Written answers
Thursday, 17 April 2008
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Consultancy Contracts
5:00 pm
Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 344: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the consultants who carried out work for his Department or for any body under the auspices of his Department during 2007; if each consultant was an individual or a firm; the amount earned by each consultant in 2007; the basis of the calculation of same; the rate per hour, day, week, month or other period payable in each case; if in each case the consultant was engaged to prepare a report or to carry out work; if in the case of a report being prepared the report has been published; if not, when the report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14104/08]
Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The information relating to work carried out for my Department during 2007, and for which my Department was the lead Department, is set out in the following tabular statement.
In relation to consultancies engaged by the Agencies, this is a day-to-day operational matter for the Agencies concerned and one in which I have no function.
| Name of Consultants | Individual or Firm | Amount Earned | Basis of Calculation*** | Was Consultant engaged to prepare a report or carry out work? | Is report published? Y/N (if no provide explanation) | Comment (if any) |
| HELM Corporation Ltd. | Firm | €8,145.76 (incl. VAT and ancillary charges) | Based on fixed daily rate as per contract | Carry outwork — to provideadvice and support on the optimisation of the ORACLE Financial Management system in the Department | Not applicable | |
| Mazars | Firm | €10,482.23 (incl VAT) | Price agreed by contractAverage daily rate @ €645 | Audit services | N/A | |
| Kilroys Solicitors | Firm | Nil | €375 per hour | Work | No — occasional legal advice provided | Although work was carried out by the solicitors in 2007, the work was not invoiced in that year |
| Corporate Risk Strategies Ltd (CRS) | Firm | €24,200.00 incl. VAT | The Department issued a Request for Tender for the appointment of a Competent Person in the Health and Safety area to advise the Department on the full implications of implementing the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005, on the premises of the Department on the basis of a budget of approximately €20,000 plus VAT which was the amount deemed appropriate by the Department for the amount of work involved. | The Consultants were engaged to prepare a Health and Safety report on each of the Department's buildings together with the appropriate Safety Statements. | No — reports are for internal use within the Department. | |
| ESRI | Public Service body | €84,231.97incl. VAT | Third and final payment in line with agreed payment schedule | Consultants engaged to carry out work and prepare a report | Yes | 2 payments made in 2006 |
| Tom Walsh | Individual | €81,493.20incl. VAT | Per contract — linked to Assistant Secretary salary scale | To carry out work | Work not yet complete | |
| Arup Consulting Engineers | Firm | First payment of € 24,051.69 incl. VAT made in 2007 | First tranche of 3 payments in line with agreed payment schedule | Consultants engaged to carry out work and prepare a report | Work not yet complete | Remaining 2 payments to be made in 2008 |
| Indecon Economic Consultants | Firm | €30,000.00 | 1/3 payment of cost of Consultancy Study | To prepare a report. | No. The report contributed to the Government policy formulation process. |
| Name of Consultants | Individual or Firm | Amount Earned | Basis of Calculation*** | Was Consultant engaged to prepare a report or carry out work? | Is report published? Y/N (if no provide explanation) | Comment (if any) |
| Indecon Consultants | Firm | €111,244.00 inclusive of VAT | 60% of payment due under fixed amount contract awarded by tender process. | Prepare a Report — Value for Money Review of Science Foundation Ireland | No — Report is still being finalised. Report is scheduled to be published in Q2 2008. | 30% of contract price was paid at beginning of project, and 30% on production of a draft report. The remaining 40% will be paid on project completion |
