Written answers
Thursday, 11 December 2008
Department of Finance
Consultancy Contracts
8:00 pm
Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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Question 87: To ask the Minister for Finance 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. [45852/08]
Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The following table sets out details of all consultancy contracts entered into in the years 2007 and 2008 which resulted in or are intended to result in the production of a report. Information on the following offices is included; the Department of Finance, the Office of the Revenue Commissioners, the Office of Public Works, the Public Appointments Service, the Valuation Office, the Office of the Ombudsman, the Commission for Public Service Appointments, the State Laboratory, and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General. In addition the Office of the Appeal Commissioners did not have any relevant contracts in the period to which the Deputy refers.
| Year | Contractor | Purpose of contract | Payment | Office | Has the Report been completed? |
| € | |||||
| 2007 | Cassin Scott Associates Ltd | Audit Methodology Review | 21,236 | Commission for Public Service Appointments | Yes |
| 2007 | Noel Ryan & Associates | Internal Auditor | 8,034 | Commission for Public Service Appointments | Yes |
| 2008 | Noel Ryan & Associates | Internal Auditor | 8,748 | Commission for Public Service Appointments | Yes |
| 2008 | Open Interface | Accessibility & Usability Audit of Website | 6,716 | Commission for Public Service Appointments | Yes |
| 2008 | Institute of Public Administration | HR & Organisation Audit | 5,500 | Commission for Public Service Appointments | Yes |
| 2007 | Ernst & Young | Value for Money Evaluations | 102,414 | Comptroller & Auditor General | Yes |
| 2007 | Norcontel | C&AG ICT System | 30,552 | Comptroller & Auditor General | Yes |
| 2007 | University of Glasgow | Value for Money Evaluations | 28,523 | Comptroller & Auditor General | Yes |
| 2007 | Golden & Associates | Value for Money Evaluations | 9,075 | Comptroller & Auditor General | Yes |
| 2007 | Brookhill Ltd | Value for Money Evaluations | 5,808 | Comptroller & Auditor General | Yes |
| 2008 | Institute of Public Administration | Quality Review of VFM Published Reports | 47,493 | Comptroller & Auditor General | Yes |
| 2008 | Mazers Risk Management | Risk Management Consultancy | 29,706 | Comptroller & Auditor General | Yes |
| 2008 | Matthew Harman & Partners | Value for Money Evaluations | 28,938 | Comptroller & Auditor General | Yes |
| 2008 | Lifestrategies | Value for Money Evaluations | 27,007 | Comptroller & Auditor General | No |
| 2008 | Collier Broaderick | Value for Money Evaluations | 21,151 | Comptroller & Auditor General | Yes |
| 2008 | Golden & Associates | Value for Money Evaluations | 18,150 | Comptroller & Auditor General | Yes |
| 2008 | Golden & Associates | Value for Money Evaluations | 14,520 | Comptroller & Auditor General | Yes |
| 2008 | Golden & Associates | Value for Money Evaluations | 9,801 | Comptroller & Auditor General | No |
| 2008 | Ita Mangan B.L | Value for Money Evaluations | 2,420 | Comptroller & Auditor General | Yes |
| 2007 | Hay Group Ireland, Mount Street, Dublin 2 | A job evaluation of approximately one hundred senior posts in the Irish public sector by reference to jobs of a similar weight in the private sector in Ireland. | 190,249.19 | Department of Finance | Yes |
| 2007 | Mercer Consulting | PSBB surveys of public service and private sector companies | 349,301 | Department of Finance | Yes |
| 2007 | Hay | Hay Job Evaluation Project (Job Evaluation Exercise) | 262,166 | Department of Finance | Yes |
| 2007 | Hay Group (Ireland) Ltd. | PSBB surveys of public service and private sector companies | 206,956 | Department of Finance | Yes |
| Year | Contractor | Purpose of contract | Payment | Office | Has the Report been completed? |
| € | |||||
| 2007 | The Reward Partnership | Parallel Benchmarking (Examination of pay of craft workers in the Health and Local Authority sectors). | 151,554 | Department of Finance | Yes |
| 2007 | Jenny Smyth & Associates | PSBB surveys of public service and private sector companies | 104,863 | Department of Finance | Yes |
| 2007 | Indecon International Economic Consultants | Review of Section 481 Film Relief Scheme | 92,112 | Department of Finance | Yes |
| 2007 | Life Strategies Ltd. | Pensions Study (PSBB and Review Body) | 87,726 | Department of Finance | Yes |
| 2007 | Goodbody Economic Consultants | Review of exemption from taxation of royalties or income derived from patents. | 59,532 | Department of Finance | Yes |
| 2007 | Ernst & Young | Econometric Study of CSO National Employment Survey, 2003 | 56,657 | Department of Finance | Yes |
| 2007 | PWC (PriceWaterhouseCoopers) | Risk Evaluation — Accountant's Branch/PMGs | 49,624 | Department of Finance | Yes |
| 2007 | Hay Management Consultants | Review of remuneration of CEOs of commercial State bodies | 47,795 | Department of Finance | Yes |
| 2007 | Study of Potential Effects of commencing S110 FA 2007 | Goodbody Economic Consultants | 43,651 | Department of Finance | Yes |
