Written answers
Thursday, 17 April 2008
Department of Finance
Consultancy Contracts
5:00 pm
Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 117: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance 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. [14106/08]
Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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The following table sets out the information the Deputy is seeking in respect of payments made to consultants by my Department.
| Name | Purpose | Firm or Individual | Paid in 2007 | Basis | Rate (P/D etc.) | Report | Has it been published? | When will it be published? |
| € | ||||||||
| Hay Group (Ireland) Ltd. | Public Service Benchmarking Body (PSBB) surveys of public service and private sector companies | Firm | 206,956 | Fixed Price | N/A | Yes (as input to the overall benchmarking report) | No | Not expected to be published. |
| Mercer Human Resource Consulting | PSBB surveys of public service and private sector companies | Firm | 349,301 | Fixed Price | N/A | Yes | No | Not expected to be published. |
| Hay Group (Ireland) Ltd. | Review of remuneration of CEO's of Commercial State Bodies. | Firm | 47,795 | Fixed Price | N/A | Yes | No | Not expected to be published. |
| Jenny Smyth & Associates | PSBB surveys of public service and private sector companies | Firm | 104,863 | Fixed Price | N/A | No | N/A | N/A |
| Hay Group (Ireland) Ltd. | Review Body on Higher Remuneration in the Public Sector. Evaluation of the jobs of senior posts in the Irish public service | Firm | 190,249 | Fixed Price | N/A | Yes (as input to the overall review report) | No | Not expected to be published. |
| Indecon International Economic Consultants | Review of Section 481 Film Relief | Firm | 92,111 | Fixed Price | N/A | Yes | Yes | N/A |
| Horwath Consulting Ireland Ltd. | Value for Money Review of Ordnance Survey Ireland. | Firm | 19,150 | Fixed Price | N/A | Yes | Yes | N/A |
| Goodbody Economic Consultants | Review of exemption from taxation of royalties or income derived from patents. | Firm | 59,532 | Fixed Price | N/A | Yes | Yes | N/A |
| PWC (Price Waterhouse Coopers) | Risk Evaluation PMG. | Firm | 49,624 | Fixed Price | N/A | Yes | No | Not expected to be published. |
| Goodbody Economic Consultants | Study on the potential effects of commencing Section 110 Finance Act 2007. | Firm | 43,651 | Fixed Price | N/A | Yes | Yes | N/A |
| Indecon International Economic Consultants | Update of review of scheme of tax relief for residential units associated with nursing homes. | Firm | 42,592 | Fixed Price | N/A | Yes | Yes | N/A |
| Nifast | Hazards and Risks Assessment. | Firm | 22,750 | Fixed Price | N/A | Yes | No | Not expected to be published. |
| Canavan and Byrne | Operational audits of Civil Service Crèches. | Firm | 6,050 | Fixed Price | N/A | Yes | No | Not expected to be published. |
| Safety Solutions | Health & Safety Audit. | Firm | 2,420 | Fixed Price | N/A | Yes | No | Not expected to be published. |
| Cornamona Health & Safety Consultants | Workstation Health and Safety Review in Tullamore. | Firm | 7,800 | Fixed Price | N/A | Yes | No | Not expected to be published. |
| Acuvest Investment Advisors Ltd | Internal Advisor on Pensions | Firm | 48,400 | Fixed Price | N/A | No | N/A | N/A |
| Life Strategies Limited | Pensions study for PSBB and Review Body | Firm | 87,726 | Fixed Price | N/A | Yes | Yes | N/A |
| Name | Purpose | Firm or Individual | Paid in 2007 € | Basis | Rate (P/D etc.) | Report | Has it been published? | When will it be published? |
| € | ||||||||
| DLA Piper Rudnick | Internal Advisor role to the PSBB. Contract for the role as advisor during the deliberative phase of the work of the PSBB | Firm | 190,114 | Per Diem rates | Payment of €96,188 was made in 2007 in respect work carried out in 2006 at a rate of €1,975 per day. Payment of €93,926 was also made in 2007 in respect of work carried out in 2007 at a rate of €2,250 per day. The total payment in 2007 was €190,114. | No | N/A | N/A |
| Ernst & Young | Economics study of CSO National Employment Survey 2003 | Firm | 56,567 | Fixed Price | N/A | Yes | Yes | N/A |
| The Reward Partnership | Parallel Partnership N/A Examination of pay of craft workers in the Health and Local Authority sectors | Firm | 151,554 | Fixed Price | N/A | Yes | No | Not expected to be published. |
| The following table sets out the information the Deputy is seeking in respect of payments made to consultants by the Office of the Revenue Commissioners. | ||||||||
| Name | Purpose | Firm or Individual | Paid in 2007 | Basis | Rate (P/D etc.) | Report | Has it been published? | When will it be published? |
| € | ||||||||
