Written answers
Tuesday, 28 June 2005
Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
Consultancy Contracts
10:00 pm
Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 523: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the total cost, number and nature of legal services sought by his Department from 1998 to 2004 and to date in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22422/05]
Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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The total amounts paid by my Department since its establishment in June 2002 in respect of legal services, and related information, are set out in the following appendix.
| Appendix. | |
| Nature of legal services from June 2002 to date. | |
| Nature of legal services | Cost |
| â'¬ | |
| Legal advice on various research contracts related to the National Advisory Committee on Drugs, NACD | 53,458.31 |
| Barrister to assist in the drafting of the Official Languages (Equality) Bill 2002 | 30,745.96 |
| Legal research and related assistance concerning charities regulation | 65,000.00 |
| Specialist legal research, public consultation and recommendations concerning charitable trust law reform | 35,000.00 |
Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 524: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs 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. [22478/05]
Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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Details of reports commissioned and consultancies or other advisory or public relations commissions awarded by my Department from June 2002, when my Department was established, to date are set out in the following appendix.
| Appendix. | |
| Reports, consultancies or other advisory or PR commissions from June 2002 to date | Cost |
| â'¬ | |
| Provision of assistance in the specification and selection of a new financial management system for the Department. | 117,250.00 |
| Provision of advice and support in the areas of project management, quality assurance, business process redesign, user acceptance testing, change and risk management and post go-live support with regard to the implementation of a new financial management system in the Department. | 288,850.00 |
| Provision of professional accounting advice between June 2002 and October 2003. | 71,515.00 |
| Provision of professional accounting service in February/March 2004. | 17,185.00 |
| Job analysis and process mapping | 22,900.00 |
| Desktop evaluation | 1,210.00 |
| Working group on the creation of employment in the Gaeltacht | 10,637.49 |
| Property and equity portfolio of Údarás na Gaeltachta | 83,883.25 |
| Desktop review | 1,815.00 |
| Review of public procurement procedure with regard to certain projects | 3,513.92 |
| Report on Area Development Management | 99,558.80 |
| Review of CLÁR areas and preparation of revised maps | 4,840.00 |
| Preparation of further detailed maps of CLÁR areas | 1,325.00 |
| Review and analysis of proposed grant aid development of cargo apron at Knock Regional Airport under the CLÁR programme. | 17,818.00 |
| Local drugs task forces expenditure review | 79,618.50 |
| Mid-term review of the National Drugs Strategy | 74,431.34 |
| Quality assessment of mid-term review of the national drugs strategy | 2,117.50 |
| Review of the national advisory committee on drugs | 47,877.52 |
| Evaluation of Coolamber residential rehabilitation programme | 13,425.00 |
| PR and event management services for the national advisory committee on drugs | 150,670.98 |
| Review of enterprise support in rural areas | 76,351.00 |
| Expenditure review on Gaeltacht improvement schemes | 32,670.00 |
| Linguistic study of the use of Irish in the Gaeltacht as a means of strengthening the linguistic development of the Gaeltacht as an Irish-speaking area and as a basis for a review of the official Gaeltacht areas. | 550,223.00 |
| Legal research and related assistance concerning charities regulation | 65,000.00 |
| External report on the public consultation about charities regulation | 15,000.00 |
| Core information on Irish sectoral regulators | 6,500.00 |
| Specialist legal research, public consultation and recommendations concerning charitable trust law reform | 35,000.00 |
| To assess cohesion proposals from city/county development boards | 30,250.00 |
| Provision of an initial contextual document to inform the Department's thinking on the development of support framework for philanthropy in Ireland | 5,102.00 |
| Consultancy on the White Paper on a Framework for Supporting Voluntary Activity | 94,234.00 |
| Preparation of a brief background report to assist in ongoing work relating to updating the White Paper on rural development | 6,050.00 |
| Development of information system to support administration of LEADER+ national rural development programmes | 284,216.00 |
| Mid-term evaluation of the LEADER+ operational programme, 2003 review | 100,370.00 |
| Investigation into matters in Waterways Ireland | 18,527.52 |
| Systems audit of Waterways Ireland | 5,505.50 |
| Development of Department's ICT strategy | 101,882.00 |
| Review of Department's internal audit function | 10,890.00 |
| IT strategy Plan, Na Forbacha | 93,000.00 |
| To carry out an examination of accounting records kept by Aer Árann in connection with the public service obligation air service between Aerfort na Minna, County Galway and the Aran Islands. | 1,089.00 |
| To evaluate and shortlist tenders received to carry out a study of island ferry services and to advise on the correct process for the appointment of a consultant to carry out the study. | 5,445.00 |
| Consultancy on aspects of ferry services for certain islands | 95,641.66 |
| To advise, draw up, debrief and assess tenderers for the Department with regard to certain ferry services. | 99,680.00 |
| To carry out a review of the language assistants scheme and the summer camp scheme for the youth of the Gaeltacht and to undertake a scientific analysis on the payments made to the Gaeltacht households who accommodate students under the learners of Irish scheme | 17,600.00 |
| General advice regarding tendering procedures with regard to a linguistic study of the Gaeltacht areas | 1,815.00 |
| To assess all applications which were received under the funding scheme to support the role of federations, networks and umbrella bodies in the community and voluntary sector. | 34,183.00 |
| To assess all applications which were received under the funding scheme to provide training and supports in the community and voluntary sector. | 24,200.00 |
| To undertake the roll-out of training on a data collection software package, SPEAK, to projects funded under the community development programme. | 69,671.80 |
| *Reports or consultancies costing less than €1,000 are not included in the list. |
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