Written answers
Tuesday, 25 November 2008
Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Consultancy Contracts
10:00 pm
Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)
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Question 491: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources 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. [42575/08]
Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)
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The identification of records prior to January 2007 cannot be facilitated without undue commitment of staff resources and administrative cost. However, if the Deputy has a question in relation to a specific item I will make appropriate enquiries. In the following table details of consultants engaged by my Department in 2007 are provided. The table also contains data on Marine consultancies that were undertaken prior to the transfer of fishery functions to the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food during 2007. The data covers both consultancies incurred under subhead A7 of my Department's Vote as well as consultancies associated with Programme spend.
In general, I would emphasise that Value for Money is a high priority issue. I fully support the efficient and effective use of taxpayers' money and the continuous achievement of Value for Money. My Department continuously seeks to deliver programme and administrative expenditure, as approved each year by the Dáil, in a Value for Money way while meeting the policy objectives underpinning this expenditure.
In light of the current need to achieve savings and efficiencies no area was considered exempt from critical scrutiny. In the 2009 estimates for my Department the funds available for the use of consultants has been reduced accordingly, including a reduction of 37% on the A7 subhead. This will lead to a significant reduction in the number of consultancies by reference to 2007 levels.
Consultant | Consultancy | 2007 Outturn |
⬠| ||
Chair & Board of Audit Committee | DCENR Audit Committee | 5,000 |
Helm Corporation Ltd | Temporary Head of Internal Audit Unit | 27,091 |
Mason Hayes + Curran | HR Advice | 11,494 |
John O'Dowd | HR Advice | 5,445 |
Mc Guinness Killen Partnership Ltd | HR Advice | 1,634 |
O'Malley & Company | Preparation of five FHCF Accounts for 2005 | 1,162 |
ESB Independent Generation | Financial Adviser to DCMNR | 93,170 |
Deloitte & Touche | 2005-2006 EAGGF Audit | 2,213 |
Stephen O'Connor | Financial Advisor to the Department | 114,092 |
Employment and Safety Associates | Expert Advice on Health and Safety Audits | 14,470 |
Miss Marguerite Brennan â Murphy | Healthy Eating Initiative | 4,550 |
Norcontel (Ireland) Ltd | Technical Review of the Emergency Call Answering Service (ECAS) | 171,858 |
Matheson Ormsby Prentice | Legal Advice on procurement of an ECAS Provider | 91,143 |
Eric van Rongen | Non-Ionizing Radiation (NIR) | 15,826 |
Dr. Michael Repacholi | Non-Ionizing Radiation (NIR) | 7,190 |
Margaret O'Driscoll | Drafting of Broadcasting (Amendment) Act 2007 | 28,435 |
INDECON | RTE Licence Fee Review | 171,699 |
Mason Hayes + Curran | Legal advice against threatened legal actions | 38,480 |
Analysys Mason Limited | Assistance on draft policy paper on Next Generation Networks | 23,506 |
A & L Goodbody Solicitors | Legal Advice for BnM â ESOP documentation | 11,108 |
Matheson Ormsby Prentice | Legal Advice re post sale of INPC / Whitegate Refinery | 97,068 |
Arthur Cox Solicitor | Legal Advice on Biofuels Mineral Oil Tax Relief | 1,431 |
Fingleton White & Co Ltd | Gas to the Northwest Study | 141,699 |
Mason Hayes + Curran | Legal Advice to EU infringement proceedings | 68,964 |
CSA Group | All Island LNG & Gas Storage Study | 213,738 |
Dept Enterprise Trade & Investment NI | DETINI â Review of North South Pipeline | 16,195 |
CAP ITA Resourcing Ltd | Single Electricity Market | 35,091 |
Various via Dept Enterprise Trade & Investment NI | All Island Grid Study | 218,608 |
Dara Design & Print Ltd | Corporate branding and website design | 6,697 |
Kepler Consulting Ltd | UCD Portal Study | 6,970 |
Marine Institute | Provision of international seabed mapping services | 4,600 |
Dr. Ralph Horne | Advice on GSI library acquisitions & management 07 | 5,250 |
AG Education Services Ltd | Advice GSI to link data/outputs to LC Syllabus 07 | 18,150 |
Petra Coffey | Archivist Services for Archived Files | 15,000 |
CDM (Camp Dresser & McKee Irl Ltd) | EPA Mine Wastes | 40,000 |
Tobin Consulting Engineers | Groundwater Protection | 81,675 |
Mr Michael Philcox | Aggregate Resource Mapping | 16,093 |
Reid Geophysics | Geoenvironmental Surveys (Airborne Data Interpretation | 2,551 |
PetRos Eikom Ltd | Geoenvironmental Surveys (Airborne Data Interpretation | 4,060 |
Natural Environ Research Council | Geoenvironmental Surveys (Airborne Data Interpretation | 15,058 |
