Written answers
Wednesday, 13 December 2006
Department of Defence
Consultancy Contracts
10:00 pm
Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 313: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount spent on consultants in each year from 1997 to 2005 and to date in 2006. [43222/06]
Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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The information sought by the Deputy is set out in the following table.
| Year | Name | Cost |
| € | ||
| 1996/1998 | O'Shea Business Consultants | 386,615 |
| 1996/1998 | Staff Relations Services (Mr. D. Rochford) | 2,009 |
| 1997 | Mary Murphy Associates | 3,133 |
| 1997/2000 | Aer Rianta | 14,655 |
| 1998/1999 | Staff Relations Services (Mr. D. Rochford) | 37,470 |
| 1998 | Ernst & Young | 608,839 |
| 1998 | BDO Simpson Xavier Consultants | 19,666 |
| 1999/2004 | Brady, Shipman, Martin | 128,902 |
| 1999/2005 | Sir Frederick Snow & Partners Ltd | 21,938 |
| 1999/2000 | Mr. L. Dunbar | 4,360 |
| 1999/2000 | Anti-Bullying Centre Trinity College | 6,599 |
| 2000 | Mr. Mike Ginn | 121,682 |
| 2000/2001 | Exselan Computer Systems | 22,093 |
| 2000/2004 | Brian Meehan & Associates | 20,682 |
| 2001 | Intercontinental Aviation Consultants | 55,442 |
| 2001 | Deloitte & Touche | 127,925 |
| 2001 | Saville & Holdsworth Ltd. | 44,268 |
| 2001/2002 | Dr. Eileen Doyle | 63,000 |
| 2001/2002 | Gallagher & Kelly Public Relations | 32,048 |
| 2001 | Margaret Considine | 4,920 |
| 2002 | Sweeney Communications | 12,235 |
| 2002/2004 | Dr. Eileen Doyle | 161,259 |
| 2003 | Mr. Colm Dunne | 3,220 |
| 2003/2004 | Mr. Martin McCoy | 10,150 |
| 2003 | Deloitte & Touche | 26,740 |
| 2003 | Ray Byrnes B.L. | 1,800 |
| 2004 | Connolly, Sellors & Geraghty | 4,598 |
| 2004 | Goldsmith Fitzgerald Partnership | 1,800 |
| 2005 | Occupational Health Consultants | 35,869 |
| 2005 | Dr. Charles O'Malley (Set fee per annum) | 6,400 |
| 2005 | Millward Brown IMS | 22,264 |
| 2006 | Grayling | 14,520 |
It should also be noted that the Department has never included the under-mentioned projects as "Consultancies":
Payment of €2.59m to date to Oracle EMEA Ltd. in respect of implementation services for installation of new financial and management information systems for the Department and the Defence Forces (on-going). The full value of the contract is €2.7m.
There is an ongoing capital building programme in my Department designed to modernise the living, training, operational and accommodation facilities available to the Defence Forces, both Permanent and Reserve. There has been an unprecedented level of spending on the programme to date with over €200 million spent between 1999 and 2005. This year will see a further €21.8 million invested in the programme.
As a result of this significant increase in the building programme consultants with appropriate expertise are engaged by the Department as necessary to provide technical services in connection with building, engineering and equipment projects etc. and in connection with psychometric testing for Army, Naval Service and Air Corps cadetships and trainee technicians.
It should be noted that (as per Comptroller and Auditor General Report on Value for Money "Consultancies in the Civil Service" 1998) such design and engineering consultancies for capital projects are better examined in association with the construction projects to which they relate.
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