Written answers
Thursday, 3 July 2014
Department of Education and Skills
Consultancy Contracts Data
Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills 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. [28842/14]
Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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As indicated to the Deputy earlier this year, details in relation to consultants engaged by my Department are compiled annually in respect of the previous year and in this regard I attach details in respect of the years 2011 to 2013 inclusive. Details in respect of consultants engaged in 2014 will not be compiled until January 2015. Total amounts paid by the Department of Education and Skills to Consultants in 2011, 2012 and 2013
| YEAR 2011 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Consultants, Experts, Advisors | Status of Report | Purpose | Total Cost |
| Centre for Cross Border Studies | * | 2011 annual review paper on Northern Ireland Post graduate courses | €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 | Recommendations to the Minister on the preferred proposal for designation of a single awarding authority together with recommendations 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 | * | Review 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 | 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 | Completed | Advice on necessary redactions and initial advice on possible updated accounting arrangements | €8,410.71 |
| Forum on Patronage & Pluralism in the Primary Sector-Professor John Coolahan, Dr Caroline Hussey, Fionnuala Kilfeather | Published April 2012 | Report to the Minister on the Forum on Patronage & Pluralism in the Primary Sector | €20,000.00 |
| Price Waterhouse Coopers LLP (PWC) Belfast | Published DES website March 2012 | Evaluation of the Special Education Support Service | €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 | * | Audits of the national agencies for the Lifelong Learning Programme in Ireland to serve as the basis for the submission of Declarations of Assurance from International Section to the European Commission | €13,212.99 |
| 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: | €407,725.47 | ||
| * Internal reports - not for publication | |||
| YEAR 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 and training and advice in relation to the Legal Framework and Family Law | €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 | €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 | Costs relating to recommendations to the Minister on the preferred proposal for designation of a single awarding authority together with recommendations considered necessary in relation to modification or development of the preferred proposal for implementation purposes which were paid in 2012 | €83.66 |
| The Centre for Cross Border Studies | * | 2012 annual review paper on Northern Ireland Post Graduate courses | €1,845.00 |
| Deloitte | * | Audits of the national agencies for the Lifelong Learning Programme in Ireland to serve as the basis for the submission of Declarations of Assurance from International Section to the European Commission | €16,568.10 |
| 2012 Total: | €177,615.24 | ||
| * Internal reports - not for publication | |||
| YEAR 2013 | |||
| Consultants, Experts, Advisors | Status of Report | Purpose | Total Cost |
| Dr Tony Crooks | ** | Review of an inspection report under Section 13(9) of the Education Act 1998. | €460.00 |
| The Centre for Cross Border Studies | No Report | 2013 annual review paper on Northern Ireland postgraduate courses | €1,845.00 |
| Accenture | No Report | Consulting services in relation to the Management Framework Agreement between City of Dublin Education & Training Board and the Department of Education & Skills for the centralised Administration of Student Grants | €5,904.00 |
| University of Birmingham on behalf of Dr Mike Linden | Date of publication to be decided | Review of Visiting Teachers for children with hearing & Visual Impairment (VTHVI) Service, Ireland | €10,947.00 |
| University of Manchester on behalf of Dr wendy McCracken | Review of Visiting Teachers for children with hearing & Visual Impairment (VTHVI) Service, Ireland | €0.00* | |
| Mokum Change Management Ltd (IT consultancy) | No Report | Post Performance Budgeting Support - consultancy | €2,169.14 |
| Gartner (IT consultancy) | No Report | IT Leaders Advisor Subscription 07/2013 to 06/2014 including credit in respect of 07-08/2013. Provision of ICT Research, advice, guidance and related services | €41,061.50 |
| Padraig McNamara | ** | External Review of historic funding and financial arrangements for Applied Behavioural Analysis (ABA) centres funded by the Department | €0.00* |
| Deloitte | No Report | To assist the Department in devising a new organisational design for Education & Training Boards (ETBs) and SOLAS | €0.00* |
| Deloitte | ** | Provision of external expert assistance for the development of a Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) & implementation roadmap for an integrated payroll shared service for the ETB/SOLAS sector in accordance with the shared services commitments set out in the Government's Public ServiceReform Plan | €0.00* |
| Educational Research Centre | ** | Consultancy Services to provide input to ICT Census of Primary, Post Primary and special schools and analysis of census data | €0.00* |
| Public Authority Pensions Services Ltd | No Report | Pensions Advisory work relating to the establishment of a pension scheme for the staff of the NCTE | €2,152.50 |
| Fitzpatricks Associates/AECON | 1st report Apr'14 final report Jun/Jul'14 | Ex-Ante Evaluation of the ESF Operational Programme in preparation for the period 2014-2020 | €0.00* |
| Mazars | ** | External Audit of EGF Talk Talk Programme | €0.00* |
| Deloitte | ** | Audits of the national agencies for the Lifelong Learning Programme in Ireland to serve as the basis for the submission of Declarations of Assurance from International Section to the European Commission | €14,475.34 |
| Seamus O'Dwyer Consulting & Training | No Report | Provision of training & advice relating to the Public Service Pensions Bill | €200.00 |
| Stratigos Ltd | No Report | Provision of customised Business Process Improvement training to include coaching (with provision of advice) of relevant staff | €4,428.00 |
| Version 1 | No Report | Shared Financial Services Project - provision of Oracle Financials support to set up purchasing module | €7,595.25 |
| Deloitte | Audits of the national agencies for the Erasmus + Programme in Ireland to serve as the basis for the submission of Declarations of Assurance from International Section to the European Commission | €0.00* | |
| 2013 Total: | €91,237.73 | ||
| ** Internal reports not for publication | |||
| * Consultancies where work was done in 2013 but where no payment had been made by year end |
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