Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The Department of Foreign Affairs is responsible for two Votes — Vote 28 (Foreign Affairs) and Vote 29 (International Cooperation). The following tables set out the names of consultants (both firms and individuals) used by the Department in 2007 and the amounts paid by the Department in each case. The table also indicates the consultants who provided services only, those who produced reports, and whether the reports were published. It should be noted that some consultancies commenced in 2007 may not finalise reports until 2008.
With regard to the rates and fees charged by consultants, I should point out that these services are procured by way of advertised competitive tendering and the market determines the rates in each case. In accordance with the Department of Finance Guidelines on the Engagement of Consultants and Other External Support by the Civil Service, it is the Department's standard practice to require the submission of fixed price lump sum tenders for all consultancy projects. With regard to bodies under the auspices of my Department, the Irish Aid Advisory Board and the Hunger Task Force commissioned consultancies in 2007 and the relevant details are included in the table for Vote 29.
I am very conscious of the need to achieve value for money on consultancy expenditure. The Department commissions consultancies only where specialised knowledge and/or skills are not available within the Department and, particularly in the case of Irish Aid (Ireland's official development assistance programme), where an independent evaluation of programmes and projects is required. Given the overall scale of the Irish Aid Programme, this level of monitoring, review and evaluation is both prudent and proportionate.
Vote 28 (Foreign Affairs) The information requested by the Deputy for Vote 28 is set out in the following table. |
Consultant | Service Provided | Payments made in 2007 | Prepare Report/ Perform Services | Report Published |
| | € | | |
Bianconi Research Limited (trading as RITS) | Technical advice on the maintenance and development of the Department's ICT security infrastructure. | 151,250 | Perform services | Not Applicable |
Sysnet Ltd., | ICT Security Review | 28,133 | Prepare report. | Internal report, not published. |
Cornwell Management Consultants Ireland Limited | Development of technical specifications and tender documents for the support and maintenance contract for the Automated Passport System. | 19,965 | Perform services | Not Applicable |
Goodbody Economic Consultants | Value for Money and Policy Review of the Support for Irish Emigrant Groups Programmes | 25,894 | Prepare Report | The report was published on 31 July 2007 and provided to the Oireachtas library and Foreign Affairs Committee. |
Annesley Resource Partnership | Quality Assurance Assessment of the Value for Money and Policy Review of the Support for Irish Emigrants Groups Programmes | 3,751 | Prepare report | Not published. The quality assurance report was provided to the Department of Finance. |
BCT Communications Limited | Evaluation of the capacity building programmes provided by the Institute of Public Administration in 2006 to the Bulgarian Institute of Public Administration and the Romanian National Institute of Administration. | 20,469 | Prepare Report | Internal report, not published. |
Version 1 Software Limited | Software Programming for Secure Document Repository | 1,481 | Perform services | Not Applicable |
(i) Mr. Eugene Downes (to 28 May 2007) | Cultural Events Coordination and Advisory Services for State and Official Visits | 9,883 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
(ii) Long Road Productions Ltd. (from 18 September 2007) | | 14,520 | | |
Mr. Peter Brown | Taxation advice provided to the Irish Embassy, London. | 3,835 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Mr. Richard Townsend | Assist with a review of the mandate and structures of the Ireland-United Nations Association (IUNA) | 3,993.60 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Vote 29 (International Cooperation) The information requested by the Deputy for Vote 29 is set out in the following table. |
Consultant | Service Provided | Amounts Paid in 2007 | Prepare Report/Perform Services | Report Published |
| | € | | |
