Written answers
Wednesday, 12 October 2005
Department of Finance
Consultancy Contracts
9:00 pm
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 224: To ask the Minister for Finance the consultancies awarded to Deloitte & Touche since 1 July 1997; the cost of each; and the purpose of same. [28403/05]
Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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My Department awarded consultancies to Deloitte & Touche in most of the years in question. In addition, the Euro Changeover Board of Ireland, ECBI, which operated under the aegis of my Department, and the NDP-CSF evaluation, information and IT unit, which operates under the aegis of my Department and is part funded by the EU, each awarded consultancies to Deloitte & Touche in two of the years in question.
The following tables set out the year of award, the purpose and the total cost of each such consultancy.
| Year | Department of Finance Purpose of Consultancy | Cost |
| â'¬ | ||
| 1999 | Contract for a series of three annual audits on the operation of business travel policy by Government Departments and Offices and Club Travel Ltd. | 268,567 |
| 2000 | Provision of advice to the Department in relation to the negotiation of the National Lottery Licence with An Post National Lottery Company. | 239,082 |
| 2000 | Review of the Department's management information requirements in the context of the Management Information Framework. | 145,323 |
| 2001 | Provision of advice in relation to the negotiation of the National Lottery licence with An Post National Lottery Company. | 12,697 |
| 2001 | Secondment of accountant to provide financial, accountancy and related advice. | 209,448 |
| 2002 | Assistance in the detailed specification of new software to support the department's Management Information Framework project. | 34,568 |
| 2002 | Advice and support in relation to financial system implementation and documenting of financial policies and procedures in the context of the Department's Management Information Framework project. | 202,092 |
| 2003 | Research on Public Sector Benchmark and Value for Money Comparison in Public Private Partnerships. | 143,990 |
| 2003 | Assistance to an interdivisional study group on Shared Services. | 28,713 |
| 2003 | Study of Best Practice in HR. | 17,424 |
| 2003 | Personnel data integrity checking exercise. | 7,260 |
| 2003 | Advice and support in relation to the procurement of a Financial Business Intelligence application to support the implementation of the e-Estimates project. | 88,481 |
| 2004 | Financial assessment of decentralisation costs and savings. | 48,400 |
| Year | Euro Changeover Board of Ireland Purpose of Consultancy | Cost |
| â'¬ | ||
| 1999 | Advice on blueprint for Cash Changeover Plan | 4,044 |
| 2001 | Advice and assistance in development and implementation of euro changeover oversight plan. | 156,554 |
| Year | NDP/CSF Evaluation, Information and IT Unit Purpose of Consultancy | Cost |
| â'¬ | ||
| 1998 | Phase One of a study of the Labour Market Impact of Human Resources (Education and Training) Interventions in the Community Support Framework for Ireland, 1994-1999 | 32,559 |
| 2003 | Professional services rendered in relation to Ireland/Wales INTERREG II | 5,929 |
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