Written answers

Thursday, 3 July 2014

Department of Finance

Consultancy Contracts Data

Photo of Barry CowenBarry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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46. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form per annum all external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011; the costs per report; the company involved; the title of the report and the publication date. [28844/14]

Photo of Michael NoonanMichael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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I refer the Deputy to the answer given on 21 January 2014 in response to a Parlamentary Question - Reference No. 2361/14. There has been no change in the situation since then.

I am setting out below the information in tabular form provided in the response to Parliamentary Question 2361/14:

ConsultantExternal ReportAmount PaidYearPublished/Ongoing
PMCA  Economic Consulting  Assistance and Analysis in the Preparation of the Medium-Term Economic Strategy 2014-2020 €49,043.002013Final report submitted 6.12.13*
Crowe HorwathReport to Department in respect of a survey of R&D Active Companies 2013€36,850.802013Published
IndeconEx ante cost benefit analysis of proposed Living City Initiative€28,290.002013Published
Red C Research & Marketing LimitedSME Lending Survey October-March 2013€59,593.502013Published**
Red C Research & Marketing LimitedSME Lending Survey April-September 2013€58,978.502013Published**
Mercer (Ireland) LimitedRemuneration Review of Covered Institutions€146,370.002013Published
Delotte & ToucheExternal Review of the Compilation of General Government Debt Statistics € 61,5532012Published
BDO and Amarach(a)    Survey of audio-visual producers (b) Review on international review of audio-visual state supports€64,575.002012Published
Brendan Ryan B.L.Public Finance Procedures in Ireland€900.002012The report was completed in January 2013 but it was not published. It was obtained for the purposes of informing the Department's approach in the David Hall case rather than for publication
Grant ThorntonAssessment of Credit Review Office€31,807.802012Published
MazarsSME Lending Survey October-March 2012€60,885.002012Published**
MazarsSME Lending Survey April-September 2011€52,453.502011Published**
Red C Research & Marketing LimitedSME Lending Survey April-September 2012€61,438.502012Published**
Charles River AssociatesAcquisition by AIB of EBS Building Society€50,000.002011Published
*Following conclusion of post-submission assessment report will be published on the MTES website in the near future.

**Reimbursed by AIB & Bank of Ireland

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