Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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The information requested is set out in the following table.

Year Commissioned	Consultant/Author etc.	Name/Description of Report/Review/Study	Date or Expected Date of Publication	Amount Spent Since March 2011
2011	Building Research Establishment Ltd	Retrofitting Code of Practice.	Published March 2014.	(1)€21,190
2011	Pyrite Panel	Report of the Pyrite Panel - Independent report to provide options for the Minister to deal with the pyrite problem.	Published July 2012.	€22,719
2011	Secretariat to the National Economic and Social Council of Ireland	Analysis on national climate policy.	Interim report released October 2012; final report released in February 2013.	Nil
2011	Mr. David Lovegrove	2011 Report of the Dormant Accounts Board.	Published July 2012.	€9,689
2011	Murtagh & Partners	Review of Dublin Region Homelessness Services and Funding in 2011 .	Published October 2011.	€27,800
2011	Dr. Eoin O'Sullivan, Trinity College Dublin	Review of the Homeless Strategy 2008-2013.	Published November 2012.	€6,000
2011	Pembroke Communications	Advise on, and assist tendering process for, Tidy Towns sponsorship.	No formal report due for publication.	€4,560
2011	Barrow Archaeological Services	Archaeological reports on Met Éireann site at Valentia.	The report is not intended to be published as it is a technical report relating to a site on Valentia Island where Met Éireann are building an Air Monitoring Facility.	€1,210
2011	Malachy Walsh & Partners	EIS Screening Report for site at Valentia.	The report is not intended to be published as it is a technical report relating to a site on Valentia Island where Met Éireann are building an Air Monitoring Facility.	€6,336
2011	National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI)	Audit reports for ISO9001:2008 in 2011 and 2012.	Not intended for publication.	€6,699
2011	ARUP Consulting Engineers	Study in respect of provision of fire detection and alarms systems in dwellings.	Not intended for publication.  It is a technical report, to inform work in the Department.	€29,935
2011	Housing & Sustainable Communities Ltd.	Toolkit for Local Authorities on regeneration.	Not intended for publication. This was a report intended to provide assistance to Local Authorities in drawing up proposals for the regeneration of their areas.	€12,300
2011	Indecon	Regulatory Impact Analysis of proposed regulations for household food waste.	Published June 2012.	€24,725
2011	Tobin Consulting Engineers	National Litter Pollution Monitoring System - 2011 Report.	Published April 2012.	€61,077
2011	Certification Europe Ltd.	Compost Quality Assurance Scheme.	Published October 2012.	€139,142
2011	RPS Group	Provision of expertise concerning Strategic Environmental Assessment and Appropriate Assessment techniques for the evaluation and revision of Regional Waste Management Plans.	No formal document due for publication.  The work comprises principally advice, guidance documents and technical expertise.	€45,223
2011	SKM Enviros	Irish Recycled Plastic Waste Arisings Study.	Published September 2011.	€37,566.00
2011	White Young Green	Annual Dust Impact Assessment Report (2011) at the Former Irish Steelworks Site, Haulbowline, Cobh, Co. Cork.	Published March 2012.	(2)See footnote
2011	Marine Institute	Marine Strategy Framework Directive (1) Initial Assessment and (2) Development of a Monitoring Programme	(1) Initial Assessment - The technical report was published on the Department's website in Q2 2013 and the summary report was published in Q4 2013.(2) Monitoring Programme – expected to be sent to the EU Commission and published in early 2015.	(3)€2,163,747
2011	Price Waterhouse Coopers	Independent assessment on establishment of National Water Utility.	Irish Water - Phase 1 report and appendices published January 2012.Implementation Strategy published December 2012.	€179,584
2012	AECOM	Cost optiminal study for non-domestic buildings.	Published March 2013.	€53,517
2012	Mr. David Lovegrove	2012 Report of the Dormant Accounts Board.	Published March 2013.	€1,120
2012	DKM Economic Consultants	Review of Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000.	Published July 2013.	€39,690
2012	Indecon	Feasibility study on a Tenancy Deposit Protection Scheme.	Published November 2012.	(4)€42,706
2012	Version 1	Evaluation of ICT Disaster Recovery configuration and capability.	Not intended for publication.	€9,363
2012	Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)	Analysis of Property Tax Options - a report to the Interdepartmental Expert Group on Property Tax.	Published December 2012	€60,280
2012	Inter-Departmental Group	Design of a Local Property Tax – Report of the Inter-Departmental Group.	Published December 2012	Nil
2012	Flynn Furney Consultants Ltd.	Environmental Management Services re: review of CEMP at Valentia Site (Method Statement)	The report is not intended to be published as it is a technical report relating to a site on Valentia Island where Met Éireann are building an Air Monitoring Facility.	€3,167
2012	Glas Ecology	Environment Management Plan (Breeding Chough and Peregrine Survey, Valentia Island, Co. Kerry).	The report is not intended to be published as it is a technical report relating to a site on Valentia Island where Met Éireann are building an Air Monitoring Facility.	€4,920
2012	Munster Archaeology	Report on archaeological investigation/survey of Met Éireann site at Valentia.	Preliminary report published February 2014. Final report expected shortly.	€47,289
2012	Mr. Hendrik W van der Kamp	Independent Evaluation of the Planning Review Report 2012.	Published January 2013.	€12,096
2012	Padraic Thornton Planning & Environmental  Consultancy	Preparation of EIA Guidelines.	Published March 2013.	€7,200
