Written answers
Tuesday, 17 February 2004
Department of An Taoiseach
Consultancy Contracts
10:00 pm
Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 182: To ask the Taoiseach the number and nature of the reports, consultancies or other advisory or PR commissions awarded by his Department in the past five years to those other than established civil servants; the total cost involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4554/04]
Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)
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Details of all reports, consultancies and other advisory or PR commissions awarded by my Department in the past five years (1999 — to date) are listed in the Table 1. Details of bodies under the aegis of my Department are listed in Table 2.
Table 1: Department of the Taoiseach | |||
Name | Description | Overall Cost | Date |
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St. John's University New York | Basic Income Study (Phases 1 and 2) | 34,283 | 1999 |
ESRI | Basic Income Study (Phases 1 and 2) | 97,521 | 1999 |
PA Consulting Group | Audit of year 2000 contingency plans | 7,000 | 1999 |
Deloitte & Touche | Business Analysis and review of Financial Management Function | 46,691 | 1999-2000 |
PricewaterhouseCoopers | Consultancy eCabinet | 152,094 | 2000-2002 |
Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business, UCD | Study of progress on Partnership | 50,789 | 2000 |
Drury Communications | Development of PMDS Pack | 7,093 | 2000 |
IPA | Development of guidelines for the preparation of strategy statements & assistance with customer action plans | 4,916 | 2000 |
Dominic McCanny | Analysis of HRM questionnaire | 952 | 2000 |
BFK Design | Development of PMDS Pack | 14,134 | 2000 |
Hays Management Consultants | Effective systems of feedback on PMDS | 45,774 | 2001 |
CBC | Customer service guidelines document | 152 | 2001 |
Dr. Jane Pillinger | Equality diversity research | 38,823 | 2001 |
Authur Anderson | Management Information Framework | 93,440 | 2001 |
Mr. Alex Matheson, OECD | Evaluation of SMI | 14,014 | 2001-2002 |
PA Consulting Group | Evaluation of SMI | 426,437 | 2001-2002 |
IPA | Preparation of HR strategy guidelines document | 18,284 | 2001 |
Oracle | Management Information Framework — Financial System | 229,623 | 2002 |
Deloitte & Touche | Value for Money Audit of Mobile Phones | 7,618 | 2001 |
IBEC | Review of Health and Safety | 4,889 | 2001 |
Hosca Management Consultants | Employee Opinion Survey | 12,077 | 2001 |
Octagon Ltd | IT Strategic Principles | 8,400 | 2002 |
Dr. Patrick Butler | Evaluation of Customer Action Plans | 30,473 | 2002 |
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Peter White | Development of Communications Strategy | 850 | 2002 |
Prof. Philip Lane | Commentary on Beter Regulation Submissions | 4,500 | 2002 |
Bearing Point | HRMS | 103,220 | 2002-2003 |
Watson Wyatt | Employee Opinion Survey | 18,150 | 2003 |
Grayling Gilmore PR Consultants* | EU Presidency Logo Launch & Public Relations Campaign | 60,000 | 2003 |
Jacobs and Associates | Economic Report | 12,947 | 2003 |
Martin Cave | Economic Report | 589 | 2003 |
* Met from funds provided by Department of Foreign Affairs |
Table 2: Bodies under the aegis of Department of the Taoiseach | |||
Information Society Commission | |||
Name | Description | Overall Cost | Date |
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MRBI | Research survey of the general public designed to establish levels of awareness of, and engagement with, the technologies associated with the evolving Information Society | 35,951 | 1999 |
MRBI | Survey of Irish businesses to establish awareness of technology | 23,814 | 1999 |
Edelman Worldwide | PR Consultancy for Netd@ys | 66,026 | July to November 1999 |
MRBI | Update of 1999 research survey to assess the impact of Netd@ys | 12,214 | November 1999 |
MRBI | Research into awareness and usage of information and communications technology amongst Irish businesses | 21,332 | 2000 |
MRBI | Research into General Public Awareness and Usage of Information and Communications Technology 2000 | 32,355 | 2000 |
Paul Tanney | Report on Personal Use of Technology | 317 | 2000 |