Achilles Procurement Services Ltd. | Provision of procurement expertise | 86,656 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Aidan Pender | To inform and advise the work of the Project Appraisal and Evaluation Group (PAEG), providing independent and objective advice and external examination and appraisal of projects and programmes, as part of the overall approval mechanisms in Irish Aid. | 11,375 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Aine Costigan | Technical Support on HIV/AIDs | 27,453 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Aisling Swaine | Technical Advice on Gender Equality | 112,797 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Andre Barsony | To inform and advise the work of the Project Appraisal and Evaluation Group (PAEG), providing independent and objective advice and external examination and appraisal of projects and programmes, as part of the overall approval mechanisms in Irish Aid . | 10,523 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Ann Nolan | Provision of Technical Support on HIV/AIDS | 104,023 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Ann Pesic | Independent Consultant for the Partnership Programme for Europe and Central Asia Funding Committee | 2,294 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Anne Conroy | Monitoring of Irish Aid Recovery Programme, Malawi | 20,328 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Anne Holmes | Technical Support Tsunami | 69,579 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Annesley Resource Partnership | Quality Review of Irish Aid Report re. Tsunami | 2,723 | Prepare Report | Internal report, not published. |
John Shiels | Independent Consultant for the Partnership Programme for Europe and Central Asia Funding Committee | 6,579 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Annesley Resource Partnership | Review of the Irish Aid Fellowship Training Programme | 34,388 | Prepare Report | Internal report, not published. |
Aodh O'Connor | Technical Consultants to the Civil Society Section Funding Schemes | 9,800 | Prepare Report | Internal report, not published. |
Aodh O'Connor | Civil Society Fund and Micro Projects Fund | 7,974 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Consultant | Service Provided | Amounts Paid in 2007 | Prepare Report/Perform Services | Report Published |
| | € | | |
Arthur Fell | To inform and advise the work of the Project Appraisal and Evaluation Group (PAEG), providing independent and objective advice and external examination and appraisal of projects and programmes, as part of the overall approval mechanisms in Irish Aid. | 21,086 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Ross Golden Bannon | Hunger Task Force- Media Consultant | 5,082 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Barnaby Wilitts-King | Technical Consultant supporting the work of the Emergency & Recovery Section of Irish Aid | 21,326 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Ben Siddle | Provision of Technical Support for Emergency and Recovery Section, Rapid Response Initiative | 41,393 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Bernard McLoughlin | To inform and advise the work of the Project Appraisal and Evaluation Group (PAEG), providing independent and objective advice and external examination and appraisal of projects and programmes, as part of the overall approval mechanisms in Irish Aid. | 7,800 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Bernard Wood | To inform and advise the work of the Project Appraisal and Evaluation Group (PAEG), providing independent and objective advice and external examination and appraisal of projects and programmes, as part of the overall approval mechanisms in Irish Aid. | 27,137 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Bernadette Crawford | External Member of Fellowships Selection Committee Meetings | 3,712 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Bernadette Crawford | Final Monitoring of the NGO HIV/AIDS Partnership Scheme (HAPS) | 5,384 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Brid McGrath | Assistant Public Information Officer | 31,196 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Cathal Higgins | Support to the Zambia/Ireland Teacher Education Initiative | 33,895 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Cathal Higgins | Provision of Technical Support for Education for All | 28,615 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Kate Butcher | Techincal Consultant for the Multi-Annual Programme Scheme | 4,369 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Catherine Gaynor | Mainstreaming; Building Strategy and Practice within Irish Aid | 20,110 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Catherine Gaynor | Technical Consultant for the Multi-Annual Programme Scheme | 20,429 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Consultant | Service Provided | Amounts Paid in 2007 | Prepare Report/Perform Services | Report Published |
| | € | | |
Catherine Gaynor | Provision of Technical Support for Education for All | 32,658 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Daire Higgins | Irish Aid Centre Public Relations and Outreach Consultant | 24,750 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Dalberg Global Development Ad. | Evaluation of Learning and Training Programme for Development Workers (Dtalk) | 26,245 | Prepare Report | Internal report, not published. |
