Written answers
Wednesday, 12 October 2005
Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
Consultancy Contracts
9:00 pm
Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Question 344: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of contracts awarded by him to outside consultants in respect of each year since 2000; if he will identify the recipient of the contract in each case; the details of the work covered by the contract; the original estimate of the cost of the contract; the final amount paid in respect of each such contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28358/05]
Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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My Department awarded the following number of contracts since it was established in 2002: 2002 — 13; 2003 — 22; 2004 — 13; 2005 — 12.
The details sought by the Deputy in relation to these contracts are set out in the table.
| Appendix Contracts awarded to outside consultants each year since June 2002 | |||
| 2002 | |||
| Recipient of the contract in each case | Details of the work covered by the contract | The original estimate of the cost of the contract | The final amount paid in respect of each such contract |
| â'¬ (Incl VAT) | â'¬ (Incl VAT) | ||
| CHL Consulting Company Limited | Desktop Evaluation | 1,210.00 | 1,210.00 |
| Transition Management | Working Group on Creation of Employment in Gaeltacht | 10,637.49 | 10,637.49 |
| An tOllamh Mícheál Ó Cinnéide, NUIG | Review of submissions received in response to public consultation process on review of powers and functions of Údarás na Gaeltachta | 5,000.00 | N/A (Report received, invoice outstanding) |
| Systems Dynamics | Development of information system to support administration of Leader+ and national rural development programmes. | 192,024 | 176,022 paid to date |
| Systems Dynamics | Various systems enhancements for Leader+ information system requested by the new Department and the Leadergroups. | 158,548.15 | 158,548.15 paid to date |
| IBM | Provision of assistance in the specification and selection of a new Gaeltacht and Islands Client Database in 2002 | 112,530 | 112,530 |
| NIRSA (National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis), NUI, Maynooth. | Review of CLÁR areas and preparation of revised set of maps of areas eligible for CLÁR programme | 4,840.00 | 4,840.00 |
| Goodbody Economic Consultants | Review of statutory funding of the community andvoluntary sector to assist the Dormant Accounts Fund Disbursements Board in carrying out its functions. Note: This consultancy project was commissioned by the then Department of Social, Community and Family Affairs in May 2002. Responsibility transferred to the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs in June 2002. First two payments totalling €22,990 were made by DSCFA and final payment of €5,748 was made by DCRGA. | 28,738.00 | 28,738.00 |
| Deloitte & Touche | Provision of assistance in the specification and selection of a new financial management system for the Department. | 117,250.00 | 117,250.00 |
| Nexus Research Co-operative | Completion of the evaluation of the community development programme commissioned originally by the Department of Social, Community and Family Affairs | The value of the contract offered by the DSCFA was €79,675 | 72,600 |
| Deloitte & Touche | Provision of professional accounting service between June 2002 and October 2003. | 74,004.00 | 71,513.00 |
| Peter Coyne & Company Chartered Accountants, Aengus House, The Docks, Galway | Provision of professional accounting advice regarding tenders for Aran Islands air service. | 4,840.00 | 4,840.00 |
| Achilles, Procurement Services, I Harmsworth, Greenmount Office Park, Harolds Cross, Dublin 6W | Provision of procurement advice in relation to the award of ferry services contracts. | 756.25 | 756.25 |
| 2003 | |||
| Recipient of the contract in each case | Details of the work covered by the contract | The original estimate of the cost of the contract | The final amount paid in respect of each such contract |
| â'¬ (Incl VAT) | â'¬ (Incl VAT) | ||
| Nexus Research Co-operative | To develop a data collection software package (SPEAK) for the Community Development Programme and to provide support and training to projects funded under the programme. | €69,962.20 plus €450 per day, (on a needs basis), for technical support for project implementation. | 2003 €36,468.66 |
| NIRSA (National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis), NUI, Maynooth. | Preparation of further detailed maps of CLÁR areas. | 1,325.00 | 1,325.00 |
| DKM Consultants, Davy House, Dawson Street, Dublin 2 | Review and analysis of proposed Grant Aid Development of Cargo Apron at Knock Regional Airport under the CLÁR programme. | 18,045.00 | 17,818.00 |
| Fitzpatrick Associates | Review of enterprise support in rural areas. | 76,351.00 | 76,351.00 |
| Oonagh Breen | Specialist advice in relation to charity law. | 6,500.00 | 6,500.00 |
| Arthur Cox | Legal research and assistance concerning charities regulation. | 65,000.00 | 64,850.34 |
| Oonagh Breen | External report on the public consultation about charities regulation. | 15,000.00 | 15,000.00 |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers | Systems audit of Waterways Ireland. | 6,500.00 | 5,505.50 |
| Institute of Public Administration | Review of internal audit function as required under Mullarkey report. | 10,890.00 | 10,890.00 |
| Goodbody Economic Consultants | 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 | 34,183.00 |
| Colgan & Associates | To assess all applications received under the funding scheme to provide training and supports in the community and voluntary sector. | 25,168.00 | 25,168.00 |
| Deloitte & Touche | 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 in relation to the implementation of a new financial management system in the Department. | 167,312.00 | 288,838.00 The extra cost arose from a decision to extend the scope of the contract to provide full-time support and knowledge transfer to departmental personnel, post go-live. |
