Written answers
Tuesday, 18 October 2005
Department of Health and Children
Consultancy Contracts
9:00 pm
Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)
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Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of consultants currently employed by her Department; the total cost outstanding to her Department; and if she can state the areas these persons are working on; when each of these projects will be complete; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28965/05]
Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The information requested is in the following table.
| Consultants Currently Employed | Nature of Consultancy | Completion Date | Costs Outstanding (€ inc. VAT) |
| Accenture | Support, maintenance and minor enhancements for civil registration computer system. | 31 December 2005 | 165,000 |
| Business2Enterprise | Clean up of HR data for transfer to new system and selection of interim solution | End 2005 | 6,760 |
| CAPITA Consulting | Evaluation | Imminent | 21,377 |
| CAPITA Consulting | Evaluation | Imminent | Nil |
| Dr. Satya Brinks, Assoc. Prof. Anne Sanson, Mr. Jeremy Neathey | Assisting with the commissioning of The National Longitudinal Study of Children in Ireland. | End December 2005 | 4,000 (approx.) |
| Dr. Fiona Keogh | Project Worker for the Expert Group on Mental Health Policy | December 2005 | 12,000 Approx. |
| Dr. John Bowman | Work in relation to the organisation (including the chairing) of the National Health Strategy Consultative Forum scheduled to take place on 2nd December 2005 in Dublin Castle | End January 2006 | 6,050 (total) |
| Grayling Gilmore | Public Relations | March 2006 | 1,500,000 estimated |
| Hay Group (Ireland) Ltd. | Personnel Management and Development | Mid-September 2005 | 4,840 plus travel expenses |
| Health Science Management Dept. TCD. | Facilitation of input workshops & production of feedback Report on Part 9 of the Health Act, 2004 — the introduction of a statutory Complaints Process. | November, 2005 | 12,000 to 15,000 approx. |
| Indecon Economic Consultants | Economic Analysis of Childcare Policy Options | End October 2005 | 181,821 |
| Lynne Peyton | National Children's Advisory Council — Mid-Term Review of the National Children's Strategy | 31 December 2005 | 57,500.00 |
| Maura McGrath and David Hanly | Devolution of Functions from the Department of Health and Children to the Health Service Executive | December 2005 | 6,000 approx. |
| Mercer Human Resource Consulting | Provision of continuous expert actuarial advice, assistance and information, in relation to the Irish Health Insurance Market, in particular to risk equalisation and risk equalisation related issues. | 31st August 2006 | None. |
| Mercer Human Resource Consulting | Actuarial assessment of Department's liability with regard to the transfer of pension funds of nurse tutors who have assimilated into the third level sector. | December 2005 | 54,506 |
| Mercer Human Resource Consulting Ltd. | Insurance scheme for persons infected by Hepatitis C and HIV by blood and blood products administered within the State: feasibility study, analysis of the available options and production of draft scheme. | Nov/Dec 2005 | 21,780 |
| National Nutrition Policy Advisor | Advice in relation to Nutrition | 31 December 2005 | Nil |
| National Nutrition Surveillance Centre | Supply of Data and advice in relation to Nutrition and Health | 31 December 2005 | Nil |
| Ogilvy | Advertising services for National Drugs Awareness Campaign | 31 October 2005 | 7,260 |
| PMI Software Ltd | Development of capital project management and software | September 2004 (substantially complete) | 3,000 |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers | To implement the recommendations of the Report of the Working Group on the Accountability of Secretaries General and Accounting Officers (Mullarkey Report) PricewaterhouseCoopers were engaged to facilitate the introduction of a risk management process which will identify and evaluate the key risks facing the Department of Health and Children | February 2006 | 45,746 |
| QMP | Advertising | March 2006 | 500,000 estimated |
| RGC Technologies | Project management of software development | Mid-2004 | 6,000 |
| Sandra Roe | Analysis of Responses to Public Consultation on the Development of a Recreation Policy for Young People in Ireland and to produce a report on the outcome of the Public Consultation | 17 February 2006 | 16,000.00 |
| Sopra Newell & Budge | Information systems security advice. These services are obtained on a draw down basis. The average annual cost is around €20,000. | The duration of the contract is for 4 years with 2.5 years yet to run. | No outstanding costs. |
| Suzanne Campbell | Research Project to assist the National Working Group on the Regulation of Complementary Therapists | End September-October, 2005 | 9,052 |
| Target Health | Advice in relation to Alcohol Policy | 31 December 2005 | 20,000 |
| The Children's Research Centre, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin 2. | Intercountry Adoption Research Project | May 2006 | 205,790 |
| Tony Murphy | Evaluation of the work of the Student Council Working Group | November 2005 | 11,798 |
| Wilson Hartnell Public Relations | PR services for National Drugs Awareness Campaign | 31 October 2005 | 3,025 |
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