Written answers
Tuesday, 10 February 2009
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Consultancy Contracts
9:00 pm
Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the private consultancy firms her 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 her Department for each project; and if she will provide the information in tabular readable form. [4814/09]
Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The following is the information requested by the Deputy insofar as Consultants retained by my Department in 2008 and during the month of January 2009 is concerned. The figures quoted refer to payments made to the Consultants concerned in 2008 and / or January 2009. 2008
| Name of Consultants | Purpose | Cost |
| € | ||
| DHR Communications | Dissemination of information on the ESF co-funded "EQUAL" Community Initiative (CI) | 9,547 |
| Social and Market Research | Conduct an "EQUAL" Survey | 23,850 |
| Farrell Grant Sparks | Ex-ante evaluation of the Human Capital Investment Operational Programme 2007-2013 | 7,025 |
| Work Research Co-operative WRC | Job Retention and return to work | 26,632 |
| Keating Consulting Ltd | NERA PR | 63,189 |
| Ellard Browne Ltd | NERA Advertising | 605 |
| Cawley Nea Ltd | NERA Advertising | 27,410 |
| Tom Walsh | To provide advice to the Department on the development of occupational health and safety policy and legislation | 63,422 |
| Arup Consulting Engineers | To support the Department in its review of Review of Dangerous Substances legislation | 35,930 |
| Kilroy Solicitors | Legal Advice | 16,263 |
| Version 1 | To prepare a report on the Insolvency Payments Section Business Process Re-engineering (BPR) | 13,177 |
| RITS | Security Advice | 38,535 |
| IQ Content Ltd | Review of Department's Website | 20,604 |
| Goodbody Economic Consultants | Review of the Wage Subsidy Scheme | 23,595 |
| IPA | Quality Assessment of Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Value for Money Review | 3,630 |
| Carr Communications | Communications Advice for the Companies Registration Office (CRO) | 25,593 |
| Open Interface | Website accessibility advice for the CRO | 3,993 |
| Grant Thornton | Procurement and business solution advice for the CRO | 71,874 |
| Mathias Kelly QC | Legal advice | 167,171 |
| Experian Ireland | Provision of statistical analysis of returns to the CRO | 182 |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers | Media Research for the Advisory Group on Media Mergers | 26,965 |
| Emily Gibson BL | Legal Services for the Advisory Group on Media Mergers | 5,596 |
| Form Creative Ltd | Advertising campaign for Work Life Balance Day 2008 | 4,994 |
| Form Creative Ltd | Advertising campaign for Work Life Balance Day 2008 | 120,000 |
| Arthur Cox | Prioritising Information Obligations in Company Law Legislation | 2,226 |
| Scannell Solutions | Prioritising Health and Safety Obligations — Additional Review | 605 |
| IQ Content Ltd | Review of Department's Website | 20,630 |
| Indecon Economic Consultants | Value for Money Review of SFI | 74,163 |
| Tom Walsh | To provide technical & research support to the Department in relation to certain aspects of occupational health and safety and chemicals policy | 8,000 |
| Arup Consulting Engineers | To support the Department in its review of Review of Dangerous Substances legislation | 79,327 |
| Cawley Nea | Advertising consultants | 27,101 |
| Keatings | PR consultants | 22,458 |
| Achilles Procurement Services Ltd | Consultancy on the National Employment Rights Authority (NERA) case management system | 602 |
| Gordon Green | Consultancy on NERA enforcement database | 1,268 |
| KPMG | Assessment of a restructuring plan | 273,460 |
| RITS | Information Security Services | 17,669 |
| Trigraph Professional Services | Review of ICT Unit Project Management Procedures & Practices | 2,995 |
| Mason, Hayes & Curran | Procurement Legal Advice | 8,534 |
| Computer Associates | Review of ICT Backup Systems | 13,310 |
| Dermot McCarthy SC | Legal Advice | 9,100 |
| Brian Murray | Fees to Counsel | 1,331 |
| Work Research Co-operative WRC | Carry out work by providing Technical Support for the Department on the co-funded ESF EQUAL Community Initiative. | 100,672 |
| Ernst & Young | Audit of "DAWN" under the ESF co-funded EQUAL Community Initiative | 25,090 |
| WRC | Carry out work by providing Technical Support for the Department on the co-funded ESF EQUAL Community Initiative. | 38,514 |
| Goodbody Economic Consultants | Review of the Wage Subsidy Scheme | 23,595 |
| Indecon Economic Consultants | To carry out work relating to the Leonardo Da Vinci Programme | 2,000 |
| PA Consulting | Review and Assessment of the EFS co-funded EQUAL Community Initiative 2000-2006 | 14,898 |
| Version 1 | To prepare a report on the Insolvency Payments Section Business Process Re-engineering (BPR) | 23,958 |
| Gartner Ireland | Access to international ICT analysts and research | 41,352 |
| RITS | Ongoing security advice and specific investigations and reports, including Technical Reports on laptop encryption, the Department's financials application, scans of on-line systems and forensics analysis of the ESF website. | 179,009 |
| Trigraph Professional Services | Review of ICT Unit Project Management Procedures & Practices, and Project Management Consultancy | 20,364 |
| Mason, Hayes & Curran | Procurement Legal Advice | 8,534 |
| Computer Associates | Review of ICT Backup Systems | 13,310 |
| Ex 15 October 2008 | ||
| Name of Consultants | Purpose | Cost |
| € | ||
| Corporate Risk Strategies Ltd | Provision of Health and Safety Consultancy on staff occupational Health and Safety in the Department's seven buildings | 4,840 |
| EPS Consulting | To carry out work on measurement of administrative burdens contained in company law, employment law and health and safety law | 17,133 |
| IPA | To examine feedback from staff with a view to formulating an action plan to improve their working environment and thus help them to contribute more effectively to achieving the Departments business objectives. | 18,000 |
| Millward Brown/IMS | Market Research for ODCE | 15,898 |
| Brian Murray | Fees to Counsel | 393 |
| Douglas Clarke | Fees to Counsel | 41,029 |
| Remy Farrell | Fees to Counsel | 7,719 |
| CIRCA | Review of Irish Membership of EMBL required following 3 years of membership. | 25,697 |
| CIRCA Consultants, SIA Group and International Panel of Experts | Evaluation of Discover Science and Engineering Programme | 105,082 |
| Tom Walsh | To provide technical & research support to the Department in relation to certain aspects of occupational health and safety and chemicals policy | 28,115 |
| Brendan Moran | Development of T & S Database & Accounting Database | 5,832 |
| Contractauditline (CAL) | Productive Sector Operational Programme Managing Authority Lookback Audit | 19,820 (excluding VAT) |
| Productive Sector Operational Programme Managing Authority Lookback Audit | 16,480 (excluding VAT) | |
| PA Consulting | Review and Assessment of the EFS co-funded EQUAL Community Initiative 2000-2006 | 30,713 |
| Work Research Co-operative WRC | Job Retention and return to work | 26,632 |
| Mazars | Engagement of a Consultant to carry out Internal Audits | 4,193 |
| IQ Content Ltd | Review of Department's Website | 20,631 |
| Ernst & Young | Verification of ESF Expenditure | No payments to date |
| Trigraph Professional Services | Project Management Consultancy | 23,958 |
| Gartner Ireland | Access to international ICT analysts and research | 41,352 |
| Form Creative Ltd | Design of print material for Work Life Balance Day 2009 | 10,336 |
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