Written answers
Tuesday, 22 May 2012
Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
Consultancy Contracts
9:00 pm
Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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Question 501: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; the numbers of consultants engaged by his Department in those years; the names of the consultancy companies awarded contracts; and the steps which have been taken to reduce the expenditure on consultancy and the reliance on consultants by his Department in these years and for the future. [25545/12]
Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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The information requested on expenditure and the number of consultants engaged by my Department is set out in the following table:
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | |
| Consultancy Expenditure | €5.594m | €2.051m | €0.994m | €0.323m |
| No. of Consultants | 61 | 21 | 31 | 16 |
The names of the consultants awarded contracts in this period are set out below:
| A&L Goodbody Solicitors |
| Aegis Archaeology Ltd |
| AP Env Econ Limited |
| Archaeology Consultancy Services Ltd |
| ARUP Consulting Engineers |
| Barrow Archaeological Services |
| Baseline Creative Services |
| BRE Scotland |
| Brendan Fehily |
| Brid McGrath |
| Building Research Establishment Ltd |
| Cawley Nea |
| Combat Poverty Agency |
| Community Consultants |
| David Hickie, Environmental Consultant |
| Deloitte |
| Design Works |
| DKM Consultants Ltd |
| Downey Mac Conville Architects |
| Dr Carol Westrik |
| Dr. Jukka Jokilehto |
| DTZ Sherry Fitzgerald |
| ECU Ltd |
| Environmental Systems Research Institute Ireland |
| Enviros Consulting |
| ERA Maptec |
| Ernst and Young |
| ESRI (Economic & Social Research Institute) |
| Eunomia Research & Consulting |
| Farrell Grant Sparks |
| First Communication and Advertising Ltd |
| Fortius Consulting ltd |
| Golder Associates |
| Goodbody Economic Consultants Ltd |
| Grant Thornton |
| Headland Archaeology/Eneclann |
| Holger Schweitzer |
| Indecon |
| Irish Concrete Federation Ltd |
| Irish Traveller Movement |
| John Murphy |
| Kavanagh, Mansfield & Partners |
| Kieran O'Malley & Co Ltd |
| Lee Mc Cullough Consultant Engineers |
| Liam Downey & Dermot Harrington |
| M.J O'Connell |
| Malachy Walsh & Partners |
| Margaret Gowen & Co. Ltd |
| Mary Higgins |
| Mary Murphy & Assoc |
| MI Safety Training Services |
| Mr Owen Boyle |
| Mr Pat McBride |
| Mr. David Lovegrove |
| Mr. Hugh O Cofaigh |
| Murphy Consulting |
| Murrays Consultants |
| Murtagh & Partners |
| Napier University Ventures Ltd. |
| Nathan O'Connor |
| National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) |
| NCCRI |
| O'Herlihy Consultancy |
| Olive Safety Services |
| OMD |
| Operational Command Training Organisation Ltd |
| Oracle EMEA ltd. |
| Pembroke Communications |
| Price Waterhouse Coopers |
| QTS |
| Queens University Belfast |
| Room Three Design |
| RPS Group |
| Seaver Associates |
| Shaffrey Associates and Placemakers |
| Sirius Geotechnical & Env Ltd |
| SQW Limited |
| Start Computing ltd. |
| Tobins Consulting Engineers |
| Tom Considine |
| UCD Consultancy Team |
| White Young Green Consultants |
| William Fry Solicitors |
| WYG Consultants |
| Zenith Land Surveys |
The Department's consultancy budget is managed in accordance with Government policy: consultants are only engaged where specific expertise is required which is not available in the Department. The Department also uses the training and development budget to upskill staff with expertise necessary for the performance of the Department's business.
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