Written answers
Tuesday, 21 January 2014
Department of Education and Skills
Departmental Reports
Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the total amount spent since February 2011 on external reports commissioned by his Department including payments from ministerial allowances, broken down by report; if he will provide the details of any consultants employed; the names of each report and their status as published or ongoing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2359/14]
Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Details in relation to consultants engaged by my Department are compiled
annually in respect of the previous year. While the information in respect of 2013 has not yet been compiled I attach details of the amounts paid to consultants by my Department in 2011 and 2012. Details in relation to 2013 are currently being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as they are available.
My Department does not pay a Ministerial allowance to either myself or the Ministers of States.
Total amounts paid by the Department of Education and Skills to Consultants in 2011 and 2012
YEAR 2011
Consultants,Experts, Advisors | Status of Report | Purpose | Total Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centre for Cross Border Studies | * | 2011 annual review of Post graduate courses in Northern Ireland | €2,420.00 |
| Jim Duffy & Pat McLoughlin members of an independent panel appointed by the Secretary General re designation of a single awarding authority | No Report | The independent panel shortlisted a number of proposals, made recommendations to the Minister on the preferred proposal for designation of a single awarding authority and made recommendations it considered necessary in relation to modification or development of the preferred proposal for implementation purposes | €1,927.86 |
| Gartner | No Report | Subscription for provision of ICT research, advice, guidance & related services to the IT Unit 1/10/2011 - 30/09/2012 | €35,150.49 |
| Sr. Eileen Randles | * | External Reviewer in an appeal against an inspection under section 13 (9) of the Education Act 1998 | €920.00 |
| Dr Simon Marginson | Published by the HEA June 2011 | Development & submission to DOES of draft criteria for the proposed re-designation of amalgamated institutes of Technology Universities arising from the recommendations of the National Strategy for Higher Education to 2030 | €9,075.00 |
| Farrell Grant Sparks | No Report | Follow up work and provision of advice in relation to the FGS report | €8,410.71 |
| Forum on Patronage & Pluralism in the Primary Sector-Professor John Coolahan, Dr Caroline Hussey, Fionnuala Kilfeather | Published April 2012 | Advisory Group to convene the Forum on Patronage & Pluralism in the Primary Sector, to receive and distil the various views and perspectives of participants and to report and advise the Minister | €20,000.00 |
| Price Waterhouse Coopers LLP (PWC) Belfast | Published DES website March 2012 | Evaluation of the Special Education Support Service established by the Department in 2003 to address the then rather fragmented provision of continuing professional development in the area of special education. | €97,866.01 |
| Goodbody Economic Consultants | Published February 2012 | Evaluation of the Initial Implementation of Síolta, the National Quality Framework for Early Childhood Education | €31,280.92 |
| The PA Consulting Group | Published DES website Nov. 2011 | Evaluation of the training & education programmes for the unemployed delivered under LMAF 2010 | €52,003.38 |
| Fitzpatrick & Associates | Published ESF website Aug. 2011 | Mid term Evaluation of the Human Capital Investment Operational Programme 2007-2013 | €61,589.00 |
| Deloitte | * | To carry out audits of the national agencies for the Lifelong Learning Programme in Ireland, these will serve as the basis for the submission of Declarations of Assurance from International Section to the European Commission | €16,299.00 |
| Public Authority Pension Services Ltd | * | Pensions advisory work relating to the establishment of a pension scheme for staff of the NCTE | €4,791.60 |
| Analysys Mason | * | Commercial Financial & Technical Procurement advice for Schools Broadband Tender | €63,632.51 |
| Grant Thornton | * | External audit of Dell and Waterford Crystal EGF programmes | €5,445.00 |
2011 Total: | €410,811.48 |
2012
Consultants,Experts, Advisors | Status of Report | Purpose | Total Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Analysys Mason | * | Commercial, financial and technical advice on the procurement of broadband services for schools | €52,040.42 |
| Goodbody Economic Consultants | Published | Evaluation of the Initial Implementation of Síolta, the National Quality framework for Early Childhood Education | €16,747.68 |
| Mazars | * | IT Security Audit of the EUSF IT Database | €5,063.91 |
| Mazars | * | Audit of Labour Market Activation Fund (LMAF) | €9,839.14 |
| Version 1 | No Report | Provision of Oracle Financials training support along with training documentation in the implementation of Performance Budgeting | €2,070.00 |
| Mokum Change Management Ltd | No Report | Provision of Oracle Financials training support along with training documentation in the implementation of Performance Budgeting | €17,302.88 |
| Seamus O'Dwyer-Consulting and Training | No Report | Training and expert advice relating to the Public Service Pensions Bill | €2,700.00 |
| Sydney Blain | * | Review of an appeal against an inspection under section 13(9) of the Education Act | €718.75 |
| Mokum Change Management Ltd | No Report | Provision of Oracle Financials functional & accounting advice in moving from a four vote operating unit to a single operating unit | €11,606.90 |
| Sir Jim Rose | No Report | Provision of international expertise on Literacy & Numeracy to the Literacy & Numeracy Implementation Advisory Committee | €3,870.13 |
| Gartner | No Report | Subscription for provision of ICT research, advice, guidance & related services to the IT Unit | €36,788.67 |
| Sion Quality Healthcare Solutions | * | Completion of a workplace assessment for staff member with a disability and resulting report | €370.00 |
| Pat McLoughlin | No Report | Chair of Independent Panel re the establishment of the single grant awarding authority | €83.66 |
| The Centre for Cross Border Studies | * | 2012 review paper of Republic of Ireland post graduates in Northern Ireland | €1,845.00 |
| Deloitte | * | Preparation of a Declaration of Assurance in respect of the Lifelong Learning Programme | €16,568.10 |
2012 Total: | €177,615.24 |
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