Written answers
Wednesday, 21 November 2007
Department of An Taoiseach
Consultancy Contracts
9:00 pm
Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 131: To ask the Taoiseach the private consultancy firms his Department and the agencies which report to his Department used to date in 2007; the projects each worked on; the cost to his Department or agency of each engagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30191/07]
Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)
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My Department and Agencies under my Department have engaged a total of 19 private consultancy firms from January 2007 to date. The following table includes the names of the consultants, the projects undertaken and the total cost. It should be noted that the cost of a number of the consultancies may not be met by the Department in 2007.
| Consultant | Purpose | Amount |
| € | ||
| Fitzpatrick Associates | To evaluate Customer Charters across the Civil Service | 57,838.00 |
| Economic and Social Research Institute | To carry out a survey of business attitudes to and experience of regulation | 103,429.00 |
| Goodbody Economic Consultants | Provision of economic assistance with the application of Regulatory Impact Analysis | 29,040.00 |
| Isolde Goggin and Gillian Lauder | Review of the Operation of Regulatory Impact Analysis | 108,900.00 |
| PA Consulting Services Limited | To provide expert support for the pilot phase of the Organisational Review Programme | 43,569.00 |
| RA Consulting | To design and conduct an Employee Opinion Survey for the staff of my Department | 18,101.00 |
| QTS Limited | Annual Risk Assessment of my Department | 1,694.00 |
| Ipsos Mori | To evaluate the quality of my Department's customer service delivery by conducting the 2007 annual customer survey | 19,904.50 |
| Indecon Economic Consultants | To carry out a review of the Irish Annuities Market | 133,100.00 |
| Marie Halpin and Associates | Report/Review on Implementation of Positive Working Environment Policy in the Department of the Taoiseach | 1,936.00 |
| Consultants engaged by the Taskforce on Active Citizenship | ||
| Economic and Social Research Institute | ||
| To conduct a follow-up survey on Social Capital from their 2003 survey in order to ascertain any change in levels of volunteering and civic participation | 22,242.00 | |
| Caroline Erskine | Media services related to the launch of the Taskforce on Active Citizenship in March 2007 | 6,050.00 |
| Consultants engaged by the National Centre for Partnership and Performance | ||
| IPC Consulting | Hospital of the Future Research Project | 21,901.00 |
| Valerie Whelan | Hospital of the Future Research Project | 14,509.00 |
| Wilson Hartnel PR | Public Awareness Campaign (National Workplace Strategy) | 47,339.00 |
| Achilles Procurement Services | Public Awareness Campaign (National Workplace Strategy) | 263.00 |
| Redacteurs Ltd | Step-by-Step Guide to Partnership (Towards 2016) | 16,791.00 |
| ASA Consulting | Scoping Paper on Workplace Partnership in the Commercial Sector | 4,356.00 |
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