Written answers

Tuesday, 28 January 2014

Department of Environment, Community and Local Government

Consultancy Contracts Data

Photo of Eoghan MurphyEoghan Murphy (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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564. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the level of pro bono work provided by legal, accountancy and consulting firms in the past 24 months to his Department; which of those firms have also been awarded State contracts by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4606/14]

Photo of Phil HoganPhil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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The information requested is set out in the following table. The engagement of firms by bodies under the aegis of my Department is a matter for the bodies concerned.

Firm Description Amount Spent Date

Commissioned


Garrett Fennell









Pro- Bono Work



Reviewing the arrangements in place for the registration of architects.

Nil May 2013


Contracts Awarded



None













Indecon



Pro- Bono Work



Assessment of potential merits of a local authority tenant purchase scheme (existing tenants)





Nil





July 2013




Contracts Awarded



Regulatory Impact Analysis of proposed regulations for household food waste.





Feasibility study on a Tenancy Deposit Protection Scheme.



(€42,707 also paid by Private Residential Tenancies Board )
€24,725







€42,706
May

2011





May 2012




Userneeds





Pro-Bono Work



Usage survey on the Met Éireann website
Nil January 2013
Contracts Awarded



None

















Deloitte


Pro-Bono Work



Developing Shared Services model for local authorities.







Contracts awarded.

Expert Assistance to the Local Government Shared Services Programme




Nil







€39,299

March 2013.







August 2013.

Photo of Eoghan MurphyEoghan Murphy (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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565. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of the top 20 consulting firms engaged by his Department, including public bodies, in order of fee generation-cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4619/14]

Photo of Phil HoganPhil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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The information requested is set out in the table below in respect of firms, including public bodies, which provided consultancy type services to my Department since February 2011:

Consultant/Public Body
Amount
Egan, Fitzpatrick, Malsch & Lawrence
€2,921,327
RPS Group
€1,821,360
Marine Institute
€1,475,006
Methanogen
€181,532
Tobin Consulting Engineers
€181,144
Price Waterhouse Coopers
€179,584
Certification Europe Ltd
€139,142
Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) & University College Cork (UCC)
€138,048
Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)
€116,007
Poyry Consulting
€85,003
Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency
€80,850
SQW Limited
€77,000
Mazars
€76,924
Mr. Seamus Woulfe SC
€68,880
Indecon
€67,432
AECOM
€56,227
Fehilly Timoney & Company
€55,289
SLR Environmental Consulting (Ireland) Ltd
€50,451
Munster Archaeology
€47,289
TRL Limited
€42,435

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