Written answers
Thursday, 14 July 2011
Department of Social Protection
Consultancy Contracts
8:00 pm
Shane Ross (Dublin South, Independent)
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Question 175: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide details of the total amount of money paid by her Department to a company (details supplied) in the past decade; and details of the projects. [20913/11]
Shane Ross (Dublin South, Independent)
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Question 177: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the total amount of money paid by her Department to a company (details supplied) in the past decade; the details of the projects. [20941/11]
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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It is proposed to take Questions Nos. 175 and 177 together. The following payments were made to PriceWaterhouseCoopers in the past decade in respect of projects:
| 2001 | Child Benefit Review | €23,797 |
| 2002 | Child Benefit Programme – Service Delivery Model Project | €494,363 |
| 2003 | Financial Management System | €153,670 |
| 2005 | Officer Identity & Access Management policy | €29,040 |
| 2005 | Embedding a structure, methodology and tools for managing Information Risk | €50,000 |
| 2006 | Consultancy regarding level of risk posed by the Department's critical IT-based information systems | €257,047 |
There were other non-project payments made to PriceWaterhouseCoopers as follows:
| 2002 | Software Support & Maintenance- Appeals Office | €72,460 |
| 2003 | Publication of "Technology Forecast 2003-2005) – Reach Unit | €50 |
| 2007 | Risk Assessment Workshop | €12,100 |
| 2008 | External Training | €1,990 |
| 2008 | Senior Management Accountability Workshop | €2,786 |
There were no payments made to KPMG in the past decade.
Shane Ross (Dublin South, Independent)
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Question 176: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total cost of hiring external public relations companies by her Department over the past decade; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20927/11]
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Over the past decade, expenditure of some €6,500 was incurred by my Department on the hiring of public relations companies. This arose in 2002 when my Department's Press Office engaged the services of a public relations company to give advice on a public relations strategy. The Department's press office generally deals with all media queries and public relations matters.
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