Written answers
Tuesday, 16 June 2015
Department of Social Protection
Consultancy Contracts Data
Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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208. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, for each year, all external consultant reports commissioned by her Department since March 2011; the costs per report; the company involved; the title of the report; and the publication date. [23703/15]
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The procurement of services is essential to support the Department in providing a 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 Department is engaged in a number of service delivery modernisation and transformation programmes 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 external consultants to provide strategic technical advice. A breakdown of the annual expenditure on consultancy & 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 table below. A second table below sets out the working environment reports procured in relation to facilities management. I am satisfied that the engagement of consultants provides valuable support to the Department and that the reports, studies, assessments, recommendations and proposals produced contribute to decision making and policy making and are compliant with best practice in realising value for money.
| Report | Name of Consultants | Commissioned | Publication Date | Cost € |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Inclusion Forum – Conference Report | Aidan Lloyd | Mar- 2015 | Q3 2015 | €1,650 |
| Policy and practice report: Key lessons learned from the Ballymun Youth Guarantee Project | NUI Maynooth | Jan - 2015 | Mar - 2015 | €11,135* |
| Evaluation of the Disability Activation Project | Indecon International Economic Consultants | Feb -2015 | To be determined following completion of the review | €29,520 |
| Review of the EmployAbility (Supported Employment) Service | Indecon International Economic Consultants | Jan - 2015 | To be determined following completion of the review | €59,280 |
| Confidential Forensic Services | Rits | Mar-2015 | Internal Management Report | €11,480 |
| Windows Tablet PC Hardening Review (Limited Scope) Windows Laptop PC Hardening Review (Limited Scope) Windows Phone Device Hardening Review (Limited Scope) | Deloitte | Mar-2015 | Internal Management Report | €4,151 |
| Project coordination of Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) Work Positive Framework | Sharon Gallagher | Mar- 2015 | December 2015 | €3,000 |
| Technical review of rent supplement under the Equal Status Acts. | Mel Cousins & Associates | Mar-2015 | Internal Management Report | €18,000 |
| Microfilm Condition Report | Martin Bradley, Archives and Records Management Consultant | Nov -2014 | Internal Management Report | €1,691 |
| Report on the effectiveness & efficiency of the guidance model used during Youth Guarantee Pilot | NUI Maynooth | Nov-2014 | Internal Management Report | €14,145* |
| Ex-ante Evaluation to support the preparation of the Operational Programme for the European Fund for the Most Deprived 2014-2020 | Mel Cousins & Associates | July-2014 | Internal report required by EU Regulation (EU) No 223/2014 | €16,000 |
| Assessment for Application Lifecycle Management | Microsoft Ireland | May-2014 | Internal Management Report | €22,586 |
| Confidential Forensic Services | Rits | Apr-2014 | Internal Management Report | €2,340 |
| Confidential Forensic Services | Rits | Apr-2014 | Internal Management Report | €4,201 |
| Security Partner Services - IT Forensics | Deloitte | Mar-2014 | Internal Management Report | €2,398 |
| Identification & containment of malicious software | Deloitte | Apr-2014 | Internal Management Report | €15,699 |
| Social Inclusion Forum – Conference Report | Aidan Lloyd | Mar-2014 | Dec-2014 | €1,650 |
| Analysis & Measurement of Poverty & Social Exclusion 2014 programme: 1. Transitions into and out of household joblessness using CSO SILC data 2. Measuring Irish joblessness: The SILC and LFS data sources | ESRI | Q1-2014 | 1. Q3-2015 2. May-2015 | €80,000 |
| Evaluation Research (Back to Education Allowance) | ESRI | Nov-2013 | Internal Management Report | €24,809 |
| Social Welfare Appeals Office – Research into Revising Decisions | Mel Cousins & Associates | Dec -2013 | Internal Management Report | €2,400 |
| Evaluation of the Youth Guarantee Pilot | Franklin Research Ltd | Oct- 2013 | Jan 2015 | €20,000* |
