Written answers
Tuesday, 25 November 2008
Department of Transport
Consultancy Contracts
10:00 pm
Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)
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Question 298: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department in 2006 and 2007; the numbers of consultants engaged by his Department in those years; the names of the consultancy companies awarded contracts; the steps which have been taken to reduce the expenditure on consultancy and the reliance on consultants by his Department in these years and for the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42580/08]
Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the table below. In general, consultancy services are procured in areas where there is need to avail of particular expertise.
| Consultancy Firm | 2006 | Cost | Purpose of Consultancy |
| € | |||
| Audrey Kirwan | 2006 | 16,985.37 | Business Process Manuals, knowledge transfer and work practices, in preparation for decentralisation of Road Transport Operator Licensing Unit |
| Aspen Connect & Tekenable | 2006 | 8,863.25 | Report on the viability of an information technology solution to an Information Centre required under an EU Motor Insurance Directive |
| C.C Fisher associates | 2006 | 85,000 | Evaluation of projects for Irelands unit load capacity to 2014 and beyond |
| IBM | 2006 | 72650 | Information Technology Strategy for the Department |
| Mazars | 2006 | 9,680.00 | Audit of National Roads Measure |
| Helm Corporation Ltd | 2006 | 7,260.00 | Audit of Personnel/Finance Division-Overtime |
| Helm Corporation Ltd | 2006 | 19,360.00 | Audit of Irish Coast Guar-Search & rescue Helicopter Contracts |
| Change Management Training | 2006 | 6,292.00 | Development of Drive-Tester Selection Toolkit |
| Change Management Training | 2006 | 93,230.50 | Review & Re-design of Driver-Tester Training Programme |
| Precept Consulting | 2006 | 5,445.00 | Preparation of Discussion Paper on PMDS — Guidelines on Standardised Performance Rating System |
| MVA Limited | 2006 | 56,318.00 | Review of Integrated Ticketing Project and independent technical advice to the Chairman of the Integrated Ticketing Project Board. |
| LECG Ltd | 2006 | 35,965.73 | Work relating to the Competition Authority investigation into access to Dublin Airport infrastructure |
| Pricewaterhouse Coopers | 2006 | 103,539.09 | Consultancy on state airports business plans |
| INDECON (Ireland) | 2006 | 101,970.04 | Capital Expenditure Grant Scheme Review for regional airports |
| Boyd Creed Sweet | 2006 | 157,300.00 | Verification Process for Terminal 2 |
| AIB Corporate Finance; UBS Ltd; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; William Fry Solicitors; Bowen International | 2006 | 6,211,807.00 | Financial and Legal advice to the Minister and the Minister for Finance in relation to the Aer Lingus IPO |
| Mr. James Connolly, SC, Inspector to the Public Inquiry | 2006 | 45,375.00 | Report of the Public Inquiry into the Kildare Route Railway Order application |
| Moore Stephens | 4,235.00 | Financial Audit of cohesion funded rail network track & signalling project | |
| Equinox Business Solutions | 2006 | 8,839.05 | Design, development and maintenance of a dedicated Transport 21 website |
| Drury Communications Ltd | 2006 | 31,551.53 | The development and management of, and provision of advice on, an Information & Communications Strategy for Transport 21 up to end 2007 |
| Hay Group Ireland(Consultants) | 2006 | 26,620.00 | To make recommendations on the appropriate remuneration for senior positions in the proposed Dublin Transport Authority. |
| Matheson Ormsby Prentice (Consultants) | 2006/7 | 39,885.00 | To provide legal advice in respect of aspects of the Dublin Transport Authority Bill. |
| Mr James Connolly S.C | 2006 | 39,325.00 | Costs of Inspector appointed to conduct Public Inquiry into Railway Application Order for Luas Extension from Sandyford to Cherrywood |
| Mr James Connolly S.C | 2006 | 36,300.00 | Costs of Inspector appointed to conduct Public Inquiry into Railway Application Order for Luas Extension from Connolly Station to the Point. |
| Major Christopher Holden(Retd) | 2006 | 5,368.35 | Fees and expenses of statutory assessor to assist Inspector at Public Inquiry into RPA's application for a Railway Order for the Luas extension fro Sandyford to Cherrywood |
| Major Christopher Holden(Retd) | 2006 | 6,061.43 | Fees and expenses of statutory assessor to assist Inspector at Public Inquiry into RPA's application for a Railway Order for the Luas extension from Connolly Station to the Point |
| Goodbody Economic Consultants (Bernard Feeney) | 2006 | 16,316.85 | Appraisal of Cherrywood Luas Extension and assessment of Methodology of evaluating impact of proposed Luas cross — city link bus services |
| Siobhan Phelan (Barrister) | 2006 | 3,630.00 | Transposition of Tunnels Directive 2004/54/EC |
