Written answers
Tuesday, 28 June 2005
Department of Finance
Consultancy Contracts
10:00 pm
Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 312: To ask the Minister for Finance the total cost, number and nature of reports, consultancies or other advisory or public relations commissions awarded by his Department from 1998 to 2004 and to date in 2005 to persons other than established civil servants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22471/05]
Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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I refer the Deputy to the reply I gave to a similar question on 17 February 2004 in respect of the years 1999 to 2003, a copy of which I have forwarded to him. I propose to provide the additional details requested by the Deputy in respect of 1998, 2004 and 2005 to date.
My Department had spending on reports, consultancies and other advisory or PR commissions as mentioned by the Deputy in each of the years in question. The NDP-CSF unit which operates under the aegis of my Department also had such spending, but a breakdown of that spending is only available by project.
The total in respect of each of the years in question for my Department, and the total for the NDP-CSF unit, are shown in the following summary table:
| 1998 | 2004 | 2005 | |
| â'¬ | â'¬ | â'¬ | |
| Department of Finance | 1,972,451 | 1,110,950 | 500,980 |
| NDP/CSF unit | 8,954 | 279,172 | 106,224 |
The information sought by the Deputy for 1998, 2004 and 2005 to date is set out in the following tables. As will be seen from these tables, someprojects involved payments in more than one year. In the case of the NDP-CSF unit, the information is provided for each individual project.
| Department of Finance 1998. | ||
| Name of Consultant | Cost | Brief Description of Project |
| â'¬ | ||
| Farrell Grant Sparks/Goodbody Economic Consultants in association with Chesterton Consulting. | 25,395 & VAT | Study on Public Private Partnerships. |
| Mercer Limited | 34,918 & VAT | Review of Alternative Structure — Project to design a hybrid pension scheme. |
| Irish Pensions Trust Limited | 27,299 & VAT | Actuarial Review of Public Service Pension Schemes and Actuarial Review of Impact of Changes to Pension Scheme Terms — follow up work on initial project. |
| KPMG | 36,888 | Procurement of Air Transport and related services for Government Departments. |
| IPA, Trinity College & Goodbody Economic Consultants | 57,138 & VAT | To investigate the gender imbalance in the Civil Service at HEO level and above. |
| Lansdowne Market Research Limited | 25,343 | Research on public awareness of the Euro. |
| Advanced Management & Organisation Development Limited | 18,335 | Provision of mentoring services to CMOD on Organisation Development Models and Strategies to meet client needs. |
| Watson Wyatt | 2,793 & VAT | Report in relation to Irish Aviation Authority Pensions. |
| Hay Management Consultants | 88,177 | Evaluation and Market Pricing of Chief Executive Positions in the Commercial State Organisations. |
| Compaq Computer Ireland Ltd. | 284,827 | Payable Order Reconciliation System for the bank clearing process for the Paymaster General's Office. |
| Carr Communications | 83,529 | Provision of public relations services in relation to the Euro changeover. |
| Brindley Advertising | 318,030 | Design and delivery of Euro advertising campaign. |
| Mr. Billy Power | 5,727 | Consultancy in relation to public service pensions. |
| Team comprising Dr. Peter Humphreys — Institute of Public Administration, Dr. Eileen Drew — Trinity College and Ms. Candy Murphy — Goodbody Economic Consultants | 57,138 | Research into gender imbalance in the civil service. |
| Price WaterHouse Cooper | 58,230 | Secondment of an accountant to provide financial, accountancy and related advice. |
| Price WaterHouse Cooper | 31,407 | Secondment of an accountant to provide financial, accountancy and related advice. |
| Compaq | 817,277 | Re-write of payable order reconciliation system in Paymaster General's Office to make it year 2000 compliant. |
| Department of Finance 2004. | ||
| Name of Consultant | Cost | Brief Description of Project |
| â'¬ | ||
| 4 Corners | 71,125 | Study of HRMS implementation |
| A & L Goodbody | 79,631 | Provision of legal advice in relation to the sale of ACC bank |
| Accenture | 24,200 | E-Government policy preparation. |
| Accenture | 71,725 | Overall review and study of HR management system and implementation arrangement. |
| Annesley Resource Partnership Ltd | 121 | Completion of questionnaire for Expenditure Review Central Steering Committee in respect of completed Expenditure Review. |
| Bearingpoint | 13,842 | Developing HRMS interface. |
| Bearingpoint | 1,888 | Technical support on HRMS System. |
| Brian Kelly Design Associates | 1,271 | Design the EAO 2003 Annual Report and information leaflet. |
| Brookhill | 11,979 | E-Government policy preparation. |
| Codec Ltd | 159 | Development of an E-Estimates system. |
| Codec Ltd | 158,948 | Development of an E-Estimates system. |
| Committee for Public Management Research | 50,800 | Contribution towards the cost of research work. |
| Denis Kelleher BL | 2,178 | Drafting of Statutory Instrument. |
| Decentralisation Implementation Group | 92,790 | Payments to non-civil service members of the Decentralisation Implementation Group. |