| 2007 | Indecon (Ireland) | Update of review of scheme of tax relief for residential units associated with nursing homes. | 42,592 | Department of Finance | Yes |
| 2007 | Nifast | Hazards and Risks Assessment (to provide a hazards and risk assessment and safety statements for the Department's Dublin Offices). | 22,750 | Department of Finance | Yes |
| 2007 | Horwath Consulting Ireland Ltd. Petrus Consulting Ltd performed an External Evaluation of Horwath Consulting Ltd. report. | Value for Money Review of Ordnance Ireland (with respect to the the Grant-in-Aid provided to the Ordnace Survey Ireland which is used to part fund the OSI). | 19,201 | Department of Finance | Yes |
| 2007 | Cornamona Health and Safety | Work Station Review in Tullamore | 7,800 | Department of Finance | Yes |
| 2007 | Safety Solutions Limited | Health and Safety audit of Tullamore offices | 2,420 | Department of Finance | Yes |
| Year | Contractor | Purpose of contract | Payment | Office | Has the Report been completed? |
| € | |||||
| 2008 | Hay Group Ireland, Lr. Mount Street, Dublin 2 | Job evaluation of senior posts in the Public Sector | 114,344 | Department of Finance | Yes |
| 2008 | Ernst & Young | Study on the economic and budgetary implications of a CCCTB | 96,600 | Department of Finance | Yes |
| 2008 | IPA — Institute of Public Administration | Review of the Capacity of the Dept of Finance | 50,000 | Department of Finance | Yes |
| 2008 | Petrus Consulting | Evaluation of value for money and policy review on construction procurement reform initiative | 4,114 | Department of Finance | Yes |
| 2007 | Sogeti | ICT Strategy Review | 120,758 | Office of Public Works | No |
| 2007 | Grant Thornton | Cash Handling review | 42,354 | Office of Public Works | Yes |
| 2007 | Escat | Security Audit | 10,648 | Office of Public Works | Yes |
| 2007 | Professional Solutions Ltd. | Consultancy services | 3,912 | Office of Public Works | Yes |
| 2008 | CBRE | Value for Money Review of Ptoperty | 45,562 | Office of Public Works | No |
| 2007 | Wilson Hartnell Public Relations | Public Relations Consultancy | 22,938 | Ombudsman | Yes |
| 2007 | Ita Mangan | Communication Audit | 10,285 | Ombudsman | Yes |
| 2007 | Delve Research | Market Research | 2,994 | Ombudsman | Yes |
| 2008 | Open Interface | Website Accessibility Audit | 12,705 | Ombudsman | Yes |
| 2008 | Institute of Public Administration | Risk Management | 11,400 | Ombudsman | Yes |
| 2007 | Crowleys DFK | Auditing Services | 18,270 | Public Appointments Service | Yes |
| 2007 | Dell Computer (Ireland) | IT Services | 2,166 | Public Appointments Service | Yes |
| 2008 | WRC Social & Economic Consultants Ltd | Research Services | 30,000 | Public Appointments Service | No |
| 2008 | Crowleys DFK | Auditing Services | 22,199 | Public Appointments Service | Yes |
| 2008 | Caveon Llc | Specialist Testing Services | 8,609 | Public Appointments Service | Yes |
| 2008 | Dilucid Limited Consultancy | Research Services | 7,260 | Public Appointments Service | Yes |
| Year | Contractor | Purpose of contract | Payment | Office | Has the Report been completed? |
| € | |||||
| 2008 | O Herlihy Access Consultancy | HR Services | 908 | Public Appointments Service | Yes |
| 2007 | Deloitte consultants. | VFM Review of IT External Resources expenditure in 2006. | 118,580 | Revenue | Yes |
| 2007 | Frontend | Revenue website accessibility-audit and advice on redesign strategy. | 23,450 | Revenue | Yes |
| 2007 | Costello Commercial | Valution Advice | 20,328 | Revenue | Yes |
| 2007 | Niamh Brodie | Valution Advice | 16,500 | Revenue | Yes |
| 2007 | IQ Content Ltd. | Review and report upon the Revenue website. | 14,641 | Revenue | Yes |
| 2007 | Polaris HR Ltd. | HR Consultancy | 13,315 | Revenue | Yes |
| 2007 | Gerry McMahon | Valuation Advice | 7,099 | Revenue | Yes |
| 2007 | C. Moore & Associates | Independent Quality Assessment of the VFM Review of IT External Resources expenditure in 2006. | 2,677 | Revenue | Yes |
| 2007 | Carlisle Advisory Services | Fees for Advisory Services/Research | 2,420 | Revenue | Yes |
| 2007 | Enterprise Ireland | Technical advice on tariff classification | 2,360 | Revenue | Yes |
| 2007 | James Nash | Advice on document analysis | 847 | Revenue | Yes |
| 2007 | Psychological Consultancy Services Ltd. | HR Consultancy | 726 | Revenue | Yes |
| 2008 | Costello Commercial | Valuations | 42,500 | Revenue | Yes |
| 2008 | Market Research Bureau Ltd | Research Project Illegal cigarettes | 24,845 | Revenue | Yes |
| 2008 | Peter I Mitchell Phd Cphys | Radiation Protection Adviser | 12,000 | Revenue | Yes |
| 2008 | Niamh Brodie | Valuation opinion | 8,100 | Revenue | Yes |
| 2008 | C. Moore & Associates | Independent evaluation of the Value for Money & Policy Review of IT External Resources Expenditure in 2006 | 4,283 | Revenue | Yes |
| 2008 | Cruickshank | Technical Advice | 2,370 | Revenue | Yes |
| 2008 | Miscellaneous Small consultancies | HR Related Reports | 1,370 | Revenue | Yes |
| 2008 | Ballycotton Marine Serv | Maritime feasibility study | 700 | Revenue | Yes |
| 2008 | Gerry McMahon | Tech Consultany on tariff classification | 663 | Revenue | Yes |
| 2008 | O Herlihy Access Consult. | Design | 450 | Revenue | Yes |
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