Written answers
Tuesday, 13 December 2016
Department of Social Protection
Consultancy Contracts Data
Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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286. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the external consultant reports commissioned by his 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. [39492/16]
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table:
Reports commissioned by Department of Social Protection since March 2011 (PQ 39492/16)
| Report | Name of Consultants | Commissioned | Publication Date | Cost € |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | ||||
| Social Welfare Appeals Office – Research on Insurability Issues & Access to Legal Resources | Mel Cousins & Associates | 2011 | 2011 | €7,744 |
| Report on electronic access to GRO Records for genealogy research | John Grenham | Apr-2011 | Internal Management Report | €3,557 |
| Investigation of odour/smells, Belmullet Local Office | Wright Environmental Services | Apr-2011 | Internal Management Report | €1,699 |
| Investigation of odour/smells, DSP Cobh | Employment Health Advisors Ltd | May-2011 | Internal Management Report | €2,023 |
| Development & implementation of the National Employment & Entitlements Service | Accenture | June-2011 | Aug-2011 | €186,563 |
| Report on Pension Charges in Ireland | PWC | Oct-2011 | Oct-2012 | €61,500 |
| Social Inclusion Forum – Conference Report | Aidan Lloyd | Nov-2011 | Aug-2012 | €1,500 |
| 2012 | ||||
| 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 |
| Actuarial Review of the Social Insurance Fund | KPMG | Feb-2012 | Jun-2012 | €153,750 |
| Evaluation of JobBridge (National Internship Scheme) | Indecon International Economic Consultants | Apr-2012 | Apr-2013 | €59,555 |
| Developing system architecture for the National Employment & Entitlements Service | Compass Point | June-2012 | Internal Management Report | €4,600 |
| Risk assessments regarding reception areas [Arklow, Tallaght, & Kings Inn, Dublin Local Offices] | Nifast | June-2012 | Internal Management Report | €1,845 |
| 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 |
| Report on Pension Priority Order | Mercer | Sep-2012 | Feb-2013 | €18,450 |
| Contracted Employment Service Model | Centre for Economic & Social Inclusion | Nov-2012 | Internal Management Report | €140,989 |
| 2013 | ||||
| Mobile ApplicationsOpportunity Exploration | Accenture | Feb-2013 | Internal Management Report | €33,388 |
| Social Inclusion Forum – Conference Report | Aidan Lloyd | Mar-2013 | Sep-2013 | €1,500 |
| 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 |
| Diet Supplement Diet Costings Update | Irish Nutrition & Dietetic Institute | Apr-2013 | Sep-2013 | €4,000 |
| 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 |
| Auto Enrolment & Applicability to Ireland (Pensions) | TOR Financial Consulting Ltd. | Mid-2013 | Internal Management Report | €9,900 |
| A Review of In-work Supports for the Advisory Group on Tax and Social Welfare | Mel Cousins & Associates | July-2013 | €10,000 | |
| Delivery of Administrative Profiling Models to Identify those at Risk of Labour Market Disadvantage | ESRI | July-2013 | June-2014 | €33,745 |
| Report on Organisation Development | Axiom Consultants | Sept- 2013 | Internal Management Report | €122,692 |
| Advisory report on implementation of European Youth Guarantee in Irish circumstances | Organisation for Economic co-operation & Development (OECD) | Sept- 2013 | Jan-2014 | €50,000 |
| Evaluation of the Youth Guarantee Pilot | Franklin Research Ltd | Oct- 2013 | Jan 2015 | €20,000* |
| Evaluation Research (Back to Education Allowance) | ESRI | Nov-2013 | Internal Management Report | €24,809 |
| Survey Air quality in Nutgrove Local Office | Wright Environmental Services | Nov-2013 | Internal Management Report | €2,900 |
| Social Welfare Appeals Office – Research into Revising Decisions | Mel Cousins & Associates | Dec -2013 | Internal Management Report | €2,400 |
| 2014 | ||||
| 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. Sept-2015 2. May-2015 | €80,000 |
| Security Partner Services - IT Forensics | Deloitte | Mar-2014 | Internal Management Report | €2,398 |
| Forensic Services | Rits | Apr-2014 | Internal Management Report | €2,340 |
| Forensic Services | Rits | Apr-2014 | Internal Management Report | €4,201 |
| Identification & containment of malicious software | Deloitte | Apr-2014 | Internal Management Report | €15,699 |
| Assessment for Application Lifecycle Management | Microsoft Ireland | May-2014 | Internal Management Report | €22,586 |
| 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 |
| 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* |
| Survey Air quality in Waterford Intreo | Wright Environmental Services | Dec- 2014 | Internal Management Report | €6,863 |
| 2015 | ||||
| Review of the EmployAbility (Supported Employment) Service | Indecon International Economic Consultants | Jan-2015 | Review complete December; Publication date to be decided | €59,280 |
| Policy and practice report: Key lessons learned from the Ballymun Youth Guarantee Project | NUI Maynooth | Jan-2015 | March 2015 | €11,135* |
| Evaluation of the Disability Activation Project | Indecon International Economic Consultants | Feb-2015 | November 2015 | €29,520 |
| 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 | To be determined following completion of the review | €3,000 |
| Social Inclusion Forum – Conference Report | Aidan Lloyd | Mar-2015 | Q3 2016 | €1,650 |
| Confidential Information Security Report | Deloitte | July-2015 | Internal Management Report | €7,749 |
| Technical review of rent supplement under the Equal Status Acts. | Mel Cousins & Associates | July -2015 | Internal Management Report | €18,000 |
| Jobseeker Customer Satisfaction Survey | W5 Marketing Intelligence Ltd | Aug-2015 | Q1 2016 | €71,463 |
| Analysis & Measurement of Poverty & Social Exclusion 2015 Programme: 1. Changes in social risks by life-cycle group 2. Developing a multi-dimensional quality of life indicator | ESRI | Q3 2015 Q3 2015 | Q3 2016 Q4 2016 | €80,000 |
| Evaluation of the Suitability, Effectiveness and Relevance of the JobBridge Activation Programme | Indecon International Economic Consultants | Sept - 2015 | Published October 2016 | €134,895 |
| Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Activation Reforms | ESRI | Oct - 2015 | Q1 2017 | €118,315 |
| External quality assessment of DSP Internal Audit under the D/PER Internal Audit standards 2012 | EisnerAmper Ireland | Nov-2015 | Internal Management Report | €5,535 |
| Information Security Reports | Grant Thornton | Dec- 2015 | Internal Management Report | €10,332 |
| 2016 | ||||
| Review of the Local Employment Services and Job Club services | Indecon International Economic Consultants | Nov-2016 | To be determined following completion of the review. | Est. €87,232 |
| Review of the Predictive Analytic Modelling Solutions for the Dept. of Social Protection. | The Analytics Store Ltd. | Jul-2016 | Internal Management Report | €9,471 |
| Back to Education Allowance Qualitative Study | BMG Research | Oct-2016 | Q1 2017 | €50,670 |
| Jobseeker and JobPath Customer Satisfaction Survey 2016 – (this is the next annual round of Jobseeker Customer Satisfaction Survey which was originally commissioned in Aug 2015.) | W5 Marketing Intelligence Ltd | Jun-2016 | Q1 2017 | €124,549.80 (includes €71,463 expenditure on report commissioned Aug 2015 and published Q1 2016) |
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