| 20:20 Vision Design Group | Design Work | Firm | 998 | Variable | €100 per hour | No | N/A | N/A |
| Achilles Procurement Services Ltd | Procurement advice in respect of the outsourcing of the New State Warehouse | Firm | 5,731 | Variable | €220 per hour | No | N/A | N/A |
| Actons Solicitors | Professional Fee | Firm | 372 | Fixed | N/A | No | N/A | N/A |
| Alchemy Films PTY LTD | Advice on Film Relief | Firm | 5,808 | Variable | N/A | No | N/A | N/A |
| Arthur Nowlan | Valuation of seized goods | Individual | 3,199 | Variable | N/A | No | N/A | N/A |
| Ballycotton Marine Services | Customs vessel | Individual | 4,091 | Annual Agreement | €726 per day | No | N/A | N/A |
| Bearing Point Ltd. | HRMS Managed Services | Firm | 239,359 | Fixed | N/A | No | N/A | N/A |
| Bennis Design | Design Service | Firm | 7,611 | Variable | N/A | No | N/A | N/A |
| Bull Info systems | Services in relation to the Revenue- Risk Evaluation Analysis and Profiling (REAP)- System | Firm | 18,072 | Fixed | €1,250 per day | No | n/a | n/a |
| C. Moore and Associates Ltd | Independent Quality Assessment of VFM Review | Individual | 2,677 | Fixed | €1,070 per day | Yes | Yes | N/A |
| Carisle Advisory Services | Research | Firm | 2,420 | Variable | N/A | Yes | No | Not expected to be published |
| Catalysto Ltd. | Design features re Employers Guide to PAYE. | Firm | 3,896 | Variable | N/A | No | N/A | N/A |
| Ciaran Feighery | Affidavits signed by solicitor | Firm | 150 | Fixed | N/A | No | N/A | N/A |
| Copper Reed Studio Ltd. | Form Design | Firm | 483 | Fixed | N/A | No | N/A | N/A |
| Costello Commercial | Report & Valuation of various properties | Firm | 14,520 | Variable | N/A | Yes | No | Not expected to be published |
| Costello Commercial | Valuation of properties | Firm | 5,808 | Fixed | N/A | No | N/A | N/A |
| Creative A.D. | Desk Top Publishing Design | Firm | 2,305 | Fixed | N/A | No | N/A | N/A |
| De Veres | Valuation of Heritage Objects | Firm | 605 | Variable | N/A | No | N/A | N/A |
| De Burca rare Books | Valuation of Heritage Objects | Firm | 5,445 | Variable | N/A | No | N/A | N/A |
| Name | Purpose | Firm or Individual | Paid in 2007 | Basis | Rate (P/D etc.) | Report | Has it been published? | When will it be published? |
| € | ||||||||
| Deloitte | VFM Review of IT External Resources Expenditure in 2006 | Team of Deloitte Consultants | 118,580 | Fixed | N/A | To assist in the production of a report | Yes | N/A |
| Enterprise Ireland | To give advice/prepare reports relating to customs classification of certain products(IT/Electronic etc) | Firm | 2,360 | Variable | €78 per hour | Yes | No | Not expected to be published |
| Frontend.com | Review of Revenue's website and advice re redesign strategy | Firm | 23,450 | Fixed | N/A | Yes | No | Not expected to be published |
| Gerard O'Leary | Valuation of motor vehicles | Individual | 8,205 | Fixed | N/A | No | N/A | N/A |
| Interactive Innovation | Advice on R&D credit | Firm | 3,630 | Variable | €1,000 per day | No | N/A | N/A |
| IQ Content Limited | Advice on ROS (Revenue on-Line Service) | Firm | 14,641 | Fixed | N/A | Yes | No | Not expected to be published |
| James Nash | Document analysis | Individual | 847 | Fixed | N/A | Yes | No | Not expected to be published |
| Mealys | Valuation of Heritage Objects | Firm | 5,082 | Variable | N/A | No | N/A | N/A |
| Mr. Gerry McMahon | Valuation of Heritage Objects | Individual | 7,098 | Hourly rate | €78 per hour | Yes | No | Not expected to be Published |
| Ms Niamh Brodie | Valuation of shares in private companies | Individual | 16,500 | Variable | €300 per hour | Yes | No | Not expected to be published |
| Ms. Marie Armah-Kwantreng t/a Devlin Editing | Typesetting and editing of non-statutory consolidation of Customs legislation | Individual | 9,638 | Variable | Variable, depending on typesetting editing output | No | N/A | N/A |
| PCS Consultancy | HR Advice | Firm | 726 | Fixed | N/A | Yes | No | Not expected to be published |
| Polaris HR | HR Consultation | Firm | 13,315 | Variable | €190 per hour and where relevant, €120 per day subsistence, plus travel expenses | Yes | No | Not expected to be published |
| UCD | Advice on R&D credit | Firm | 7,260 | Variable | €1,000 per day | No | N/A | N/A |
| Whyte & Son Auctioneers | Valuation of Heritage Objects | Firm | 726 | Variable | N/A | No | N/A | N/A |
In relation to the Office of Public Works, the Valuation Office, the State Laboratory, the Public Appointments Service, the Commission for Public Service Appointments and the Office of the Ombudsman, my Department has asked those offices to communicate the required information to me and I will forward it to the Deputy shortly.
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