Written answers
Tuesday, 19 July 2016
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Consultancy Contracts
Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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725. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011 in tabular form. [22199/16]
Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is provided in the table below. Some of the reports outlined are mandatory in the context of EU obligations.
2011: March- December
| Company | Title of Report | Date or Expected Date of Publication | Costs € |
|---|---|---|---|
| University College Dublin | Evaluation of the EU School Fruit Scheme/Food Dude Programme in Ireland 2011 - Commission Regulation 288 of 2009 | 10 January 2012 | 4,500 |
| University College Dublin | EU School Fruit Scheme/Food Dude Programme in Ireland – A review of evaluations completed to date - Commission Regulation 288 of 2009 | 6 February 2012 | 6,388 |
| Drima Marketing Ltd | Joint Forest Sector Questionnaire (JSFO) 2010 Joint Wood Energy Enquiry (JWEE) 2010 Market Report for Ireland for the Timber Committee 2010 | May 2011 January 2012 Sept 2011 | 12,792 |
| Rockwell Automation | Hazard and Operability Study | 13 December 2011 | 3,740 |
| Fitzpatrick Associates | Interm Evaluation, of 2007-2013 SDP | 3 June 2011 | 39,325 |
| Brendan Riordan, Research Economist | The Net Contribution of the Agri-Food Sector to the Inflow of Funds into Ireland: a New Estimate | 23 July 2012 | 6,000 |
| KPMG | An examination of the administration of the Single Payment Scheme. | 13 October 2011 | Work done on a pro-bono basis |
| Michael Dowling | Beef 2020 Activation Group: Growing the Beef Sector | June 2011 – for input into FH 2020 Committee | 10,000 |
2012: January- December
| Company | Title of Report | Date or Expected Date of Publication | Costs € |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drima Marketing Ltd | Joint Forest Sector Questionnaire (JSFO) 2011 Joint Wood Energy Enquiry (JWEE) 2011 Market Report for Ireland for the Timber Committee 2011) | May 2012, 3 July 2012 Sept 2012 | 12,792 |
| Irish Equine Centre | Demographic study on the unwanted horse population in Ireland | March 2012 | 10,000 |
| Indecon | Review of certain aspects of the Irish Horse Racing Industry | 20 July 2012 | 59,225 |
| Philip Farrelly & Co. Ltd | Food Harvest 2020 – Environmental Analysis Report | January 2014 | 229,610 |
| Team BDS | Lean Review of the Meat Inspection Service | 16 December 2013 | 98,597 |
2013: January- December
| Company | Title of Report | Date or Expected Date of Publication | Costs € |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drima Marketing Ltd | Joint Forest Sector Questionnaire (JSFO) 2012 Joint Wood Energy Enquiry (JWEE) 2012 Market Report for Ireland for the UNECE Timber Committee 2012) | May 2013 July 2013 October 2013 | 11,400 |
| Fitzpatrick Associates Economic Consultants | Ex Ante Evaluation, Strategic Environmental Assessment and Appropriate Assessment of the 2014 – 2020 Rural Development Programme | July 2015 | 48,401 |
2014: January- December
| Company | Title of Report | Date or expected Date of Publication | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indecon | Review of certain matters relating to Bord na gCon | 7 July 2014 | 60,885 |
| RSM McClure Watters | Ex Ante Evaluation, SEA and AA of Seafood Development Programme 2014-2020 | 24 June 2015 | 64,083 |
| Drima Marketing Ltd | Joint Forest Sector Questionnaire (JSFO) 2013 Joint Wood Energy Enquiry (JWEE) 2013 Market Report for Ireland for the Timber Committee 2013 | Joint Forest Sector Questionnaire- completed May 2014 and submitted to the EUROSTAT/FAO Joint Wood Energy Enquiry (JWEE) 2013- published as part of COFORD Woodflow 2013 in July 2014 UNECE report - was completed September/October 2014 for submission to the UNECE Committee on Forests and the Forest industry. | 11,780 |
| RSM McClure Watters (Consulting) | Ex Ante Evaluation Strategic Environmental Assessment and Appropriate Assessment of 2014-2020 Forestry | Published in 2014 as part of the consultative process on the new Forestry programme | 97,508 |
| Forest Solutions | NPV and IRR analysis for new forestry for Fibre scheme | Was not specifically published but formed part of the deliberative and consultative process on the new Forestry programme | 2,214 |
| Forest Solutions | Cost Benefit Analysis- Forest Roads Programme 2014-2020 | Was not specifically published but formed part of the deliberative and consultative process on the new Forestry programme | 2,952 |
| Fitzpatrick Associates | RDP 2014-2020 Ex Ante. Evaluation Strategic Environmental Assessment & Appropriate Assessment | June 2014 | 48,401 |
2015: January- December
| Company | Title of Report | Date or expected Date of Publication | Cost € |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philip Farrelly & Co | Agri-Food Strategy 2025. Environmental Analysis Report (Provisional Title) | December 2015 | 89,790 |
| Fitzpatrick Associates | RDP 2014-2020 Ex Ante. Evaluation Strategic Environmental Assessment & Appropriate Assessment | July 2015 | 50,130 |
| Drima Marketing Ltd | Joint Forest Sector Questionnaire (JSFO) 2014 Joint Wood Energy Enquiry (JWEE) 2014 Market Report for Ireland for the Timber Committee 2013 | May 2015 Joint Wood Energy Enquiry (JWEE) 2014- published as part of COFORD Woodflow note. Sept/Oct 2015 | 12,398 |
| Martin Heraghty | Confidential Report to Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine. Commercial Mushroom Producers (CMP) participation as a Producer Organisation in the Fruit and Vegetable Producer Organisation Scheme | 21 September 2015 | 2,000 |
| Dr. Claire Sansford, Independent Plant Health Consultant, York, UK. | Revised assessment of the risk of spread of Hymenoscyphus fraxineus on untreated wood of ash (Fraxinus spp., particularly Fraxinus excelsior). | 4 September 2015 Published on the DAFM website in January 2016 | 18,691 |
| McCarthy Keville O’Sullivan | Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) and Appropriate Assessment (AA) of Freshwater Pearl Mussel Plan for Ireland | 27 May 2016 | 54,710 |
| ADAS UK lTD | An Evaluation of the Green Low –Carbon Agri-Environment Scheme (GLAS) | 2021 | 1, 500,000 |
| Presidion | Aim Calf Survival Herd of Origin Deliverables Report | Commissioned in December 2015. Completion February 2016 | 4,500 |
2016: January - To Date
| Company | Title of Report | Date or expected Date of Publication | Cost € |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indecon International Economic Consultants | Ex-Post Evaluation of the 2007-2013 Rural Development Programme | November 2016 | 146,997 |
| University College Dublin | Evaluation of the Food Dude Healthy Eating Intervention in Ireland 2016 – Commission Regulation 288 of 2009. | January 2017 | 84,235 |
| PEFC (Ireland) Ltd (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification) | Pilot Project on Group Certification | July 2016 | 2,500 |
| Henry Philips | Roundwood Production Forecast 2016-2035 Assessment of the impact of forest felling age on overall financial return to forest owners | On web Q1 2016 Print Q3 2016 Commissioned March 2016 Completion Q4 | 12,000 46,800 |
| Drima Marketing Ltd | Joint Forest Sector Questionnaire (JSFO) 2015 Joint Wood Energy Enquiry (JWEE) 2015 Market Report for Ireland for the UNECE Timber Committee | May 2016 Joint Wood Energy Enquiry (JWEE) 2015- published as part of COFORD Woodflow note. Expected date of publication July 2016. October 2016 | 14,071 |
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