Aurum Exploration Ltd | GeoUrban (Dublin Pilot Project) | 19,152 |
Glenbeigh Records Management | GeoUrban (Dublin Pilot Project) | 2,142 |
DR ROBBIE MEEHAN | Geoheritage (Geoparks) | 20,570 |
KEANE OFFSHORE INTEGRITY LTD | Corrib Verification Process | 90,077 |
Members of EMG | Environmental Monitoring Group | 4,981 |
INDECON | Review of Licensing Terms | 30,710 |
ERT (Scotland) Ltd | Strategic Environmental Assessment â Porcupine | 119,325 |
Louise Johnson | Strategic Environmental Assessment â Porcupine | 1,324 |
CSA Group | Oil and Gas Industry Support Service | 78,652 |
Grainne O'Shea | INFOMAR | 2,458 |
Gartner Ireland Ltd | Provision of technology briefings and advise on ICT trends and implementation strategies | 38,745 |
Petrus Consulting Ltd | Expenditure Reviews of MANS and GBS | 3,388 |
Epsilon Consulting | Expenditure Review of EU & Exchequer Support of the Aquaculture Sector | 5,808 |
NBI Consulting | ICT Project Consultancy | 4,922 |
Richard Black Solicitors | ICT Project Consultancy | 32,973 |
Magnum Opus Ltd | ICT Project Consultancy | 1,939,135 |
Norcontel (Ire) Ltd | ICT Project Consultancy | 22,267 |
Arthur Cox Solicitor | ICT Project Consultancy | 114,406 |
KPMG | ICT Project Consultancy | 18,150 |
Index Creative Communications | eBusiness Awareness Campaigns | 34,500 |
Mazars | Group Broadband Scheme | 48,666 |
Aneta Scieplek | NBS Consultancy | 28,942 |
Commission for Communications Regulation | NBS Consultancy | 157,397 |
ESRI Ireland | NBS Consultancy | 28,433 |
John F O'Connor | Digital Terrestrial Television | 6,150 |
Maxtel Communications | Digital Terrestrial Television | 14,429 |
Gary Tonge | Digital Terrestrial Television | 3,519 |
National Standards Authority of Ireland | Gas Technical Standards Committee | 41,399 |
Network Resources Ltd | Energy Research Strategy | 27,878 |
Network Resources Ltd (Dr Heather Greer) | National Energy Efficiency Campaign | 3,969 |
Cawley Nea Ltd | National Energy Efficiency Campaign | 4,953,031 |
Alan McGurdy | Review of Fisheries Act 1959 â 2006 | 4,966 |
Grainne O'Shea | INFOMAR | 57,007 |
Ronan O'Toole | INFOMAR | 13,777 |
Fugro Survey Ltd | INFOMAR | 1,211 |
David Fox Associates | Petroleum Engineering Support (Sept 07 â Aug 08) | 41,288 |
David Fox Associates | Petroleum Engineering Support (May 06 â June 07) | 175,879 |
DMAP Ltd | IT Consultancy (Landmark Software) | 1,674 |
BDO Simpson Xavier | Advisory Services to CSSO re legal case Minister V's Mogul of Ireland Ltd | 4,840 |
BDO Simpson Xavier | Corporate Recovery Services | 3,630 |
John Barnett & Associates | Advice on closure / restoration scheme for new Dolomite Quarry, Co Tipperary | 5,324 |
PGW Europe Ltd | Interpretation of Airborne Geophysical Data | 4,840 |
Camp, Dresser & McKee Irl Ltd | Avoca Remedial Study | 567,874 |
Scantech Geosceince Ltd | Airborne Geophysical Data Release Programme | 11,519 |
Aaron Sheehan Clarke | IGH County Sites Audit | 16,000 |
Cormac O'Suilleabhain | Provision of Interviews for site suitability Assessment Training Programme | 1,452 |
Dr David A Falvey | Griffith Geoscience Research Awards | 5,455 |
Dr David Drew | Galway Groundwater Vulnerability Maps | 1,400 |
Dr JA Martin | EPA Mine Waste | 1,736 |
Dr Robbie Meehan | Galway Groundwater Vulnerability Maps | 41,019 |
Dr Robbie Meehan | Gwater Source Prot (Off / Ros / CK) | 650 |
Dr Robbie Meehan | Wastewater Septic tank Course | 1,089 |
Dr Vincent Gallagher | EPA Mine Waste | 54,450 |
ESRI Ireland | EU Water Framework Directive | 70,852 |
Fionnuala Ni Mairtin | Historic Mines Project | 14,450 |
GWP Consultants | EPA Mine Waste | 10,536 |
Laurence Gill | Wastewater Septic tank Course | 726 |
Mr Aaron Clarke | IGH County Sites Audit | 24,000 |
Mr Jason Bolton | Irelithos | 47,094 |
Mr Pheilim Lally | EPA Mine Waste | 45,375 |
Natural Environ Research Council | Griffith Geoscience Research Awards | 1,105 |
Paul Johnston | Gwater Source Prot (Off / Ros / CK) | 1,089 |
Prof CJ Hawkesworth | Griffith Geoscience Research Awards | 3,280 |
Mr Pheilim Lally | Aggregate Potential Mapping | 12,705 |
Edel O'Regan | GIS Technician Services â GeoUrban Dublin pilot project | 14,888 |
Tobin Consulting Engineers | National Mapping Programme - | 29,040 |
Geoff Wright | National Aquaifer Report | 14,625 |
National University Galway | PRISM Models Maintenance | 24,000 |
National University Galway | Coast Protection Strategy Study | 30,000 |
RPS Consulting Engineers | Coast Protection Strategy Study | 91,264 |
Compass Informatics Ltd | Coast Protection Strategy Study | 13,256 |
Blom Aerofilms Ltd | Coastal Surveys | 16,220 |
Simmons Aerofilms | Coastal Surveys | 6,738 |
Ormston Technology Ltd | Coastal Surveys | 2,034 |
Martec NI Ltd | Independent Review of Fisheries Control Regime | 202,217 |
Una Mary Tighe | Drafting of SI's in relation to Sales Notes | 11,193 |
IGLS Ltd | Tarbet | 2,752 |
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