Written answers

Wednesday, 19 January 2011

Department of Finance

Consultancy Contracts

9:00 pm

Photo of Jimmy DeenihanJimmy Deenihan (Kerry North, Fine Gael)
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Question 137: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the details on the number of consultancy contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) since 2006 by each Government and State agency giving the title of each assignment, the duration of the contract and the financial consideration for each assignment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2984/11]

Photo of Brian Lenihan JnrBrian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The following table sets out the details of the number of contracts to the company in question by public bodies under my remit in each of the past five years (2006 to 2010) and to date in 2011.

BodyYearDetail
National Treasury Management Agency2009Following a procurement process, London Economics (which is part of the Indecon Group) was contracted by the NTMA to carry out an econometric study which was required in order to derive adjustment factors which were used as a basis for the long-term economic value regulations which underpinned the NAMA valuation methodology. The cost of the study was €108,000 (including VAT) and it was carried out in November/December 2009

The Office of the Ombudsman, the Valuation Office, the State Laboratory, the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General, the Office of the Appeals Commissioner, the Office of the Revenue Commissioner, the Public Appointments Service, the Commission for Public Service Appointments, the Office of Public Works and the Special EU Programmes Body and the National Asset Management Agency did not make any payments to the company in question during the period in question. The information in relation to my own Department was provided in the response to parliamentary question number 48187/10 on the 12th January, 2011.

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