| Deloitte and Touche | 48,400 | Financial assessment of decentralisation costs and savings. |
| Ergo Consulting Ltd | 121 | Completion of questionnaire for Expenditure Review Central Steering Committee in respect of completed Expenditure Review. |
| European Institute of Public Administration | 59,840 | Report to the Directors General responsible for public administration in the EU — Assessing the implications of demographic changes on public sector pensions. |
| European Institute of Public Administration | 66,975 | Report to the Directors General responsible for public administration in the EU — Ethics in the public services of the member states of the EU. |
| FTC (UK) Ltd. | 112,310 | Training course preparation for Management Information Framework. |
| Goldsmith Fitzgerald | 7,078 | DTU Consultancy Study. |
| Hay Management Consultants | 2,662 | Evaluation of Chief Executive posts in Shannon and Cork Airport Authorities |
| IBM Ireland Ltd. | 24,135 | Organisational analysis in the Department of Finance. |
| IPA | 100 | Completion of questionnaire for Expenditure Review Central Steering Committee in respect of completed Expenditure Review. |
| IPA | 1,200 | Quality Assessment of the expenditure review report of the charitable lotteries scheme. |
| IPA | 9,075 | Review of the Internal Audit unit of the Department of Finance. |
| IPA | 14,520 | Training for Expenditure Review Initiative. |
| Irish Hospice Foundation | 750 | Provision of group training in bereavement counselling to Employer Assistance Officers network. |
| Isobel Butler | 1,000 | Provision of group training on family law to Employee Assistance Officer network. |
| KPMG | 11,023 | Review of "Common Assessment Framework" Resource Centre during Ireland's presidency. |
| Loman Cusack Design | 2,100 | Design and layout on Family Law to Employee Assistance officer network. |
| Mazars | 2,790 | Audit of expenditure incurred under the Ireland/Czech Republic twinning programme. |
| McCann Fitzgerald Solicitors | 77,407 | Provision of solicitor on secondment to Department of Finance. |
| Morehampton Consultancy Services | 7,700 | Review of Project Management skills in the civil service. |
| Peoplesoft | 10,636 | HRMS Licence maintenance fee. |
| Petrus | 121 | Completion of questionnaire for Expenditure Review Central Steering Committee in respect of completed Expenditure Review. |
| Prof. Brendan Walsh | 2,354 | Expenditure Review Central Steering Committee. |
| Propylon | 1,996 | Open Source research. |
| Raymond Burke | 121 | Completion of questionnaire for Expenditure Review Central Steering Committee in respect of completed Expenditure Review. |
| Siobhan Lynam | 26,410 | Research into the representation of women in the Irish Civil Service. |
| Softworks Computing Ltd; | 14,157 | Customisation of Time and Attendance System. |
| Softworks Computing Ltd; | 24,041 | Maintenance of Time and Attendance System. |
| St. John of God Hospital | 700 | Provision of seminar on mental health to Employee Assistance Officers network. |
| William Power | 571 | Consultancy service on Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2004. |
| Department of Finance 2005. | ||
| Name of Consultant | Cost | Brief Description of Project |
| â'¬ | ||
| Dr. Jim Fitzpatrick, Fitzpatrick & Associates | 1,573 | Preparation and presentation to the Expenditure Reviewer's Network on 9th June 2005 |
| Dr. Michael Mulreany | 5,000 | Annual fee for serving as an independent member of the Expenditure Review Central Steering Committee |
| Dr. Richard Boyle | 4,356 | Fee for design and presentation of Expenditure Review Training over 3 days |
| IQ Content Ltd | 14,036 | Accessibility audit of the etenders website, www.etenders.gov.ie. |
| Millstream Associates Ltd | 50,127 | Development and management of the etenders website, www.etenders.gov.ie. |
| Consortium comprising The Media Group (lead company), Elucidate and Ogilvy & Mather | 92,375 | Marketing campaign, including advertising and PR. |
| A&L Goodbody Solicitors | 45,230 | Legal Advisors to Compile a Compendium of PPP Terms and Conditions of Contract. |
| A&L Goodbody | 124,316 | Legal advice in relation to litigation cases associated with the sale of ACC bank. |
| Petrus Consultants | 1,757 | Independent evaluation of expenditure review. |
| Mr. Neil Doyle | 2,475 | Consulting on the Public Service Management Act. |
| EIPA Maastricht | 8,100 | Review of CAF Resource Centre in EIPA, Maastricht, Holland. |
| Core International | 114,369 | Developments to Corepay Payroll System. |
| Amas Ltd. | 14,276 | Research on Content and Presentation of Forms. |
| Paul L. Cassidy and Maura Cassidy | 22,990 | Survey of clients regarding the role of the Civil Service Training Centre in a decentralised environment. |
| Some projects covering over one year for which an annual breakdown is not available. | ||
| Name of Consultant | Cost | Brief Description of Project |
| â'¬ | ||
| Ms. Joan Curry | 57,138 per annum | Contract accountant to assist in the implementation of the Department's Management Information Project. |
| Deloitte and Touché | 153,000 | Advice and support in relation to the implementation of a new Management Information Framework in the Department of Finance. |
| Farrell Grant Sparks | 2,360 | Provision of training in relation to the assessment of staffing needs and structures across the civil service. |
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