| Farrell Grant Sparks | Review of property and equity portfolio of Údarás na Gaeltachta. | 83,883.25 | 83,883.25 |
| Fitzpatrick Associates in conjunction with Brendan Kearney Associates Limited | Mid-term evaluation of the Leader+ Community Initiative. | 100,370 | 100,370 |
| Indecon Consultants | Review of Area Development Management Limited. | 99,558.80 | 99,558.80 |
| Achilles, Procurement Services, I Harmsworth, Greenmount Office Park, Harolds Cross, Dublin 6W | Provision of procurement advice in relation to Long Island ferry service. | 605.00 | 605.00 |
| Malachy Walsh & Partners-Raymond Burke Consulting, c/o Park House, 21 Denny Street, Tralee, County Kerry | To carry out a study of transport service requirements of a number of offshore islands. | 86,946.97 excluding expenses | 95,641.66 including expenses |
| Peter Coyne & Company Chartered Accountants, Aengus House, The Docks, Galway | Provision of professional accounting advice relating to Aran Islands air service contract. | 1.089.00 | 1,089.00 |
| Peter Coyne & Company Chartered Accountants, Aengus House, The Docks, Galway | Provision of professional accounting advice in relation to Aran Islands cargo contract. | 399.00 | 399.00 |
| Achilles, Procurement Services, I Harmsworth, Greenmount Office Park, Harolds Cross, Dublin 6W | Provision of procurement advice in relation to the award of ferry study contract. | 5,445.00 | 5,445.00 |
| Achilles, Procurement Services, I Harmsworth, Greenmount Office Park, Harolds Cross, Dublin 6W | Provision of procurement advice in relation to linguistic study. | 1,815.00 | 1,815.00 |
| 2004 | |||
| Recipient of the contract in each case | Details of the work covered by the contract | The original estimate of the cost of the contract | The final amount paid in respect of each such contract |
| â'¬ (Incl VAT) | â'¬ (Incl VAT) | ||
| Environmental Resources Management | Assess Cohesion schemes and integrated target plans for social inclusion from county-city development boards in 2004. | 8,729.61 | â'¬17,459.22 Includes related work additional to that envisaged in original contract. |
| Law Reform Commission | Specialist legal research, public consultation and recommendations concerning charitable trust law reform. | 35,000.00 | 35,000.00 |
| Dermot V. Cahill | Core information on Irish sectoral regulators,comparative research to inform work on charities regulator. | 6,500.00 | 6,500.00 |
| Mazars | Audit of Foras na Gaeilge. | 26,317.50 | 17,407.25 Ongoing |
| A &L Goodbody | Legal advice connected with a community development programme tendering process undertaken in 2004. | Not exceed €5,000 | 4,077.70 |
| Deloitte & Touche | Provision of professional accounting service in February-March 2004. | 17,185.00 | 13,096.00 |
| Deloitte & Touche | Development of the Department's ICT strategy. | 103,280 | 103,280 |
| Farrell Grant Sparks | Desktop Review. | 1,815.00 | 1,815.00 |
| Sinead O'Connor | Provision of Research and Development support to Comhairle na Tuaithe from 28/6/04 to 31/12/04. | 35,000 | 35,000 |
| Bluett Conran | Review of capital appraisal procedures in Department. | 6,050.00 | 6,050.00 |
| Tipperary Institute | Provision of network services for Leader+ Community Initiative. | 1,179,580 | 643,783 paid to date. |
| Saltire Management Limited, Victoria House, East Blackhall Street, Greenhock, United Kingdom | Consultancy on aspects of ferry and air services for certain islands. | 77,924.00 | 106,889.25 paid to date. The extra costs arose from a decision to extend the scope of the contract to provide for additional reporting, inspection and advisory requirements. Contract completed and final invoice awaited. |
| Peter Coyne & Company Chartered Accountants, Aengus House, The Docks, Galway | Examination of accounts for Aran Islands' cargo tenders. | 605.00 |
| 2005 | |||
| Recipient of the contract in each case | Details of the work covered by the contract | The original estimate of the cost of the contract | The final amount paid in respect of each such contract |
| â'¬ (Incl VAT) | â'¬ (Incl VAT) | ||
| Environmental Resources Management | Assess Cohesion schemes, integrated target plans and volunteering measures for social inclusion from county-city development boards in 2005 | 30,250.00 | 10,083.33 to date |
| NIRSA (National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis), NUI, Maynooth. | Analysis of 2002 population census data | 3,248.85 | Ongoing |
| Brendan Kearney & Associates | Preparation of a brief background report to assist in ongoing work relating to updating the White Paper on Rural Development | 6,050.00 | 6,050.00 |
| Deloitte & Touche | Decentralisation Risk Exercise | The cost of the consultancy will be €41,454.60. | No payment made yet. Contract placed in September 2005. |
| Mary Higgins, Management Consultant | Provision of an research on the development of support framework for philanthropy in Ireland | 5,102.00 | 5,102.00 |
| Indecon | Consultancy on the White Paper on a Framework for Supporting Voluntary Activity | 94,234.00 | No payment to date |
| RSM Robson Rhodes | Verification checks of once-off grants made under the 2004 programme of grants to locally based community and voluntary organisations | 34,787.00 | No payment to date |
| A & L Goodbody Solicitors | Review of Public Procurement Procedures in relation to certain projects | 3,513.92 | 3,513.92 |
| Fitzpatrick Associates in conjunction with Brendan Kearney Associates Limited | Mid-term evaluation of the Leader+ Community Initiative. | 63,812 | 42,541 paid to date |
| Sinead O'Connor | Provision of Research and Development support to Comhairle na Tuaithe from 1/3/05 to 31/5/05. | 17,500 | 17,500 |
| Tom Healy, Chartered Consulting Engineer, Railway View, Clifden, County Galway | Supervision of the construction work on Inishboffin airstrip. | 64,389.12 | No payment yet |
| Malachy Walsh & Partners-McClure Watters, c/o Park House, 21 Denny Street, Tralee, County Kerry | To review a study conducted in 1999 in respect of the proposed cablecar link between Inishbiggle and Achill Island, County Mayo. | 21,489.60 | 25,676.43 |
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