Written answers
Tuesday, 25 November 2008
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Consultancy Contracts
10:00 pm
Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)
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Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of expenditure on consultancy by her Department in 2006 and 2007; the numbers of consultants engaged by her 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 her Department in these years and for the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42582/08]
Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy in so far as my Department is concerned is set out in the table. My Department operates to detailed guidelines when commissioning outside expertise from our consultancy or research budgets. In that regard, the figures provided relate to consultancies as defined in the Department of Finance December 2006 "Guidelines for the Engagement of Consultants and Other External Support by the Civil Service".
The guidelines state, inter alia, that "the requirements for external consultancies and/or research projects should arise only where appropriate skills, knowledge or expertise are not available within the Department, where a particular need arises that cannot be addressed within the resources available, and/or where expertise available in other Government Departments and Offices, e.g., obtaining legal advice from the Chief State Solicitors Office in preference to engaging external consultants, cannot be used". Furthermore, in order to maximise the effectiveness of the consultancy and research budgets, all proposals for funding must present a strong business case to my Department's Management Board for consideration and approval.
In evaluating each business case my Department examines: whether the project is designed to tackle a problem of sufficient importance to the Department relative to the costs, both in terms of financial and staff resources involved; whether the business case has been properly identified, prepared and is convincing, and the links to the Department's Strategy Statement. The Guidelines also set out the specific information required in each application for funding which includes an evaluation of possibilities other than engaging external consultants to carry out the project.
2006 | ||
Name of Consultant | Purpose of Expenditure | Total |
€ | ||
Brindley | Advertising production for increase in the National Minimum Wage | 23,635 |
Q4 Public Relations | Media and communications advisor in respect of Interim NCA | 108,900 |
Farrell Grant Sparks | Ex-ante evaluation of the Human Capital Investment OPt | 41,050 |
Deloitte & Touche | Professional Fees for a periodic review/update of the financial returns spreadsheet of the Productive sector OP | 4,110 |
Kilroy Solicitors | Legal Advice | 54,496 |
Indecon International Economic Consultants | Study of efficiency and effectiveness of vocational Training Services | 45,779 |
Nathan Reilly | Legal Analysis | 22,208 |
John Hennessey BL (Legal Advice) | Investigations under Section 19 of the Companies Act 1990 | 10,527 |
Matthias Kelly QC (Legal Advice) | Investigations under Section 19 of the Companies Act 1990 | 143,399 |
Carr Communications | Effective communications with CRO clients | 33,123 |
Lansdowne Market Research | Market Research | 20,450 |
Brian Murray | Legal Advice | 7,720 |
Caroline Costello | Legal Advice | 1,513 |
Conor Bourke | Legal Advice | 3,025 |
Declan Murphy | Legal Advice | 7,381 |
Eileen Barrington | Legal Advice | 363 |
Eoghan Fitzsimons | Legal Advice | 43,146 |
Epsilon Consulting | Legal Advice | 605 |
John McCarroll | Legal Advice | 454 |
Michael M Collins | Legal Advice | 605 |
Milward Brown | Market Research | 30,650 |
Michael Cush | Legal Advice | 424 |
Pricewaterhouse Coopers | Company Investigations | 151,250 |
Tom Walsh | Production of revised Health and Safety legislation | 77,160 |
Indecon | Economic Impact Assessment on the impact of health and safety legislation on competitiveness and the economy. | 39,688 |
ESRI | National Survey on Workplace Bullying | 190,138 |
ESRI | Assessment of recommended min. wage increases | 15,000 |
Language | Design of Posters for WLB day 2006 | 11,416 |
Mayson, Hayes and Curran | Table of derivations for Companies Acts | 49,263 |
Fredericka Sheppard | Evaluation of pilot teleworking scheme | 16,154 |
Envirotrain | Presentation to Management Board on Strategic Environmental Assessment | 650 |
O' Mara, Geragthy, McCourt | Provision of legal services/advice | 85,114 |
Cathy Maguire | Legal Services/advice | 5243 |
Elizabeth Cogan | Legal Services/advice | 10,963 |
Erwan Mill-Arden S.C | Legal Services/advice | 4,235 |
Gerald Meaney | Legal Services/advice | 2,662 |
James W Houlihan | Legal Services/advice | 1503 |
Kathryn E. Keane | Legal Services/advice | 1365 |
Rory Hayden | Legal Services/advice | 1029 |
Mairéad Carey B.L. | Legal Services in connection with functions of the Labour Court | 6,000 |
2007 | ||