Dalberg Global Development Ad. | Mapping of Irish Aid Approval Processes | 55,358 | Perform Services and prepare internal report. | Internal report, not published. |
Daniel Rowan | Temporary Communications Specialist | 43,774 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Debbie Thomas | Production of publication material for communication about Irish Aid's health programming | 10,000 | Perform Services and prepare materials for publication. | Materials published. |
Deirdre Farrell | Member of the Development Education Grants Committee | 5,000 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Diarmuid McClean | Provision of Technical Support on Health and HIV/AIDS in area of R&D for new drugs, vaccines and microbicides | 148,450 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Diarmuid O'Donovan | Technical Consultant to the Board of the European Malaria Vaccine Initiative | 5,101 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Eamonn O'Reilly | Facilitation of Irish Aid funded internship Programmes (General Level) | 6,750 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Ecorys Research and Consulting | Evaluation of the Mozambique Country Programmes 2001-2006 | 93,191 | Prepare Report | Report published February, 2008. |
Eleanor O'Gorman | Consultant to Conflict Resolution Unit | 65,285 | Perform Services. | Not Applicable. |
Farrell Grant Sparks | Provision of Consultancy Services for Irish Aid Management Review | 92,767 | Prepare Report | Report not finalised. |
Geraldine McDonald | Civil Society Fund and Micro Projects Fund | 16,586 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Helen Newman | Development Education Strategy | 18,150 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Helen O'Neill | To inform and advise the work of the Project Appraisal and Evaluation Group (PAEG), providing independent and objective advice and external examination and appraisal of projects and programmes, as part of the overall approval mechanisms in Irish Aid. | 12,350 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Hunter McGill | Participation in the Projects Appraisal and Evaluation Group (PAEG) Meetings | 10,888 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Imelda Torres Lopez | Programme Consultant in Central America | 3,049 | Perform Services | Not Applicable t |
Consultant | Service Provided | Amounts Paid in 2007 | Prepare Report/Perform Services | Report Published |
| | € | | |
Institute of Public Administration | Quality Assessment of Mozambique CSP Evaluation | 2,904 | Prepare Report | Internal report, not published. |
Intrac | Public Expenditure Review of the Irish Govenments Support to Tsunami affected countries | 31,181 | Prepare Report | Report published |
Intrac | Review of the Irish Missionary Resource Service (IMRS) | 66,105 | Prepare Report | Internal Report not published. |
James H. Polhemus, Phd | Consultancy on Good Governance | 58,430 | Perform Services | Not Applicable. |
Jim Sheehan | Civil Society Fund and Micro Projects Fund | 12,233 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Jane Salvage | Support to the AMAR Health Rehabilitation Project for the Marsh Arabs of Southern Iraq | 12,135 | Prepare Report | Internal report, not published. |
Jerry O'Dwyer | Support to Irish Aid on the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB & Malaria | 40,690 | Perform Services | Not applicable. |
Jill Nesbitt | Irish Aid Centre Content Consultant | 10,000 | Perform Services | Not applicable |
Jim Kinsella | Irish Aid Seminar- Presentation on OECD/DAC agriculture Task Team | 300 | Perform Services | Not Applicable. |
Jim Kinsella | To inform and advise the work of the Project Appraisal and Evaluation Group (PAEG), providing independent and objective advice and external examination and appraisal of projects and programmes, as part of the overall approval mechanisms in Irish Aid. | 3,264 | Perform Services | Carry out work; no report |
Joanne Manchester | Provision of Technical Support on HIV/AIDS | 2,751 | Perform Services | Carry out work; no report |
John Grindle | External Evaluator for Development Cooperation Ireland Project Proposals for the Balkans and CISs | 8,500 | Prepare report | Internal report, not published. |
John Grindle | Support to Review of the Staffing Needs of the Diplomatic Missions in Programme Countries, Sierra Leone and South Africa | 15,426 | Prepare Report | Internal report, not published. |
John Telford | Technical Consultant supporting the work of the Emergency & Recovery Section of Irish Aid | 10,176 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
John O'Regan | Provision of Audit Management Support to the Evaluation and Audit Unit | 78,035 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Kate Dyer | Support to the revision of Irish Aids Country Strategy Planning (CSP) Guidelines and Procedures | 29,371 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Kevin Moore | Support for Private Sector Development | 105,086 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