2012	Mr. Seamus Woulfe SC	Review of the management by the Department of an application by Wicklow County Council for loan approval in respect of the compulsory purchase of land at Charlesland, Co. Wicklow - Phase 1.	Published March 2012.	€19,680
2012	Mr. Seamus Woulfe SC	Review of the compulsory acquisition of land by Wicklow County Council at Charlesland, Co. Wicklow - Phase 2.	Published April 2013.	€49,200
2012	Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas (CEDRA)	Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas report on how to support the economic development of rural Ireland.	Published April 2014.	(5)€19,049
2012	Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency	Review of leasing model.	It is intended that the report will be published during Q1 2015.	€1,937
2012	RPS Group	All Island Used Tyre Survey.	Published March 2013.	(6)€17,673
2012	RPS Group	Review of the Producer Responsibility Model in Ireland.	Final report published in July 2014.	€292,306
2012	Tobin Consulting Engineers	National Litter Pollution Monitoring System - 2012 Report.	Published April 2013.	€58,271
2012	Fehilly Timoney & Company	Bulky Waste Reuse Best Practice - Feasibility Study.	Published July 2013.	€55,289
2013	Garrett Fennell Solicitor	Independent Review of the registration arrangements for Architects under the Building Control Act 2007.	Published on the Department's website.	Nil (report produced on a pro bono basis)
2013	Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) & University College Cork (UCC)	Technical support on developing low carbon sector roadmaps for Ireland.	The project relates to technical support, with no formal document due for publication.	€107,552
2013	Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) & University College Cork (UCC)	Technical support for the purposes of advising Government on the proposed 2030 EU Framework for Climate and Energy Policies.	No formal document due for publication.  The project relates to technical support.	€44,091
2013	AP Env Econ Limited/National Economic and  Social Council (NESC)	Ireland’s Environmental Data: Inventory, Assessment and Next Steps.	Published April 2014.	€35,178
2013	SLR Environmental Consulting (Ireland) Ltd/National Economic and Social Council (NESC)	Wind Energy in Ireland: Building Community Engagement and Social Support.	Published July 2014.	€50,451
2013	Indecon	Assessment of Potential Merits of New Initiative re Purchase of Local Authority Houses by Existing Tenants.	Not intended for publication.	Nil (report produced on a pro-bono basis)
2013	Deloitte & Touche	Expert Assistance in the Local Government Shared Services Programme	The project relates to technical support, with no formal document due for publication.	€105,334
2013	Userneeds	Usage survey on the Met Éireann website.	Not intended for publication - this was a report volunteered to Met Éireann by the survey company on a 'sample' basis.	Nil - provided as a 'free sample'
2013	KW Research & Associates	NTACC Research into why Travellers leave Traveller-specific accommodation.	Published on the Department's website April 2014.	€11,938
2013	Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency	Business Process Design of the Housing Assistance Payment.	It is intended that the report will be published during Q1 2015.	€54,938
2013	Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency	Review of CALF assessment process.	It is intended that the report will be published during Q1 2015.	€11,675
2013	Tobin Consulting Engineers	National Litter Pollution Monitoring System - 2013 Report.	Published June 2014.	€52,014
2013	Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)	Article 29(2) Report on Progress on Implementation of the EC (Good Agriculture Practices for the Protection of Waters) Regulations 2010.	Published April 2014.	Nil
2013	RPS Group	Public consultation process on the Marine Strategy Framework Directive and producing a report.	Published November 2013.	€9,000
2013	Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)	Affordability aspects of the provision of water services in Ireland and subsequent analysis.	Published in May 2014 as Appendix 2 and Appendix 5 of the "Report of the Inter-Departmental Working Group on Affordability Measures".	€57,655
2014	Ricardo-AEA	NSMC Residential Solid Fuel Study	May 2015	(7)€40,000 (estimate)
2014	National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG)/National Economic and Social Council (NESC)	Environmental Policy Integration: Case Studies Research	Estimated 1st Quarter 2015	€38,222
2014	National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG)/National Economic and Social Council (NESC)	Sustainable Urban Development	Estimated 1st Quarter 2015	€20,303
2014	University College Cork (UCC)/National Economic and Social Council (NESC)	Review of Environmental Social Policy Literature	Estimated 1st Quarter 2015	€4,305
2014	Glas Ecology	Environment Management follow up Report (Breeding Chough and Peregrine Survey, Valentia Island, Co. Kerry).	The report is not intended to be published as it is a technical report relating to a site on Valentia Island where Met Éireann are building an Air Monitoring Facility.	€1,599
2014	Institute of Public Administration (IPA)	Peer review of Met Eireann's Operational and Strategic Review.	This report is not intended for publication.	€4,920
2014	MacCabe, Durney Barnes	Independent Planning Review.	Expected to be published in early 2015.	€94,521
2014	Padraic Thornton Planning & Environmental  Consultancy	Independent Review of Draft S31 Directions in Westmeath.	Published May 2014.	€5,000
2014	Patricia Thornton Tom Philips Associates	Independent Review of Draft S31 Directions in Limerick.	Published August 2014.	€4,151
2014	Tobin Consulting Engineers	National Litter Pollution Monitoring System - 2014 Report.	Expected to be published May 2015.	€52,013 (estimate)

