Written answers
Tuesday, 10 February 2009
Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
Consultancy Contracts
9:00 pm
Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 391: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the private consultancy firms his Department used during the periods 1 January to 14 October 2008 and 15 October 2008 to date in 2009; the projects each worked on; the cost to his Department for each project; and if he will provide the information in tabular readable form. [4809/09]
Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The consultancy firms the Department used during the period 1 January to 14 October 2008 are set as follows:
| Consultancy | Purpose | Expenditure |
| â'¬ | ||
| Q4PR | Communications/Public Relations services for Culture Ireland | 72,000 |
| Charlie Pike The Pacello Group (Europe) Ltd | Culture Ireland website maintenance | 9,982 |
| Indecon International Economic Consultants | Economic Evaluation of the Benefits to Ireland of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games | 114,000 |
| Raymond Burke | Evaluation of Irish Sports Council Value for Money and Policy Review | 3,267 |
| Raymond Burke | Independent evaluation of the Local Authority Swimming Pool Programme Expenditure Review as part of a Value for Money Report conducted by Department | 3,354 |
| Mr. John Travers | Chair of the Tourism Strategy Implementation Group, which produced its Report in June 2008. | 15,660 |
| Holohan Leisure | To provide consultancy advice in relation to an analysis of sports facility provision in the development of a strategy for sports facilities | 113,740 |
| DKM Economic Consultants | Update of the Cost Benefit Analysis for the National Museum at Collins Barracks | 3,146 |
| Farrell Grant Sparks | Review of the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund. | See below |
The above list includes consultancy firms, Q4PR, Charlie Pike The Pacello Group Europe Ltd, Indecon International Economic Consultants, Raymond Burke on two contracts, John Travers and Holohan Leisure, which were engaged prior to 2008, where the contract continued into that year. The cost shown in such cases is in respect of the full period of the contract.
The consultancy firms the Department used since 15 October 2008 are set out as follows:
| Consultancy | Purpose | Expenditure |
| â'¬ | ||
| Farrell Grant Sparks | Review of the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund. | 19,465 |
| Analysys Mason | Review of Technical Recommendations for WAN Link | 632 |
| Calyx Ireland Ltd | Decentralisation Site Audit | 4,313 |
The above list includes one consultancy firm (Farrell Grant Sparks), which was engaged prior to 15 October 2008, where the contract continued beyond that date. Accordingly that contract is on both lists.
This Department observes the Department of Finance Guidelines for Engagement of Consultants in the Civil Service. Consultants are only employed by the Department in circumstances where specialised knowledge or expertise, which is not available in the Department or elsewhere in the public service, is required for a temporary period or a specialist study/project must be completed within a very short time scale.
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