Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 138: To ask the Taoiseach the number of external consultants currently working for or in his Department; the work they are carrying out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6206/10]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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At present there are two consultancy firms working in my Department. The Organisational Review Programme (ORP) engaged the services of IPSOS MRBI for the administration and analysis of survey questionnaires to all staff of the four organisations (Central Statistics Office, Department of Health and Children, Office of the Revenue Commissioners and the Property Registration Authority) being reviewed under the second phase of the ORP. This work is close to completion.

Fitzpatrick Associates Economic Consultants were contracted to carry out a case study of the Garda Boundary Realignment Project. The case study will document the processes involved in implementing the boundary realignment and the learning achieved. It is intended that the case study will be shared with other relevant agencies and will support the pursuit of a standardised approach to the local structuring of public service management and delivery in line with the Government's Statement on Transforming Public Services.