| Report on Organisation Development | Axiom Consultants | Sept- 2013 | Internal Management Report | €122,692 |
| Auto Enrolment & Applicability to Ireland (Pensions) | TOR Financial Consulting Ltd. | Mid-2013 | Internal Management Report | €9,900 |
| Advisory report on implementation of European Youth Guarantee in Irish circumstances | Organisation for Economic co-operation & Development (OECD) | Sept- 2013 | Jan-2014 | €50,000 |
| A Review of In-work Supports for the Advisory Group on Tax and Social Welfare | Mel Cousins & Associates | July-2013 | TBC | €10,000 |
| Delivery of Administrative Profiling Models to Identify those at Risk of Labour Market Disadvantage | ESRI | July-2013 | June-2014 | €33,745 |
| Analysis & Measurement of Poverty & Social Exclusion (AMPSE) 2013 programme: 1. Social Transfers & Poverty in Boom & Recession (for 2013 annual report) 2. Indicators of Economic Strain in the Great Recession (for 2013 technical paper) | ESRI | June-2013 | 1. Dec-2013 2. Apr-2014 | €67,979 |
| Diet Supplement Diet Costing’s Update | Irish Nutrition & Dietetic Institute | Apr-2013 | Sep-2013 | €4,000 |
| Social Inclusion Forum – Conference Report | Aidan Lloyd | Mar-2013 | Sep-2013 | €1,500 |
| Mobile ApplicationsOpportunity Exploration | Accenture | Feb-2013 | Internal Management Report | €33,388 |
| Contracted Employment Service Model | Centre for Economic & Social Inclusion | Nov-2012 | Internal Management Report | €140,989 |
| Report on Pension Priority Order | Mercer | Sep-2012 | Feb-2013 | €18,450 |
| Developing system architecture for the National Employment & Entitlements Service | Compass Point | June-2012 | Internal Management Report | €4,600 |
| Evaluation of JobBridge (National Internship Scheme) | Indecon International Economic Consultants | Apr-2012 | Apr-2013 | €59,555 |
| Actuarial Review of the Social Insurance Fund | KPMG | Feb-2012 | Jun-2012 | €153,750 |
| FÁS IS Applications Systems Review | Accenture | Jan-2012 | Internal Management Report | €44,772 |
| Analysis & Measurement of Poverty & Deprivation 2012: 1.Work & Poverty in Ireland: An Analysis of CSO Survey on Income & Living Conditions 2004-2010 (2012 annual report) 2. Technical Paper on Poverty Indicators – [Appendix C of Report of the Review of the National Poverty Target] 3. Implications of Income Pooling & Household Decision-Making for Poverty & Deprivation (2012 technical paper) | ESRI | Jan-2012 | 1. Dec-2012 2. Oct-2012 3. Oct- 2013 | €81,230 |
| Review of Irish Pensions Policy | OECD | Jan-2012 | Apr-2013 | €130,000 |
| Social Welfare Appeals Office – Research on Insurability Issues & Access to Legal Resources | Mel Cousins & Associates | 2011 | 2011 | €7,744 |
| Social Inclusion Forum – Conference Report | Aidan Lloyd | Nov-2011 | Aug-2012 | €1,500 |
| Report on Pension Charges in Ireland | PWC | Oct-2011 | Oct-2012 | €61,500 |
| Development & implementation of the National Employment & Entitlements Service | Accenture | June-2011 | Aug-2011 | €186,563 |
| Report on electronic access to GRO Records for genealogy research | John Grenham | Apr-2011 | Internal Management Report | €3,557 |
* EU Funded Reports
Working Environment Reports
| Report | Name of Consultants | Commissioned | Publication Date | Cost € |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Survey Air quality in Waterford Intreo | Wright Environmental Services | Dec- 2014 | Internal Management Report | €6,863 |
| Survey Air quality in Nutgrove Local Office | Wright Environmental Services | Nov-2013 | Internal Management Report | €2,900 |
| Health & Safety Review of DSP premises, Upper Gardiner St, Dublin 1 | CPL Training Ltd, trading as Nifast Health & Safety Training | Apr-2013 | Internal Management Report | €1,100 |
| Air Quality Investigation, Ballymun Local Office | Wright Environmental Services | Aug-2012 | Internal Management Report | €3,644 |
| Air Quality Investigation, Áras Mhic Dhiarmada | Wright Environmental Services | Aug-2012 | Internal Management Report | €3,383 |
| Risk assessments regarding reception areas [Arklow, Tallaght, & Kings Inn, Dublin Local Offices] | Nifast | June-2012 | Internal Management Report | €1,845 |
| Investigation of odour/smells, DSP Cobh | Employment Health Advisors Ltd | May-2011 | Internal Management Report | €2,023 |
| Investigation of odour/smells, Belmullet Local Office | Wright Environmental Services | Apr-2011 | Internal Management Report | €1,699 |
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