Written answers

Thursday, 14 July 2011

Department of Justice, Equality and Defence

Consultancy Contracts

8:00 pm

Photo of Shane RossShane Ross (Dublin South, Independent)
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Question 119: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the total amount of money paid by his Department to a company (details supplied) in the past decade; and details of the projects. [20908/11]

Photo of Shane RossShane Ross (Dublin South, Independent)
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Question 121: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the total amount of money paid by his Department to a company (details supplied) in the past decade; the details of the projects. [20936/11]

Photo of Brendan HowlinBrendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 119 and 122 together.

In the past decade, my Department has not made any payments to the companies mentioned in the Deputy's Questions. With regard to the Agencies under the aegis of my Department, I am informed that the State Laboratory, the Office of the Ombudsman and the CPSA also made no payments to the companies covered by the Deputy's question. The Public Appointments Service has made payments to the company mentioned in Question 20908 of €192,000 in 2005 and 2006 for Executive Recruitment Services.

The tables below show amounts that were paid by the Office of Public Works to each of the companies in question during the years 2002 - 2011 together with the details of each project.

YearAmountDetail (Company Mentioned in Question 20908)
200219,748Consultancy Preparing Fin Statements
200230,805Consultancy
20031,275Training
20047,373Consultancy
20041,815Manual - Personnel
20047,575Consultancy Corporate Services
200465,741Risk Assessment Workshops
200445,139Consultancy Dublin Castle
2005-2007NIL
20085,050Consultancy Internal Audit
2009-2011NIL
YearAmountDetail (Company Mentioned in Question 20936)
20021,515Consultancy Canteen Tax Issues
20022,788Review of Procurement Practice Projects
2003-2004NIL
200516,554Advice on wind up of Public Property Development Ltd
20061,854Advice on wind up of Public Property Development Ltd
20078,430Advice on wind up of Public Property Development Ltd
2008-2011NIL

Photo of Shane RossShane Ross (Dublin South, Independent)
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Question 120: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total cost of hiring external public relations companies by his Department over the past decade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20922/11]

Photo of Brendan HowlinBrendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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I take it that the Deputy is referring solely to public relations costs and not to advertising costs that would be incurred by my Department in the normal course of business, such as entries into telephone directories, the placing of advertisements in national newspapers, recruitment advertising, advertising associated with the national development plans, e-tenders etc. My Department has had not incurred expenditure in this area over the past decade.

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