KPMG | Value for Money Review of the Passport Service | 35,406 | Prepare Report | Report due for publication in third Quarter, 2008. |
Consultant | Service Provided | Amounts Paid in 2007 | Prepare Report/Perform Services | Report Published |
| | € | | |
Luis Enrique Bran Reyes | Interim Programme Consultant for the Central America Programme | 33,064 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Maeve Martin | Evaluation of the Development and Intercultural Education (DICE) Project | 15,000 | Perform services and prepare internal report. | Internal report, not published |
Margaret Fitzgerald | Provision of Technical Support on Health and HIV/AIDS, October to December 2006 | 31,807 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Margaret Fitzgerald | To inform and advise the work of the Project Appraisal and Evaluation Group (PAEG), providing independent and objective advice and external examination and appraisal of projects and programmes, as part of the overall approval mechanisms in Irish Aid. | 9055 | Perform Service | Not Applicable |
Mags Gaynor | Provision of Technical Support for Emergency and Recovery Section: Rapid Response Initiative | 14,058 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Mags Gaynor | Civil Society Fund and Micro Projects Fund | 7,939 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Mags Gaynor | Support Irish Aid in the Areas of Vulnerability and Infrastructure | 44,828 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Margo O'Sullivan | Review of Primary Teacher Education (PTE) Curriculum | 145 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Marie Smith | Civil Society Fund and Micro Projects Fund | 11,081 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Mary Immaculate College | Provision of Technical Support for Education for All | 4,868 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Mary Jennings | Mainstreaming Building Strategy and Practice within Irish Aid | 3,020 | Perform services and prepare report. | Internal report, not published. |
Mary Jennings | Technical Consultant for the Multi-Annual Programme Scheme | 31,433 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Mary McCann | Interim Programme Consultant for the Central America Programme | 45,330 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Mary McKeown | Technical Consultant for the Multi-Annual Programme Scheme | 4,727 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Mary McKeown | To inform and advise the work of the Project Appraisal and Evaluation Group (PAEG), providing independent and objective advice and external examination and appraisal of projects and programmes, as part of the overall approval mechanisms in Irish Aid . | 5,227 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Mary McKeown | Civil Society Fund and Micro Projects Fund | 25,129 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Consultant | Service Provided | Amounts Paid in 2007 | Prepare Report/Perform Services | Report Published |
| | € | | |
Maura Leen | Irish Aid Representative on the Appraisal Panel for the Programme of Strategic Cooperation between Irish Aid and Higher Education and Research Institutes | 4,750 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Maura Leen | To inform and advise the work of the Project Appraisal and Evaluation Group (PAEG), providing independent and objective advice and external examination and appraisal of projects and programmes, as part of the overall approval mechanisms in Irish Aid. | 5,371 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Michael Scott | Participation at Mekong Private Sector Development Facility Planning and Review Meeting, and Vietnam Business Forum, December 2006 | 6,357 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Morina O'Neill | Irish Aid Centre Content Consultant | 5,000 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Morina O'Neill | Civil Society Fund and Micro Projects Fund | 6,708 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
| Technical Consultants to the Civil Society Section Funding Schemes | 1,500 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Dr. Nick Chisholm | Consultancy Support to the Irish Aid Hunger Task Force | 22,268 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Owen McCarthy | Dissemination of an Irish Aid Teaching Resource entitled "Our World, Our Future" | 9,065 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Oxford Policy Management | Strategic review of Irish Aid engagement with the United Nations funds and programmes | 61,316 | Prepare Report | Internal report, not published. |