(1) The contract is in conjunction with the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland. Total cost of the study is €169,302 (inclusive of VAT). My Department's contribution is €21,190 (inclusive of VAT) with the balance being met by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (i.e. €148,112 inclusive of VAT).

(2) My Department previously provided funding to Cork County Council to support the production of an annual Dust Impact Assessment Report at the former Irish Steel site at Haulbowline Island. Following a Government Decision in June 2011, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine assumed the lead role in relation to the remedial works necessary to be undertaken on the site. Accordingly, funding provided to Cork County Council for the annual Dust Impact Assessment Report 2011 and subsequent years is a matter for the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

(3) This report and monitoring programme arises from a broader process connected with Ireland’s obligation to implement the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive. The work primarily consists of a determination of the status of Ireland’s marine waters and the measures necessary to achieve, or maintain, the required status by 2020 and a programme to monitor this. The preparation of a draft Initial Assessment (under Art. 8 of the MSFD) including proposals for Good Environmental Status (Art. 9) and for draft Environmental Targets (Art.10) will be underpinned by a suite of monitoring measures which will measure the maritime environment against these targets (Art. 11).

(4) This report was co-funded by my Department and the Private Residential Tenancies Board. The cost to my Department of €42,706 represents 50% of the total cost.

(5) This report has been co-funded by my Department, Teagasc and the Western Development Commission. The cost to my Department of €19,049 represents 40% of the overall expenditure.

(6) Survey jointly commissioned and funded by Department of the Environment in Northern Ireland and my Department.

(7) This report has been commissioned by my Department under the auspices of the North South Ministerial Council and in conjunction with the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland. The cost is being evenly split and the final charge to my Department is estimated at €40,000.