| The Media Group | Firm | €135,000.00 inclusive of VAT | Calculation based on costed proposals for the roll out and management of a National promotion and media campaign | To carry out work | N/A | Consultants engaged to devise, implement & manage a national promotion & advertising campaign across a range of media for the ICT Audits Programme for Small Business in Ireland |
| Noel J. Travers BL | Individual | €9,377.50 | 70 hrs @ €125 per hr. + 21% VAT | Drafted a legal instrument. | N/A | Amount earned included a discount |
| RITS* | Firm | €118,928.00 | Fixed Price Contract for €100,775. Balance paid according to agreed daily rates. | To prepare a series of reports. | No — Reports were for internal use only as they deal with sensitive Information Security matters. | |
| Version 1* | Firm | €7,187 .00** | Fixed Price Contract | To prepare a report. | No — Report was for internal use only as it was a review of internal business operational processes. | |
| Indecon Economic Consultants | Firm | €30,000.00 | 1/3 payment of cost of Consultancy Study | To prepare a report. | No. The report contributed to the Government policy formulation process. | |
| Work Research Co-operative Social & Economic Consultants | Firm | €79896.30 = total cost of the research study. (€26,632.10 was paid in Nov. 2007) | 5 person months of work + costs | To prepare a report | No — preparation of the report is ongoing. | |
| Goodbody Economic Consultants | Firm | €47,190.00 = total cost of the review. (€23,595 was paid in Nov. 2007) | 39.5 days + costs | To prepare a report | No — Draft final report of review is currently being considered | |
| Farrell Grant Sparks | Firm | €55,100.00 (excl VAT) | A number of individuals were involved and the average daily rate for them was €1,125. | Both | Yes | The work commenced in 2006 and the report was published in December 2007 |
| MRPA Kinman Communications | Firm | €5,280.00 (excl VAT) | A number of individuals were involved and the average hourly rate for them was €181. | PR for launch of Human Capital Investment OP and ESF 50th Anniversary | No | The work was carried out and completed in December 2007 |
| Name of Consultants | Individual or Firm | Amount Earned | Basis of Calculation*** | Was Consultant engaged to prepare a report or carry out work? | Is report published? Y/N (if no provide explanation) | Comment (if any) |
| Indecon Economic Consultants | Firm | €5,086.60 — paid in January 2007 | Labour + costs | To prepare a report | Yes. | |
| Work Research Cooperative (WRC) | Firm | Final 6 months of original contract 2001-7 costing €243,801.00 | Amount for which contract was awarded based upon adaily rate (220 + 220) 440 number of days and direct costs, such as foreign/local travel and subsistence, external web support, events organization etc. | Carry out work by providing Technical Support for the Department on the co-funded ESF EQUAL Community Initiative. | N/A | The Department is reimbursed 50% of these costs by the European Commission. |
| Tom Ferris | Individual | €2,997.00 | 25% of total payment; 75% received in 2006; total made up of 14 days work at €800 per day plus €788 expenses = €11,988 | To carry out six case studies investigating the administrative burdens arising due to regulation and to prepare a report | No — The report itself is not published but it is summarised in the Business Regulation Forum Report, which was published in April 2007 | |
| Dan Flinter | Individual | €8,643.09 | 3.5 days work at €2,000 per day plus €143.05 expenses and €1,500.04 VAT | To facilitate two business workshops, examining the burdens of regulation on business | No — A report on the results of the workshops was prepared and presented to the High Level Group (HLG) on Business Regulation. This informed the Work Programme of the HLG and will be reported on as part of the HLG's report to the Minister in July this year. | |
| Nathan Reilly | Individual | €7,052.63 | Hourly | Carry out work | N/A | |
| Keating and Associates | Firm | €32,670.00 | Per contract following Tender | Carry out work (Communications Strategy for ODCE) | N/A | |
| Millward Brown IMS | Firm | €44,789.66 | Per contract following Tender | Carry out work (Market Research for ODCE) | N/A | |
| Cyril O'Neill | Firm | €13,272.88 | See comment across | Carry out work (Legal Costs Assessment for ODCE) | N/A | Legal Costs Accountants charge on the basis of a sliding scale of percentages of the Professional Solicitor's (only) portion of the bill. In complex cases an hourly charge may be made. |
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