Written answers
Friday, 16 December 2016
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Departmental Reports
Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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464. 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. [40897/16]
Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is provided in the following table. 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 |
| Accenture | An analysis of an internal review of procurement. | Not for external publication. | Work done on a pro-bono basis |
| Accenture | An examination of the opportunities and capacity for further shared services between the Department and its non-commercial state agencies. | Not for external publication. | Work done on a pro-bono basis |
| Accenture | A review of the Department’s role in regulating meat plants | Not for external publication. | Work done on a pro-bono basis |
| KPMG | An examination of the administration of the Single Payment Scheme. | 13 October 2011 | Work done on a pro-bono basis |
| Fitzmaurice Tingle Ltd. | Refrigeration Consultancy on 6 Fishery Harbour Centre Sites | Not for external Publication | 3,505 |
| Brian Scott | Port Security Assessment- Castleownbere Fishery Harbour Centre | Not for external Publication | 4,680 |
| Deloitte Ireland | To examine recommendations of the Report of the Review Group on State Assets and Liabilities as applicable to this Department to value the assets referred to and to make a series of recommendations. For internal Departmental information | Not for external publication | 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 |
| Stiofan Nutty | Report on the Development of Ireland’s Organic Industry and an Organic and an Irish Organic Trade Board. | For internal Departmental information Not for external publication | 29,040 |
| Briggs Environmental Services | Oil Spill Contingency Plans | Not for external Publication | 4,424 |
| Deloitte Ireland | Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine – Annual Accounts Certification. Required by EU Legislation. | Not for external publication. | 509,830 |
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 |
| CMG Crime Management Ltd | ISPS Port Security Plan- Castleownbere Fishery Harbour Centre | Not for external Publication | 3,198 |
| Philip Farrelly & Co. Ltd | Food Harvest 2020 – Environmental Analysis Report | January 2014 | 229,610 |
| Team BDS | Lean Review of the Meat Inspection Service | The report has not been formally published but has been issued to stakeholders in final draft version. | 98,597 |
| Compass Informatics Ltd | Independent specialist review of all Geographical Information based computer systems in the Department, carried out as part of the effective and efficient administration of the Department’s EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) based payment schemes. | Not for external publication. | 16,254 |
| Deloitte Ireland | Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine – Annual Accounts Certification. Requirement of EU Legislation. | Not for external publication | 514,169 |
2013: January- December
| Company | Title of Report | Date or Expected Date of Publication | Costs € |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norfolk Marine | Survey works report to Killybegs Fishery Harbour Centre | Not for external Publication | 10,828 |
| Brian Scott | Port Facility Review, Killybegs | Not for external Publication | 1,200 |
| 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 |
| Judith A Annett Countryside Consultancy | Irish Deer Management Policy Vision | Not for external publication | 2,500 |
| Forest Solutions | NPV and IRR analysis for New afforestation scheme | Not for external publication | 1,968 |
| Deloitte Ireland | Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine Annual Accounts Certification. Requirement of EU legislation | Not for external publication | 468,277 |
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 |
| Deloitte | Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine -Annual Accounts Certification as required by EU legislation | Not for external publication | 452,699 |
| RSM McClure Watters | Ex Ante Evaluation, SEA and AA of Seafood Development Programme 2014-2020 | 24 June 2015 | 64,083 |
| NTA Monitor Ltd | Independent assessments of the Department’s IT security measures and security review of the Department’s infrastructure. Required for EU accreditation purposes. | Not for external publication. | 18,382 |
| 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 |
| Freshwater Bivalve Investigations Freshwater Bivalve Investigations | Site Assessment of the River Lickey Site Assessment of the River Lickey | Not for external publication Not for external publication | 5,040 2,769 |
| Occupational Physiotherapy Solutions | To conduct an ergonomic assessment of tasks in Cork Blood Testing Laboratory. Internal use only. | Not for external publication | 1,347 |