Oxford Policy Management | Consultancy support to Irish Aid Hunger Task Force | 5,283 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Pat McMullan | On-going Support to Ireland Aid Funding of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) | 24,783 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Patrick D Murphy | Provision of Technical Support for Education for All | 8,774 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Philip Regan | Facilitation of Irish Aid funded Internship Programmes (Senior Level) | 11,875 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Reginald Terrence Allsop | Support to the Zambia/Ireland Teacher Education Initiative | 21,960 | Performs services and prepare report. | Internal report, not published. |
Roberto ED. Martinez | Contract No: 10 — Maintenance of DCI Spanish Language website in Central America & Promotion of the Website | 2,186 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Consultant | Service Provided | Amounts Paid in 2007 | Prepare Report/Perform Services | Report Published |
| | € | | |
Richard Townsend | Report on staffing needs of missions in Irish Aid Programme Countries | 8,556 | Prepare report | Internal report, not published. |
Richard Townsend | Irish Aid Representative on the Appraisal Panel for the Programme of Strategic Cooperation between Irish Aid and Higher Education and Research Institutes | 2,811 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Karen Rothwell | Facilitation of DCI funded UNV internship programme | 45,590 | Perform Services | Carry out work; no report |
Karen Rothwell | Facilitation of Irish Aid funded Internship Programmes (Senior Level) | 29,887 | Perform Services | Carry out work; no report |
Karen Rothwell | Piloting of Organisational Assessment Guidelines | 24,421 | Prepare Report. | Internal report, not published. |
Rowan Oberman | Irish Aid Centre Groups' Programme Consultant | 5,250 | Perform Services | Carry out work; no report |
Ruairi Brugha | Provision of Technical Support on Health and HIV/AIDS | 8,450 | Perform Services | Carry out work; no report |
Sean Drysdale | Provision of Public Health Specialist Support | 84,294 | Perform Services | Carry out work; no report |
Siobhan Mullally | Independent/External Mid-term Evaluation of the Justice System Programme in Timor Leste | 5,197 | Perform Services and prepare report | Internal report, not published. |
Steve Packer | Evaluation of the Irish Aid World Bank Education Trust Fund | 23,001 | Prepare Report | Report is due for publication in June 2008. |
Tara Shine | Provision of Technical Support on Environmentally Sustainable Development | 79,347 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Tara Shine | Civil Society Fund and Micro Projects Fund | 5,072 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Tom Crowley | Civil Society Fund and Micro Projects Fund | 16,889 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Una Murray | Civil Society Fund and Micro Projects Fund | 9,413 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Una Murray | Completing and handing over work on mainstreaming gender through business plans and facilitating action planning on gender based violence with joint consortium gender based violence | 3,721 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
University of Glasgow | MAPS II,: Technical Consultants to the Civil Society Section Funding Schemes | 5,748 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Grosso & Maldonado | Legal Advice regarding the establishment and operation of the Rapid Response Initiative | 2080 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
James Saunderson | Rapid Response Initiative — Manager of Standby Register | 520 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Vote 29 (International Cooperation) Continued Irish Aid Advisory Board |
Consultant | Service Provided | Amounts Paid in 2007 | Perform Services/Prepare Report | Report Published |
| | € | | |
Theta Eta Advisors Limited | Preparation of a report entitled: Best Practice in the Governance of Aid Programmes | €6,050 | Prepare Report | Internal report — not published |
Oxford Policy Management | Research study entitled: "Measuring Impact: The Global and Irish Aid Programme Context" | €42,258 | Prepare Report | Report Published |
Mr Tony Killick | (i) Preparation of a report entitled: "Selectivity in Action: Choosing Irish Aid's Tenth Programme Country" | €25,410 | Prepare Report | Finalised; internal report — not for publication. |
| (ii) Editorial Work on Research Findings Volume 1 Governance Trade and Aid Effectiveness. | | | |
Achilles Procurement Services Limited | Public Procurement Advice on establishment of Framework Agreements for Research | €1,270 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
North South Institute | Provision of external reader services to ABIA research programme | €2,542 | Perform Services | Not Applicable |
Overseas Development Institute | Research study entitled: "Good Governance, Aid Modalities & Poverty reduction" | €141,284 | Prepare Report | Published |
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