Written answers
Thursday, 11 December 2008
Department of Foreign Affairs
Consultancy Contracts
8:00 pm
Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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Question 183: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding all contracts for the years 2007 and 2008 with consultants in relation to the preparation of reports of any kind; the name of the consultants; the cost for each report; and if he will provide this information in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45853/08]
Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The Department of Foreign Affairs is responsible for two Votes — Vote 28 (Foreign Affairs) and Vote 29 (International Cooperation). The following tables set out the names of consultants used by the Department in 2007 and 2008 (to date) for the preparation of reports and the costs arising in each case. It should be noted that work is ongoing in relation to some of the reports listed for 2008 and that final payments may not be made until 2009.
I am very conscious of the need to achieve value for money on consultancy expenditure. The Department commissions consultancies only where specialised knowledge and/or skills are not available within the Department and, particularly in the case of Irish Aid (Ireland's official development assistance programme), where an independent evaluation of programmes and projects is required. Given the overall scale of the Irish Aid Programme, this level of monitoring, review and evaluation is both prudent and proportionate.
The information requested by the Deputy for Vote 28 is set out below.
| Vote 28 (Foreign Affairs) | ||
| Consultants engaged in 2007 | Matter Reported On | Costs 2007 |
| € | ||
| Sysnet Limited | ICT Security Review | 28,133 |
| Goodbody Economic Consultants | Value for Money and Policy Review of the Support for Irish Emigrant Groups Programmes | 25,894 |
| Annesley Resource Partnership | Quality Assurance Assessment of the Value for Money and Policy Review of the Support for Irish Emigrants Groups Programmes | 3,751 |
| BCT Communications Limited | Evaluation of the capacity building programmes provided by the Institute of Public Administration in 2006 to the Bulgarian Institute of Public Administration and the Romanian National Institute of Administration. | 20,469 |
| Mr. Richard Townsend | Assist with a review of the mandate and structures of the Ireland-United Nations Association (IUNA) | 3,993 |
| Consultants engaged in 2008 | Matter Reported On | Costs 2008 |
| € | ||
| Millward Brown | Research Project to establish reasons underlying the result of the Referendum on the Lisbon Treaty. | 138,061 |
| Communications Clinic | The preparation of a detailed Communication Action Plan to be used to direct spending under the Department's Communicating Europe Initiative (CEI) in 2009. | 48,000 — some of this amount will be paid in 2009) |
The information requested by the Deputy for Vote 29 is set out below
| Vote 29 (International Cooperation) | ||
| Consultant | Matter Reported On | Costs 2007 |
| € | ||
| Annesley Resource Partnership | Quality Review of Irish Aid Report re. Tsunami | 2,723 |
| Annesley Resource Partnership | Review of the Irish Aid Fellowship Training Programme | 34,388 |
| Aodh O'Connor | Technical Consultants to the Civil Society Section Funding Schemes | 9,800 |
| Dalberg Global Development Ad. | Evaluation of Learning and Training Programme for Development Workers (Dtalk) | 26,245 |
| Dalberg Global Development Ad. | Mapping of Irish Aid Approval Processes | 55,358 |
| Debbie Thomas | Production of publication material for communication about Irish Aid's health programming | 10,000 |
| Ecorys Research and Consulting | Evaluation of the Mozambique Country Programmes 2001-2006 | 93,191 |
| Farrell Grant Sparks | Provision of Consultancy Services for Irish Aid Management Review | 92,767 |
| Institute of Public Administration | Quality Assessment of Mozambique CSP Evaluation | 2,904 |
| Intrac | Public Expenditure Review of the Irish Govenments Support to Tsunami affected countries | 31,181 |
| Intrac | Review of the Irish Missionary Resource Service (IMRS) | 66,105 |
| Jane Salvage | Support to the AMAR Health Rehabilitation Project for the Marsh Arabs of Southern Iraq | 12,135 |
| John Grindle | External Evaluator for Development Cooperation Ireland Project Proposals for the Balkans and CISs | 8,500 |
| John Grindle | Support to Review of the Staffing Needs of the Diplomatic Missions in Programme Countries, Sierra Leone and South Africa | 15,426 |
| KPMG | Value for Money Review of the Passport Service | 35,406 |
