Written answers

Thursday, 20 December 2012

Department of Public Expenditure and Reform

Departmental Appointments

Photo of Richard Boyd BarrettRichard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the process involved in the appointment of a person (details supplied) as legal advisor to the Government Reform Unit and Statute Law Revision Programme Director of his Department; the nature of the financial arrangement with this advisor including costs per hour or per day; if he will provide in tabular form, the amounts invoiced by this advisor in 2011 and to date in 2012, and the topic or issues covered in the advice provided for each invoice; if a procurement process took place, and if so, the criteria used; the weightings that were attached to these criteria; the number of tenders, proposals or quotations that were received; the number of tenders, proposals or quotations that were scored and the range of prices or costs quoted by tenderers. [57532/12]

Photo of Brendan HowlinBrendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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Following the identification by officials of the requirement for professional legal expertise to support the delivery of the legislative programme being delivered by the Government Reform Unit in my Department, a person was appointed on 26 March 2012 following an open procurement advertised publicly on e-tenders to act as adviser and as Director of the Statute Law Revision Programme reporting to the Head of the Unit.

Three tenders were received in response to the RFT with hourly rates ranging from €111 to €350 and these were all evaluated by my Department on the basis of the criteria and weightings set out in the table following: -

CriteriaWeighting
Expertise, skills, qualifications and experience of the Tenderer
25
Experience of the Tenderer in providing similar services to those set out in this RFT
15
The ability of the Tenderer to demonstrate a clear understanding of the objectives of the Government Reform Unit, and how the Tenderer would expect to contribute to the delivery of the work of the Unit
25
Completeness, Quality and Credibility of Response
10
Costs and price
25

The contractual arrangement is based on a cost of €111.00 per hour plus VAT for a maximum period 15 hours per week. The duration of the contract is 18 months. The amounts paid on invoices for 2012 are detailed in the table below along with the topics covered in the advice provided:-

Invoice Date Amount Invoiced Incl. VAT €Topics/Issues Covered
March/April10,239.75Oireachtas Inquiries

Confidential Communications with members of the Dáil

Regulation of Lobbying

Civil Service Accountability

Statute Law Revision Project

Mahon Tribunal Recommendation / Ethics Legislation

Protected Disclosures in the Public Interest Legislation

Freedom of Information Legislation

Ombudsman Bill 2008
April / May10,239.75Oireachtas Inquiries

Confidential Communications with Members of the Dáil

Regulation of Lobbying

Civil Service Accountability

Statute Law Revision Project

Mahon Tribunal Recommendation / Ethics Legislation

Protected Disclosures in the Public Interest Legislation

Freedom of Information Legislation

Ombudsman Bill 2008
June / July8,191.80Oireachtas Inquiries

Confidential Communications with Members of the Dáil

Regulation of Lobbying

Civil Service Accountability

Statute Law Revision Project

Mahon Tribunal Recommendation / Ethics Legislation

Protected Disclosures in the Public Interest Legislation

Freedom of Information Legislation

Ombudsman Bill 2008
July8,191.80Oireachtas Inquiries

Confidential Communications with Members of the Dáil

Regulation of Lobbying

Civil Service Accountability

Statute Law Revision Project

Mahon Tribunal Recommendation / Ethics Legislation

Protected Disclosures in the Public Interest Legislation

Freedom of Information Legislation

Ombudsman Bill 2008
August6,143.85Statute Law Revision Project

Protected Disclosures in the Public Interest Legislation

Freedom of Information Legislation
September8,191.80Oireachtas Inquiries

Confidential Communications with Members of the Dáil

Statute Law Revision Project

Ombudsman Bill 2008
October6,143.85Oireachtas Inquiries

Regulation of Lobbying

Statute Law Revision Project

Freedom of Information Legislation

Ombudsman Bill 2008
November8,191.80Oireachtas Inquiries

Regulation of Lobbying

Statute Law Revision Project

Mahon Tribunal Recommendation / Ethics Legislation

Protected Disclosures in the Public Interest Legislation

Freedom of Information Legislation

Ombudsman Bill 2008

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