Written answers
Tuesday, 13 December 2016
Department of Justice and Equality
Consultancy Contracts Data
Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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85. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the external consultant reports commissioned by her Department since March 2011 per annum, in tabular form; the costs per report; the company involved; the title of the report; and the publication date. [39490/16]
Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table:
| Year | Title of Report | Name of Consultancy | Cost of Report | Publication Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011- 2015 | Annual Review of Garda Investigative Interview Training for the Smyth Committee (which is charged with developing proposals on Garda interviewing of suspects) | Professor Gisli Gudjonsson and Dr John Pearse of Forensic Navigation Services, UK | €59,729 (Vat incl) over 5 years | The purpose of the research was to inform the deliberations of the Smyth Committee. |
| 2011 | Audit of security arrangements for state visits in 2011 and associated costs | Capita Consulting | €6,598 | Given the nature of the report not appropriate to publish. |
| 2011 | Security Review - Penetration Testing | RITS Bianconi Research Ltd | €10,083 | Not for Publication |
| 2011 | Feasibility study into Circles of Support and Accountability for Ireland, 2011 (Probation) | Eustace Patterson Ann Clarke | €9,983 | December 2011 |
| 2011 | Drug and Alcohol Misuse among Adult Offenders on Probation Supervision in Ireland | Michelle Martyn | €9,958 | May 2012 |
| 2011 | Investigations into Deaths in Custody (6 reports completed by two person investigation team) | Dr Ide Delargy, MB, MICGP, MRCGP. Director of the Substance Misuse Programme, Irish College of General Practitioners and National GP Co-ordinator, HSE Addiction Service Mr. Hugh Kane, Former CEO of the Mental Health Commission | €11234.34 €10714.46 | Unpublished – Internal Review |
| 2011 | Investigation into Death in Custody | Dr. J.J. Kennedy Roberts Bsc MB ChB OBE FRCGP | €1,634.76 | Unpublished – Internal Review |
| 2011 | Midlands Prison Facilitation | Hensey Consulting and Associates | €3,267.00 | Unpublished – Internal Review |
| 2011 | Follow up audit on HR payroll procedures. | Mazars | €5,955 | Not for Publication |
| 2011 & 2012 | Strategy Development - Quality control process to review and assist in implementing audit recommendations to ensure effective internal controls in financial management and payroll systems | Tribal/Helm taken over by Capita | €44,227 | Not for Publication |
| 2012 | Mid-term review of the Implementation of the National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender based Violence 2010-2014 | The Institute of Public Administration | €24,539 | December, 2012 |
| 2012 | National evaluation report on the results and impacts of actions co-financed by the European Refugee Fund concerning the period 2008-2010. | Capita Consulting | €14,760 (This is the joint cost of this report and the one immediately following. No individual costs.) | Not published to date. |
| 2012 | National evaluation report on the results and impacts of actions co-financed by the European Fund for the Integration of third-country nationals concerning the period 2007-2010. | Capita Consulting | 14,760 (This is the joint cost of this report and the one immediately above. No individual costs.) | Not published to date. |
| 2012 | Software Asset Management 360 Microsoft Baseline Report | SAM360/OpenPlain | €6,458 | Not for Publication |
| 2012 | Security Review - Penetration Testing | RITS Bianconi Research Ltd | €6,874 | Not for Publication |
| 2012 | Audit of AISIP | Capita | €4,920 | Not for Publication |
| 2012 | Audit of ICT Shared Services in Justice | Capita | €9,225 | Not for Publication |
| 2012 | Audit of ICT in Probation Service | Capita | €3,997 | Not for Publication |
| 2012 | An audit on the Financial Shared Service Payroll and Financial Management Systems | Capita | €12,677 | Not for Publication |
| 2012 | Department of Justice Safety Statement, 51 St Stephen's Green | Safecon Training and Consultancy | €984 | Not for publication - Internal doc |
| 2012 | Report on the workshop of National Traveller Committees | Mr Owen McCarthy | €2,450 | November 2012 |
| 2012 | Report of ‘Ethnicity and Travellers an Exploration’ conference proceedings | Mr Owen McCarthy | €2,200 | December 2012 |
| 2013 | IT Infrastructure Architecture Report | Hibernia Evros | €24,631 | Not for Publication |
| 2013 | Dignity at Work in the Irish Prison Service Report on Staff Perceptions | Sue Corbett and Jacinta Kitt | €10,500 | June 2014 |
| 2013 | Strategy Development - Audit on ICT in FSS. These are specialist audits to ensure that key systems have effective controls in place | Capita | €3,338 | Not for Publication |