Name of Consultants | Purpose | Amount Earned |
Leo Burnett | Advertising increase in National Minimum Wage | 50,163 |
Corporate Risk Strategies Ltd (CRS) | The Consultants were engaged to prepare a Health and Safety report on each of the Department's buildings together with the appropriate Safety Statements. | 24,200 |
ESRI | National Survey on Workplace Bullying | 84,232 |
Tom Walsh | To provide advice to the Department on the development of occupational health and safety policy and legislation | 81,493 |
Arup Consulting Engineers | To support the Department in its review of Review of Dangerous Substances legislation | 28,814.40 |
Indecon Economic Consultants | To prepare a report on the EU Emissions Trading Scheme. | 30,000 |
Indecon Consultants | Prepare a Report — Value for Money Review of Science Foundation Ireland | 111,244 |
The Media Group | To devise, implement and manage a national promotion and advertising campaign across a range of media for the ICT Audits Programme for Small Business in Ireland | 135,000 |
Noel J. Travers BL | Drafted a legal instrument | 8,440 |
RITS | To prepare a series of reports. (IT Security) | 118,928 |
Version 1 | To prepare a report on the Insolvency BPR | 7,187 |
Work Research Co-operative Social & Economic Consultants | Acquired Disability andJob retention report | 26,632 |
Goodbody Economic Consultants | Review of Wage SubsidyScheme | 23,595 |
Farrell Grant Sparks | Ex-ante evaluation of the Human Capital Investment OP 2007-2013 | 66,671 |
Indecon Economic Consultants | Study of efficiency andEffectiveness ofVocational TrainingServices | 5,087 |
DHR Communications | Dissemination of EQUAL programme (public relations) | 28,305 |
Tom Ferris | To carry out six case studies investigating the administrative burdens arising due to regulation and to prepare a report | 2,997 |
Dan Flinter | To facilitate two business workshops, examining the burdens of regulation on business, and make recommendations | 8,643 |
Nathan Reilly | Review of consumer legislation | 7,053 |
Keating and Associates | Communications Strategy for ODCE | 32,670 |
Millward Brown IMS | Market Research for ODCE | 44,790 |
Cyril O'Neill | Legal Costs Assessment for ODCE | 13,273 |
Connolly Lowe | Legal Costs Assessment for ODCE | 2,588 |
Carr Communications | Carry out work (Effective communications wit CRO clients | 45,372 |
Millward Browne | Carry out work (Market Research) | 27,062 |
Grant Thornton | Carry out work (Consultancy on Public Procurement and Business Solutions) | 57,521 |
O' Mara, Geragthy, McCourt | Provision of legal services and advices | 35,086 |
Q41 | Public relations services/advice | 18,150 |
Owens DDB1 | Advice on advertising and placing of same in various media | 128,566 |
DKM Economic Consultants | Research on multi-unit developments | 1,210 |
RPS Consultants | Research on energy policy | 9,575 |
Vision Consulting Ltd | Consultants were engaged to carry out a review of the operation of NERA Information Services and to make recommendations on the structures, processes and systems that should operate in the Unit in order to achieve the highest possible standard of excellence in terms of meeting customer needs. | 95,711 |
Keating and Associates | To provide NERA with PR Consultancy Services in the development of a new communications strategy. | 46,462 |
Mason Hayes & Curran | NERA (Legal) | 16,611 |
Ellard Browne | NERA (MIF) | 7,550 |
Price Waterhouse Coopers | NERA (Management) | 30,189 |
Vision Consulting | NERA (Communications) | 186,334 |
Cawley Nea Ltd | NERA (Advertising Media) | 181,335 |
Design Tactics | NERA (Advertising Media) | 6,285 |
McCann Fitzgerald | Provision of legal advice under the Industrial and Provident Societies Acts (CRO) | 18,184 |
Millward Browne | Market Research for CRO | 42,144 |
DNM Technology | VMWare advice on the use of software to run virtual PCs | 4,840 |
S.F.Hughes & Co | Legal Services/advice | 938 |
James W. Houlihan | Legal Services/advice | 1,210 |
James Dwyer | Legal Services/advice | 1,815 |
John Hennessy BL | Legal advice — investigations under Section 19 of the Companies Act 1990 | 126,324 |
Matthias Kelly QC | Legal advice — investigations under Section 19 of the Companies Act 1990 | 162,742 |
Form Creative Ltd | Advertising campaign for WLB day 2007 | 52,398 |
Form Creative Ltd | Advertising for Panel of Consultants 2007 | 8,673 |
Helm Corporation Ltd | Consultancy Service Oracle Review –Finance Unit | 8,146 |
European Commission | Engagement of consultants to carry out National Evaluation of the impact of the European Employment Strategy in Ireland | 4,973 |
Mazars | Engagement of a consultant to undertake 2 audits from the Department's 2006 Audit Plan (Finance Unit and Personnel Unit) (continued from 2006) | 10,482 |
Mairéad Carey B.L. | Legal Services in connection with functions of the Labour Court | 6,050 |
John Gleeson S.C. | Legal Services in connection with functions of the Labour Court | 960 |
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