Written answers
Thursday, 7 July 2016
Department of Finance
Consultancy Contracts Data
Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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97. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide, per annum, all external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011, in tabular form; the costs per report; the company involved; the title of the report and the publication date. [20346/16]
Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table.
| Company | External Consultant Report | Cost | Year | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red C | SME Lending Survey October 2015 - March 2016 | €58,979.00 | 2016 | Published - June 2016** |
| Dr Don Thornhill | Review of Local Property Tax | Nil | 2015 | Published - October 2015 |
| ESRI | Tax breaks and the residential property market | €30,677.43 | 2015 | Published - October 2015 |
| IBFD | Spillover analysis of the effects of the Irish tax system on the economies of developing countries | €94,678.00 | 2015 | Published - October 2015 |
| Indecon | Review of marine taxation | €106,887.00 | 2015 | Published - October 2015^ |
| Red C | SME Lending Survey May 2015 - October 2015 | €58,979.00 | 2015 | Published September 2015** |
| John Martin | Assessment of special regeneration areas for the Living City Initiative | €2,500.00 | 2015 | Not published. Used as input to the decisions made on the special regeneration areas. The details of these areas were published when the Living City Initiative was launched. |
| Antaris Consulting | The provision of a review of the current Health and Safety Arrangements within the Department of Finance and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. The final objectives are to update the Health and Safety Management Systems within both Departments in order to build on existing Health and Safety culture and practices within both Departments | €16,113.00 | 2015 | Published internally - December 2015 |
| Red C Research & Marketing Ltd | SME Lending Survey November 2014 - April 2015 | €58,978.50 | 2015 | Published - April 2015** |
| Indecon | Cost benefit analysis of Irish Agri-taxation measures and international benchmark against other Agri-taxation incentives | €103,689.00 | 2014 | Published - October 2014 |
| Seamus Coffey | Effective rates of corporation tax in Ireland | €4,900.00 | 2014 | Published - April 2014 |
| ESRI | Importance of tax policy in the location choices of multinationals | €30,750.00 | 2014 | Published - October 2014 |
| ESRI | Research Programme on funding for Small, Medium Enterprises | €122,833.96 | 2014 | Published - October 2014 |
| Ernst & Young | The historical development and international context of the Irish corporate tax system | €6,150.00 | 2014 | Published - October 2014 |
| Red C Research & Marketing Limited | SME Lending Survey April-October 2014 | €58,978.50 | 2014 | Published - November 2014** |
| Red C Research & Marketing Limited | SME Lending Survey October-March 2014 | €58,978.50 | 2014 | Published - June 2014** |
| MKF Property Services | Review of existing facilities management processes | €28,720.50 | 2014 | Published - June 2014 |
| PMCA Economic Consulting | Assistance and Analysis in the Preparation of the Medium-Term Economic Strategy 2014-2020 | €49,043.00 | 2013 | Final report submitted to the Department of Finance on 6 December 2013. It was not published because it was commissioned to provide evidence-based economic analysis as an input to the MTES. This analysis is reflected in the text of the MTES. |
| Crowe Horwath | Report to Department in respect of a survey of R&D Active Companies 2013 | €36,850.80 | 2013 | Published |
| Indecon | Ex ante cost benefit analysis of proposed Living City Initiative | €28,290.00 | 2013 | Published |
| Red C Research & Marketing Limited | SME Lending Survey October-March 2013 | €59,593.50 | 2013 | Published** |
| Red C Research & Marketing Limited | SME Lending Survey April-September 2013 | €58,978.50 | 2013 | Published** |
| Mercer (Ireland) Limited | Remuneration Review of Covered Institutions | €146,370.00 | 2013 | Published |
| Deloitte & Touche | External Review of the Compilation of General Government Debt Statistics | € 61,553.00 | 2012 | Published |
| BDO and Amárach | (a) Survey of audio-visual producers (b) Review on international review of audio-visual state supports | €64,575.00 | 2012 | Published |
| Grant Thornton | Assessment of Credit Review Office | €31,807.80 | 2012 | Published |
| Mazars | SME Lending Survey October-March 2012 | €60,885.00 | 2012 | Published** |
| Mazars | SME Lending Survey April-September 2011 | €52,453.50 | 2011 | Published** |
| Red C Research & Marketing Limited | SME Lending Survey April-September 2012 | €61,438.50 | 2012 | Published** |
| Charles River Associates | Acquisition by AIB of EBS Building Society | €50,000.00 | 2011 | Published |
**Reimbursed by AIB & Bank of Ireland
^50% of the cost of the review was paid by the other members of the Marine Review Steering Group, namely the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, the Department of Tourism, Transport and Sport and the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation.
This table does not include costs associated with the Department's research programme with the ESRI on Taxation and the Macroeconomy.
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