| Mazars Consulting | 2006 | 28,737.00 | Support for upgrade of Corepay system |
| A Kirwan | 2006 | 6,050.00 | Finance Development Workshop |
| Venn Group | 2006 | 2,444.00 | Payroll services |
| Marsh Insurance | 2006 | 25,000.00 | Advice/assistance on aviation insurance |
| Imelda Higgins, BL | 2006 | 3,267.00 | Legal drafting of Statutory Instruments to give effect to EU Regulations |
| Consultancy Firm | 2007 | Cost (incl VAT) | Purpose of Consultancy |
| € | |||
| Pricewaterhouse Coopers | 2007 | 54,822.08 | Analysis and review of the State Airports Business Plans |
| INDECON (Ireland) | 2007 | 67,979.98 | Capital Expenditure Grant Scheme Review for regional airports |
| AIB Corporate Finance; UBS Ltd; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; William Fry Solicitors | 2007 | 2,559,000.00 | Residual costs associated with Aer Lingus IPO + advice to the Minister and the Minister for Finance in relation to the Competition case arising from the Ryanair takeover bid for Aer Lingus |
| GoodbodyEconomic Consultants | 2007 | 19,481.00 | Business Cases for Reopening of WRC Phase 1 (Ennis to Athenry) Dublin Bus requirements i.e. purchase of 33 railcars |
| Booz Allen Hamilton | 2007 | 98,500.00 | to evaluate CIE Subvention payments |
| Raymond Burke Consulting | 2007 | 3,265.00 | Quality Assessment of CIE Subvention Expenditure Review |
| Mr. Pat Butler S.C. | 2007 | 33,275.00 | Report of the Public Inquiry into the Cork-Midleton Railway Order application |
| Caplin Meehan | 14,217.50 | Financial Audit of cohesion funded rail network track & signalling project | |
| Design Bridge | 2007 | 70,463.35 | The technical design and development of a Transport 21 corporate identity (branding and logo graphic design) and guidelines for their application |
| Raymond Turner Associates | 2007 | 172,237.10 | The development of key messages for Transport 21 |
| Equinox Business Solutions | 2007 | 780.45 | Hosting fee for Transport 21 website |
| Drury Communications Ltd | 2007 | 183,599.95 | The development and management of, and provision of advice on, an Information & Communications Strategy for Transport 21 up to end 2007 |
| Steer Davies Gleave | 2007 | 124,737.19 | To review compliance by the State Agencies responsible for the delivery of transport infrastructure with the appraisal and procurement guidelines during the project appraisal stage. |
| Booz & Co. | 2007 | 228,614.38 | 1) To assess quality and robustness of project development and implementation of selected Transport 21 projects with regard to compliance with the appraisal and procurement guidelines. 2) Giving advice on the financial, economic and technical aspects of the Transport 21 Capital Investment Programme. |
| realTime | 2007 | 32,697.08 | Development and maintenance of the Transport 21 Database |
| Design Bridge | 2007 | 70,463.35 | The technical design and development of a Transport 21 corporate identity (branding and logo graphic design) and guidelines for their application |
| Goodbody Economic Consultants | 2007 | 13,370.50 | Review of Business cases of Luas Lines A1 and C1 |
| Dom Hegarty | 2007 | 18,876.00 | Review of funding arrangements for Longmile Road Junction |
| Matheson Ormsby Prentice | 2007 | 9,075.00 | Seminar on State Aid in Land Transport |
| PA Consultants | 2007 | 56,991.00 | Work on Report on the cost of motor insurance premiums for young drivers which was undertaken on foot of a commitment given by the Government in the Social Partnership Agreement 'Towards 2016' |
| Warren Estates auctioneers | 2007 | 1,210.00 | Valuation-South quay, Wicklow |
| Baker Tilly O'Hare | 2007 | 6,050.00 | Updates and monitoring of Dundalk 21 oct 05 |
| Richard Hooper | 2007 | 18,000.00 | Bremore report |
| Ernst & Young | 2007 | 13,000.00 | Audit of Ennis Bypass |
| Helm Corporation Ltd | 2007 | 14,058.00 | Audit of Fixed Assets Register |
| Deloitte & Touche | 2007 | 72,600.00 | Review of Procurement in Department of Transport |
| Institute of Public Administration | 2007 | 93,654.00 | Development of Employee Attitude Survey and Human Resource Strategy |
| HRM Recruitment | 2007 | 67,496.00 | Sustainability Advisor to provide economic and environmental analysis to support the Department policy on sustainability issues. |
| MVA Limited | 2007 | 60,611.00 | Independent technical advice to the Chairman of the Integrated Ticketing Project Board. |
| Calyx Software | 2007 | 27,507.00 | Upgrade of the Agresso Financial Management System and additional enhancements |
| PMI Software | 2007 | 36,300.00 | Development and implementation of reporting tools for Risk Management System |
| Carr Communications | 2007 | 5,248.00 | Business Planning process for Finance Division |
| Mr. R.Kane B.L. Aviation Consultant | 2007 | 12,000.00 | Legal drafting of Statutory Instruments to give effect to EU Directive/Regulations |
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