NW Labs | To examine the issues of convergence and the implications for telecommunications communications regulation for Ireland | 26,977 | 2000 |
Centre for Research in Technology in Education | Research material for seminar | 20,890 | 2000 |
Dunnion Partners | Development of Government websites review and report | 4,609 | 2000 |
KPMG | Investigation of tax incentives & barriers to e-working in Ireland | 6,349 | 2000 |
Barry McCall | Copywriting of Business & General Public Research reports | 1,371 | 2000 |
Farrell Grant Sparks | Research into future needs for Ireland's development as an Information Society | 30,669 | 2000 |
Chapman Flood Mazars | Auditing Services being supplied for Equalskills Initiative | 19,600 | 2001 |
Chinook Consulting | Evaluation of Equalskills Initiative | 18,165 | 2002 |
ElectricNews.net | Production of eGovernment Ireland Bulletin | 24,040 | 2002 — ongoing |
Text 100 | Messaging Workshop for ISC members | 6,655 | 2002 |
MRBI | Business Survey on attitudes to the Information Society in Ireland | 28,740 | 2002 |
MRBI | General Public Survey on attitudes to the Information Society | 56,628 | 2002 |
Models Research (now Itech Research) | Consultancy and report on inclusive Information Society Development | 59,931 | 2002-2003 |
Accenture | Consultancy and report on a National ePayments Strategy | 155,334 | 2002 |
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Fleishman-Hillard Saunders | Engaged on a retainer basis to manage a communications and media strategy for the ISC | 68,275 | 2002 — ongoing |
Parallel IT | Electronic Document Management Exchange | 13,613 | 2003 |
Sonas Innovation | Consultancy and report on Ireland's Broadband Future | 49,610 | 2003 |
CBC | Editorial work on Broadband Report | 3,993 | 2003 |
Dublin City University | Research on perspectives of Information Society thinkers (20%) | 1,331 | 2003 |
ESRI | Analysis of General Public and Business Surveys 1996-2002 | 7,260 | 2003 |
National Forum on Europe | |||
Keating & Assoc. | Media Strategy and Market Survey | 6,278 | 2002 |
Caroline Erskine | PR Consultancy | 75,372 | 2002-2003 |
Conor Joyce | PR Consultancy | 54,288 | 2002-2003 |
All Party Committee on Constitution | |||
IT Assist | Advice on e mail and internet systems | 460.90 | 1999 |
Gerard Hogan SC | Research on referendums | 480 | 2001 |
Laura Rattigan BL | Legal Research | 1,663 | 1999 |
Frank Farrell In house Services | Creation of a database to record public submissions on the Committee's Reports | 190 | 1999 |
Moss Technologies | Year 2000 Compliance | 307 | 2000 |
Shelbourne Public Affairs | Public Relations | 16,837 | 2000-2001 |
Sureskills.com | IT support | 3,687 | 2000 |
Diarmuid Rossa Phelan | Legal Research | 6,200 | 2000-2001 |
Richard Humphreys | Research on Rights | 16,349 | 2001 to date |
Seán de Fréine | Feasibility Study | 500 | 2002 |
Donall Ó Maolfábhaile | PR consultancy | 11,600 | 2002-2003 |
Tribunal of Inquiry (Payments to Messrs. Charles Haughey and Michael Lowry) | |||
Baker Consultants | Design, implement and host a Web site | 15,416 | 1999 to date |
Confidential | Computer related data consultancy | 7,536 | 1999 |
Moss Technology Limited | Year 2000 compliance report and follow up | 6,567 | 1999 |
Confidential | Commercial Research | 3,851 | 2000 |
Ionet Ltd. | Demonstration | 107 | 2001 |
Moss Technology | Report on Tribunal IT network and system | 3,055 | 2001 |
Confidential | Specialist Data etc. analysis | 46,948 | 2003 |
National Centre for Partnership and Performance | |||
Bradley McGurk Partnership | Corporate Identity | 26,358 | 2001-2002 |
Woodgrange Consultancies | Irish Times 2000 | 7,999 | 2001 |
Bill Roche | Consultative Process & Strategic Planning | 31,743 | 2001 |
Tom Neville | Guidelines on Organisational Change | 20,570 | 2001 |
Bradley McGurke | Corporate Identity | 21,066 | 2001 to date |
Options Consultancy | Information & Consultation Project | 5,445 | 2002 |
Options Consultancy | Learning Strategy | 16,845 | 2002-2003 |
Tom Neville | Employee Financial Involvement | 30,949 | 2003 |
Pearn Kandola | Competency Development | 11,206 | 2003 |
ESRI | Surveys (Forum on the Workplace of the Future) | 76,481 | 2003 |
Align Management Solutions | Health Strategy Using a Partnership Approach | 7,000 | 2003 |
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Roy Greene | Scoping Paper (Forum on the Workplace of the Future) | 4,980 | 2003 |
