Written answers

Wednesday, 14 January 2015

Department of Social Protection

Consultancy Contracts Data

Photo of Tom FlemingTom Fleming (Kerry South, Independent)
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108. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of all consultancy firms engaged by her Department during 2014; if she will also provide details of all the relevant fees paid to those firms during the period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1673/15]

Photo of Joan BurtonJoan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The procurement of services is essential to support the Department in providing high quality service to the public in a cost effective and efficient manner and is governed by a comprehensive regulatory, legal and procedural framework.

The Department engages consultants (individuals or organisations) to provide intellectual or knowledge based services (e.g. expert analysis and advice) including the delivery of reports, studies, assessments, recommendations and proposals that contribute to decision making or policy making.

The majority of expenditure on consultancy expertise is to support the Department in implementing a multi-annual service delivery modernisation and transformation programme involving business process, organisational and technological change. These programmes are supported by the procurement of separate external development services (IT external service provision) as well as engagement of consultants to provide strategic technical advice. Further technical consultancies relate to the on-going development of the Department’s extensive information technology systems. A breakdown of the annual expenditure on consultancy and also IT external service provision for previous years is available on the Department’s website at .

The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table. I am satisfied that the engagement of consultants provides valuable support to the Department and that the procurement of consultants is compliant with best practice in realising value for money.

YEAR 2014

CONTRACTORPURPOSE OF CONSULTANCY
ESRISWITCH Research Programme250,000
AccentureReview and redesign of front-line learning and development programmes237,636
Haywood AssociatesBusiness Objects Model - Technical Development Advice224,340
Naked Objects Group LtdBusiness Objects Modelling Advice & Expertise200,857
ESRIAnalysis & Measurement of Deprivation & Poverty55,978
Centre for Economic and Social InclusionAdvice in relation to External Service Delivery - Employment Services50,978
OECDYouth Guarantee Advice50,000
Axiom ConsultingCulture & Values Report on Organisation Development47,880
Irish Research CouncilSocial Inclusion Research Innovation Awards 40,101
MicrosoftPremier Support for Developers36,720
Deloitte & TouchéIS Internal Audit Services23,616
MicrosoftSupport to Technical Architecture Group19,590
Deloitte & TouchéProvision of Security Partner Services18,098
ESRIProfiling of “Stock” Live Registrants16,873
Mel Cousins & AssociatesEvaluation of Fund for EU Aid for the Most Deprived (FEAD)16,000
Deloitte & TouchéConfidential Forensic Investigation Services10,148
ESRIEvaluation Research (BTEA)9,809
Geary InstituteSocial Inclusion Research Innovation Awards7,960
RitsConfidential Forensic Investigation Services6,541
ESRIAction Learning, Behavioural; Economics & Payments Migration2,000
Mike ByrneTender Evaluation - Employment Services2,000

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