Written answers
Tuesday, 16 July 2013
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Departmental Expenditure
Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)
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398. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011. [34408/13]
Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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In response to the Deputy’s question the following table outlines the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of each external consultant of all external reports commissioned by my Department since its inception in 2011:
| Name of External Report | Costs | Date of Commission | Date or Expected Date of Publication | Name of External Consultant |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent verification of savings arising under the Public Service Agreement | €35,819.80 | 16 May 2011 | June 2011 | MKO Partners Ltd |
| Report on Reasons Behind Voter Behaviour in the Oireachtas Inquiry Referendum 2011 | €41,043.20 | 23 November 2011 | January 2012 | Red C Research and Marketing Ltd. |
| Independent verification of savings arising under the Public Service Agreement | €31,586.40 | 23 March 2012 | 13 June 2012 | Grant Thornton |
| Independent verification of savings arising under the Public Service Agreement | €24,206.40 | 4 February 2013 | 3 July 2013 | Grant Thornton |
| Capacity and Capability Review of Central Procurement Function | €30,750.00 | May 2012 | 14 August 2012 | Accenture |
| Options for the next National Lottery licence | €615 (including VAT) | 7th February 2012 | N/A (The final Report was completed and submitted to the Department in March 2012) | Davy Corporate Finance |
In the course of its normal business activity, the Office of Public Works engages external technical consultants on many of its projects, primarily architectural and engineering. The costs of these consultants would be included in the overall project costs. The Office of Public Works has not engaged any external consultants for the purposes of producing external reports for publication.
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