Maria Maguire | Scoping Paper (Forum on the Workplace of the Future) | 26,988 | 2003 |
John Geary | Scoping Paper (Forum on the Workplace of the Future) | 5,600 | 2003 |
Align Management Solutions | Consultation Paper (Forum on the Workplace of the Future) | 1,400 | 2003 |
National Economic and Social Forum | |||
ESRI | Labour Market Study | 2,539 | 1999 |
Hay Consultants, D. Halloran and C. O'Connell | Social Housing | 10,351 | 1999 |
Anne Clarke | Local Employment Services | 8,387 | 1999 |
Agtel (video) | Social Housing | 38,092 | 2000 |
NI Housing Executive | Social Housing | 7,389 | 2000 |
C. O'Connell | Social Housing | 1,206 | 2000 |
Freda Keeshan | Lone Parents | 2,971 | 2000 |
Hay Consultants | Labour Shortages | 2,920 | 2000 |
Mary Murphy | Labour Shortages | 1,778 | 2000 |
Kieran McKeown | Lone Parents | 6,223 | 2001 |
Anne Clarke | Lone Parents | 4,400 | 2000 |
NUI Maynooth | Lone Parents | 7,927 | 2000 |
Goodbody | Draft Opinion on National Anti Poverty Strategy | 3,143 | 2000 |
UCD (Equality Studies Centre) | Draft opinion on Equality Issues | 18,056 | 2000 |
Professor Chris McCrudden | Draft opinion on Equality Issues | 2,184 | 2000 |
Ian O'Donnell | Prisoners and Ex Offenders | 6,096 | 2001 |
Tamarron | Work on NESF Report No. 23 | 5,079 | 2001 |
ESRI (Brian Nolan) | Health | 8,832 | 2002 |
ESRI (Emer Smyth) | Early School Leavers | 3,892 | 2002 |
Maureen Lynott | Evaluation of working arrangements | 3,239 | 2002 |
Eithne Fitzgerald | Older Workers | 3,600 | 2002 |
Jerry Sexton | Older Workers | 15,392 | 2002 |
ESRI Survey | Older Workers | 15,730 | 2002 |
ESRI Questionnaire | Social Capital | 12,342 | 2002 |
PA Consulting Services Ltd. | LGBs | 8,105 | 2002 |
Ann Clarke | Older Workers | 3,282 | 2002 |
Mary Murphy | NAPS | 400 | 2003 |
Carmel Corrigan | NAPS | 3,939 | 2003 |
Mary Murphy | Child income support paper | 1,440 | 2003 |
Bernard McDonagh | LGBs | 1,431 | 2003 |
National Economic and Social Council | |||
Dr. John Sweeney & Dr. Kieran McKeown Social and Economic Research Consultant | Preparing background documents for Strategy Report No. 105 | 14,366 | 1999 |
Dr. John Geary Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business UCD | Preparing background documents for Strategy Report No. 105 | 5,333 | 1999 |
Dr. Richard Boyle Institute of Public Administration | Preparing background documents for Strategy Report No. 105 | 5,377 | 1999 |
ESRI | Research for a project undertaken with regard to a Strategic Review of a Tax and Welfare system as referred to under PPF. | 12,697 | 2001 |
Síle O'Connor | Research for reports No. 107 & 108 | 6,984 | 2001 |
J. Visser | Paper for Report No 111 | 13,069 | 2001 |
Indecon Consultants | Consultancy fees re: Regional Development in the North West | 21,202 | 2001 |
Edgeworth Organisational Consultants | PR Consultancy | 1,200 | 2003 |
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National Millennium Committee | |||
BDO Simpson Xavier Consulting | Detailed assessment of a proposal for a Millennium Tower (the old Jameson chimney at Smithfield in Dublin) | 6,299 | 1999 |
Peter Owens DDB | Advertising/information campaign | 413,047 | 1999-2002 |
Pembroke Communication | Public Relations Work | 107,350 | 1999-2002 |
Ireland Film & Television Network | Millennium Event Guide | 42,766 | 2000 |
PC Associates | Creation and distribution of Millennium Newsletters and production and management of the Millennium Book | 236,278 | 1999-2002 |
BFK Design Limited | Design of the Millennium Logo, put the logo on disc for use by authorised bodies, and to create large backdrops for use at various Millennium launches | 45,750 | 1999-2002 |
Fusio Limited | Design, set up website | 27,282 | 1999-2002 |
Campus & Stadium Ireland Development Ltd (transferred from the Department of the Taoiseach's Vote in 2001) | |||
PricewaterhouseCoopers | Feasibility studies | 602,906 | Up to December 2000 |
McCann Fitzgerald | Legal Consultancy | 13,346 | Up to December 2000 |
Wilson Hartnell | Public Relations | 70,530 | Up to December 2000 |
RIAI | Architectural consultancy | 19,046 | Up to December 2000 |
Deloitte & Touche | Tax Consultancy | 15,872 | Up to December 2000 |
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