	Accommodation for Board members
11/08/2015	Jury's Inn	Use of meeting rooms
11/08/2015	Kent Carthy Solicitors	Legal advice
11/08/2015	Liz Challoner	Acceptable behaviour policy
11/08/2015	Ms Liz Challoner	Admin support
11/08/2015	Ms Liz Challoner	Admin support
11/08/2015	Maureen Lynott	Design of criteria
11/08/2015	Micromail	Microsoft licences
11/08/2015	MJ Flood	Provision of a photocopier
11/08/2015	NALA	"Plain English" of forms and other documentation
11/08/2015	National Radio Cabs	Provision of Taxi services
11/08/2015	Novosco	New server and ongoing ICT support.
11/08/2015	Novosco	Urgent work on email system
11/08/2015	Office Depot (Ireland) Ltd	Paper for printing
11/08/2015	Pitney Bowes Purchase Power	Postage costs (franking machine)
11/08/2015	Pony Express	Courier services
11/08/2015	Q4 Public Relations	Advice on wording of letter
11/08/2015	Q4 Public Relations	Design and content for website
11/08/2015	Q4 Public Relations	Updating website
11/08/2015	Regent Catering	Provision of lunch etc for Board meetings
11/08/2015	Salesforce	Provision of licences for use of salesforce
11/08/2015	Salespulse	Maintenance support for data base
11/08/2015	Shred-It	Secure destruction of paper
11/08/2015	Silverlink	Design of temporary website.
11/08/2015	Snap Printing	Printing of guidelines
11/08/2015	Softex	Support for phone management software
11/08/2015	Irish Post	Annual sub.
11/08/2015	Temporary Information Officers
11/08/2015	Treacy Consulting	Research project - service pathways.
11/08/2015	Unity	Provision of ICT support
11/08/2015	Unity	Provision of new firewall
11/08/2015	Viking Direct	Provision of stationery supplies
11/08/2015	Wateross Management Ltd	Advice on development & implementation of scheme.
11/08/2015	Weafer & Associates Research & Consultancy Ltd	Baseline awareness study
27/08/2015		Approval to seek tenders for the procurement of internal audit services
27/08/2015		Approval to seek tenders for the procurement of accountancy services

Note: Where the box for contractor/consultant is blank it signifies that approval in principle was given by the Minister for Education and Skills for Caranua to commence a procurement process for the particular service.

Requests for approvals refused by the Minister for Education and Skills under section 7(7) of the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012

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