Written answers
Thursday, 3 July 2014
Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Consultancy Contracts Data
Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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129. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht 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. [28838/14]
Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North-West Limerick, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will be aware, my Department was established on 2 June 2011 and therefore the available information is being provided from that date. I am advised that €125,556 was spent by my Department on external reports from consultants since its establishment. The details requested in relation to this expenditure are set out in the table below. Contracts for the provision of services are not included.
Year Report Commissioned | Company | Report | Status | Amount paid from 2 June 2011 to date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2010 | University of Birmingham | Review of Archaeological Survey and Mitigation Policy relating to Bord na Móna Peatlands | Published June 2013 | €34,337 |
2011 | Avia Solutions | Review of financial submissions relating to the Public Service Obligation Air Service for the Aran Islands | Completed, not published | €6,300 |
2013 | Dorgan Associates | Cost Benefit Analysis of National Gallery Redevelopment Project | Completed, not published | €12,731 |
2013 and 2014 | Dorgan Associates | Examination of capital incentives to promote investment in film studio infrastructure | Completed, not published | €6,765 |
2012 | Bonnar Keenlyside | Review of Dublin Contemporary 2011 | Completed, not published | €10,959 |
2013 | Dorgan Associates | Cost Benefit Analysis of National Archives Development Plan | Completed, not published | €12,669 |
2014 | EY | Review of PSO Air Service for the Aran Islands | Published May 2014 | €41,795 |
For completeness, I wish to bring to the Deputy's attention that from time to time my Department also commissions engineering or environmental experts to provide technical reports on specific issues, as required. While the providers of these services are consultant engineers, environmental consultants or may describe themselves in other such terms, their work is not classified as consultancy services and is not funded from my Department's Administrative Budget.
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