| Maeve Martin | Evaluation of the Development and Intercultural Education (DICE) Project | 15,000 |
| Mary Jennings | Mainstreaming Building Strategy and Practice within Irish Aid | 3,020 |
| Oxford Policy Management | Strategic review of Irish Aid engagement with the United Nations funds and programmes | 61,316 |
| Reginald Terrence Allsop | Support to the Zambia/Ireland Teacher Education Initiative | 21,960 |
| Richard Townsend | Report on staffing needs of missions in Irish Aid Programme Countries | 8,556 |
| Karen Rothwell | Piloting of Organisational Assessment Guidelines | 24,421 |
| Siobhan Mullally | Independent/External Mid-term Evaluation of the Justice System Programme in Timor Leste | 5,197 |
| Steve Packer | Evaluation of the Irish Aid World Bank Education Trust Fund | 23,001 |
| Theta Eta Advisors Limited | Preparation of a report entitled: Best Practice in the Governance of Aid Programmes | 6,050 |
| Oxford Policy Management | Research study entitled: "Measuring Impact: The Global and Irish Aid Programme Context" | 42,258 |
| Mr Tony Killick | (i) Preparation of a report entitled: "Selectivity in Action: Choosing Irish Aid's Tenth Programme Country" | 25,410 |
| (ii) Editorial Work on Research Findings Volume 1 Governance Trade and Aid Effectiveness. | ||
| Overseas Development Institute | Research study entitled: "Good Governance, Aid Modalities & Poverty reduction" | 141,284 |
| Consultant | Matter Reported On | Costs 2008 |
| € | ||
| Farrell Grant Sparks | Irish Aid Management Review | 157,300 |
| ITAD Ltd | Joint Evaluation of Timor Leste | 129,711 |
| Copenhagen DC A/S | Primary Education Evaluation in Uganda | 108,397 |
| Farrell Grant Sparks | HIV/AIDS Value for Money | 144,888 |
| Fitzpatrick Associates | Support for Kimmage Development Studies | 50,820 |
| Patrick D. Murphy | Evaluation of Global eSchools and Communities Initiative (GeSCI). | 45,189 |
| Oxford Policy Management | Hunger Task Force | 39,613 |
| Catherine A. Butcher | Development of Guidelines for HIV and AIDS Partnership Scheme (HAPS) | 66,876 |
| Economics for the Environment | Irish Aid Strategic Partnerships | 34,647 |
| Fitzpatrick Associates | Evaluation of Traidlinks | 34,091 |
| KPMG | Value for Money Report on Irish Passport Service | 35,979 |
| Annesley Resource Partnership | Review of Fellowship Training | 20,458 |
| Barry Ryan | Review of Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and Partnership Programme for Europe and Central Asia (PPECA). | 12,551 |
| Dalberg Global Development | Mapping of Approval Processes | 10,465 |
| Fitzpatrick Associates | How the lessons of Ireland's economic and social development can be formulated for delivery as part of Ireland's cooperation programme in SE Asia | 7,260 |
| Cathy Gaynor | Preparation of Country Strategy Papers Guidelines and Procedures | 25,816 |
| Cathy Gaynor | Mainstreaming: Building Strategy and Practice within Irish Aid. | 48,141 |
| Dalberg Global Development | Evaluation of Learning and Training Programme for Development Workers (Dtalk) | 23,753 |
| Integra Economic Development Consultants | Report to Inter-Departmental Committee on Development (IDCD) on development of skill sets. | 22,143 |
| The IDL Group Ltd | Review of Irish Aid Zimbabwe Programme | 3,937 |
| Siobhan Mullally | Evaluation UNDP Support Programme | 10,115 |
| Richard Townsend | Report on Staffing needs of Missions in Irish Aid Programme Countries, South Africa and Sierra Leone | 4,096 |
| Petrus Consulting Ltd | Quality Review of draft HIV and AIDS VFM Report. | 3,086 |
| Maura Leen | Programme of Strategic Co-operation between Irish Aid and Higher Education and Research Institutes | 5,000 |
| Mary Jennings | Mainstreaming: Building Strategy and Practice within Irish Aid. | 28,910 |
| Kate Dyer | Revision of Irish Aid's Country Strategy Planning Guidelines and Procedures | 40,273 |
| Jim O'Leary | Assessment of Value for Money Review of the Passport Service. | 6,000 |
| Jane Salvage | Feedback on evaluation of Irish Aids support to the AMAR Health Rehabilitation Project for Marsh Arabs of Southern Iraq | 2068 |
| Mr Tony Killick | Research for the Advisory Board on Irish Aid on Irish Aid Programme Countries | 4,200 |
| Oxford Policy Management | Research report entitled: "Measuring Impact: The Global and Irish Aid Programme Context" | 11,150 |
| Overseas Development Institute | Research study entitled: "Good Governance, Aid Modalities & Poverty reduction" | 4,520 |
| Alan FitzGibbon | Research report on "Private Sector Development." | 13,800 |
| Brendan Riordan | Research report on "Biofuels." | 6,955 |
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