| 2013 | Review of the Drug Treatment Court Programme | Support and Advisory Committee for the Drug Treatment | No Cost | The report has been overtaken by the proposal to develop a Community Court. This proposal has now been examined by a Working Group of Justice Sector officials, and a decision made to consider the setting up a Community Justice Intervention Initiative. |
| 2014 | Review of Harry Gleeson Case (2014) | Mr. Shane Murphy S.C. | €83,305 | Mr. Murphy's report has not been published on the basis that it represents legal advice to the Attorney General and to me as Minister. |
| 2014 | Information Security Expert Opinion provided to Minister | RITS Bianconi Research Ltd | €10,096 | Not for publication. For internal use. |
| 2014 | Facilitation of and Reporting on a Consultative Forum for the National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence on 17 November 2014 | Ms. Maureen P. Lynott | €4,900 | June 2015 |
| 2014 | Information Security Expert Opinion provided to Minister | RITS Bianconi Research Ltd | €10,096 | Not for Publication |
| 2014 | Facilitators report of the workshop on Irish Sign Language held 14 December 2013 | Internal Report - not for publication | €1,374 | Not for Publication |
| 2014 | Evaluation of the Stable and Acute 2007 Risk Assessment and Supervision Model in Use in Ireland and Northern Ireland (Probation) | Professor Tim Trimble, TCD | €12,373 | Not for publication |
| 2014 | Review of Irish Prison Service ICT Security 2014 | RITS | €29,410 | Unpublished – Internal Review |
| 2014 | Audit of Healthcare in certain prisons/institutions | Dr. J.J. Kennedy Roberts Bsc MB ChB OBE FRCGP | €6,389 | Unpublished – Internal Review |
| 2014 | Review of the Employee Assistance Programme | Karen McManus Consulting | €18,450 | Unpublished- Internal review |
| 2015 | National evaluation report on the results and impacts of actions co-financed by the European Fund for the Integration of third-country nationals concerning the period 2011-2013. | Capita Consulting | €15,015 (This is the joint cost of this report and the two immediately following. No individual costs.) | The reports on the European Integration Fund are required under Article 48(2)(b) of Decision 2007/435/EC. Not for publication by Dept, may be published by Commission. |
| 2015 | National evaluation report on the results and impacts of actions co-financed by the European Refugee Fund concerning the period 2011-2013. | Capita Consulting | €15,015 (This is the joint cost of this report and the one immediately above and the one immediately following. No individual costs.) | The reports on the European Refugee Fund are required under Article 50(2) of Decision 573/2007/EC. Not for publication by Dept, may be published by Commission. |
| 2015 | National evaluation report on the results and impacts of actions co-financed by the European Return Fund concerning the period 2011-2013 | Capita Consulting | €15,015 (This is the joint cost of this report and the two immediately above. No individual costs.) | The reports on the European Return Fund are required under Article 50(2)(b) of Decision 575/2007/EC. Not for publication by Dept, may be published by Commission. |
| 2015 | ESRI Research in Equality and Integration | Due January 2017 | €25,000 | No |
| 2015 | Review of Drug and Alcohol Treatment Services for Adult Offenders in Prison and in the Community | Eustace Patterson | €9,471 (50% paid by Probation Service) | Complete - not published to date |
| 2015 | Feasibility Study of Laundry Service Mountjoy | Archie Kerr, Tarheel Training Centre, Scotland | €973.00 | Unpublished – In Progress. Internal Review. |
| 2015 | Independent verification of saving and costings under the Haddington Road Agreement in IPS | Grant Thornton | €7,926.12 | Finalised May 2015 |
| 2015 | Review of Irish Prison Service Psychology 2015 | Frank Porporino | €7,200 plus vat | November 2015 |
| 2015 | Development of Cleaning Manual | Cleanpass | €6,000 | Work In Progress. Will be unpublished - For internal use. |
| 2015 | Menu Review | Calista Nutrition | €2735 | Unpublished- Internal review |
| 2015 | Review of Drug and Alcohol Treatment Services for Adult Offenders in Prison and the Community | Eustace Patterson | €9,471 (50% by the IPS | unpublished |
| 2016 | Developments in the gambling area | University College Dublin | €10,899 | Not completed yet |
| 2016 | Report on Build to Share Environment | RITS Bianconi Research Ltd | €3,819 | Not for Publication |
| 2016 | Review of IASIO (Irish Association for Social Integration of Offenders) | Eustace Patterson | €19,618.50 (jointly funded by Probation Service and Irish Prison Service - €9,809.25 paid by Probation Service) | Not yet complete |
| 2016 | External Review of IASIO | Eustace Patterson | €15,950 | To be published March 2017 |
| 2016 | Value for money review of IPS Canine | GSS International | £14,441 | Unpublished- Internal review |
| 2016 | Review of the IPS Fleet Operations | Automobile association | €10,000 | Unpublished- Internal review |
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