| Crime Management Services Ltd | ISPS Port Security Assessment: Castletownbere FHC | Not for external Publication | 4,735 |
| Crime Management Services Ltd | ISPS Port Security Assessment: Killybegs FHC | Not for external Publication | 4,735 |
| 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 |
| Deloitte | Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine -Annual Accounts Certification as required by EU legislation | Not for external publication | 137,111 |
| BDO | Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine -Annual Accounts Certification. | Not for publication. Report is a requirement of EU Legislation. | 381,743 |
| NTA Monitor Ltd | Independent assessments of the Department’s IT security measures and security review of the Department’s infrastructure. Required for EU accreditation purposes | Not for external publication. | 16,279 |
| 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 |
| Bearing Point | Technical code review of the Animal Health and Welfare System | Q1 2016 Not for external publication. | 126,198 |
| Deloitte | Technical code review of the Integrated Fisheries System | Q1 2016 Not for external publication. | 79,827 |
| NTA Monitor Ltd | Independent assessments of the Department’s IT security measures and security review of the Department’s infrastructure. Required for EU accreditation purposes | Not for external publication. | 35,611 |
| Captain Alan Coghlan | Draft Report on the use of Tugs and Associated Pilotage at Killybegs Fishery Harbour Centre | Not for external publication | 4,800 |
| CMG Crime Management Ltd | ISPS Port Security Plan: Killybegs FHC | Not for external Publication | 4,245 |
| CMG Crime Management Ltd | Port Security Plan: Killybegs FHC | Not for external Publication | 4,362 |
| 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 | Not for external Publication | 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 |
| Smith Carter | Structural Report on Amelioration Works | Commissioned in December 2015. Not for Publication | 27,060 |
| Presidion | Aim Calf Survival Herd of Origin Deliverables Report | Commissioned in December 2015. Not for Publication | 4,500 |
| Gavin & Doherty Geosolutions Ltd | Longford Slope Stability Appraisal | Not for external Publication | 29,446 |
| Clare Mulligan Consulting | DAFM Culture and Gender Review | Not for external Publication | 18,000 |
2016: January - To Date
| Company | Title of Report | Date or expected Date of Publication | Cost € |
|---|---|---|---|
| NTA Monitor Ltd | Independent assessments of the Department’s IT security measures and security review of the Department’s infrastructure. Required for EU accreditation purposes | Not for external publication | 12,694 |
| NTA Monitor Ltd | Independent web application testing | Not for external publication | 4,133 |
| 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 Dudes Healthy Eating Programme (implementing EU School Fruit & Vegetables Scheme) | January 2017 | 84,235 |
| BDO | Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine -Annual Accounts Certification. | Not for publication. Report is a requirement of EU Legislation. | 338,555 |
| 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 |
| NTA Monitor Ltd | Independent assessments of the Department’s IT security measures and security review of the Department’s infrastructure. Required for EU accreditation purposes | Not for external publication | 6,790 |
| NTA Monitor Ltd | Independent web application testing | Not for external publication | 1,181 |
| NTA Monitor Ltd | Independent assessments of the Department’s IT security measures and security review of the Department’s infrastructure. Required for EU accreditation purposes | Not for external publication | 6,790 |
| NTA Monitor Ltd | Independent web application testing | Not for external publication | 2,362 |
| NTA Monitor Ltd | Application Security Testing 2015/16 | Not for external publication | 1,181 |
| Hydro-Environmental Services, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford | Hydrological review and recommendations regarding felling licence consent conditions for water quality protection for 5 no. Forestry sites in Co. Kerry | Jan/Feb2017 | 13,161 |
| FERS Ltd | Assessment and update of species and related trials on industrial cutaway peatlands with a view to afforestation | July 2017 | 67,748 |
| Indecon International Economic Consultants | Ex Ante Assessment for the use of Financial Instruments within Ireland’s European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development & European Maritime & Fisheries Fund Operational Programmes | December 2016 | 71,826 |
| McCutcheon Halley Walsh Chartered Planning Consultants | Planning report on property at the pier, Dunmore East Harbour. | Not for external publication | 9,391 |
| ADAS UK LTD | An Evaluation of the Green Low –Carbon Agri-Environment Scheme (GLAS) | Final Report 2021 | 212,371 |
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