Written answers
Tuesday, 4 April 2017
Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Departmental Expenditure
Bríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance)
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672. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the value of work contracted out by her Department to an agency (details supplied); and the nature of that work. [16158/17]
Mary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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Since my appointment as Minister, my Department has paid €21,263.83 to the company in question. The was in respect of a contract the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, an Office of my Department, had with the company for the provision of temporary legal secretary services. This contract concluded in August 2016.
Bríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance)
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673. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the monetary value of all work undertaken by consultant firms for her Department; and the nature of that work. [16159/17]
Mary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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I have interpreted the Deputy’s question to relate to work undertaken by consultant firms since I took up office on 6th May 2016. The following is the monetary value of all work undertaken, and the nature of that work, by consultant firms for my Department.
6 May 2016 – 31 December 2016
Name of Consultant Firm(s) | Nature of Work | Value of Work € |
---|---|---|
Strategem | Prompt Payment Awareness Campaign and the development of a new portal | 48,966.00 |
Ward Solutions | Security services for Irish Patents Office | 5,125.00 |
Espion Limited | IT Consultancy | 10,258.00 |
Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors | External Quality Assessment | 16,974.00 |
Ward Solutions | ICT Security Assessment | 16,187.00 |
Insight Statistical Consulting | Annual Survey of Economic Impact 2015 | 32,287.00 |
Economic & Social Research Institute | Review of Expansion & Diversification of Irish Exports | 50,000.00 |
Indecon Economic Consultants | Study to Examine the Affordability of Irish Housing and its impact on economic competitiveness. | 25,240.00 |
Indecon Economic Consultants | Review of RD&I Supports available to businesses in Ireland | 23,646.00 |
Insight Statistical Consulting | Data Analysis to feed into Knowledge Based Capital study | 13,776.00 |
Technopolis Ltd. | Evaluation of Overseas Office Activities of the Enterprise Development Agencies | 58,837.00 |
Z_Punkt GmbH The Foresight Company | A Technology Futures Exercise | 42,312.00 |
Insight Statistical Consulting | Annual Business Survey of Economic Impact Tender for 2 years to cover the 2015 and 2016 surveys | 32,288.00 |
Indecon Economic Consultants | Study to Examine the Affordability of Irish Housing and its impact on economic competitiveness. | 12,620.00 |
Insight Statistical Consulting | Annual Employment Survey 2016 | 6,494.00 |
PA Consulting Services Ltd. | Horizon Scan of Global Markets and Identification of Opportunities for Ireland and Irish Based Enterprise | 59,963.00 |
Capita Business Services Ltd. | Review of S and T Development Programme | 3,383.00 |
Sabeo | Health check on email archive system | 1,750.00 |
Gas Package Solutions Ltd. | Assessment of application for recognised third party recognition status under EU Pressure Directive 97/23/EC | 6,685.00 |
Capita Business Services Ltd. | Review of S and T Development Programme | 8,250.00 |
Ward Solutions | ICT Security Reviews | 3,198.00 |
Sabeo | Patents Office ICT System Architecture Review | 4,305.00 |
Storm Technology Ltd. | Health Check on Microsoft SQL Server Systems | 3,690.00 |
Trigraph Professional Services Ltd. | Implementation of Employment Permits Online Facility | 11,734.00 |
1 January 2017 – 29 March 2017
Name of Consultant Firm(s) | Nature of Work | Value of Work € |
---|---|---|
Behaviours & Attitudes | Market Research - Business Survey | 52,520.00 |
Espion Limited | IT Consultancy | 6,855.00 |
Alan Nuzum t/a Allen R Nuzum & Associates | Design Skills for the Economy | 615.00 |
Indecon (Ireland) | Review of RD&I Supports for Small Business and Increasing SME Engagement in R&D | 2,952.00 |
Insight Statistical Consulting | Annual Business Survey on Economic Impact 2015 and 2016 | 1,974.00 |
Z_Punkt GmbH - The Foresight Company | Technology Futures | 31,734.00 |
Behaviour & Attitudes Ltd. | Survey of SMEs Brexit, Initial Scoping & Regional Meetings | 64,268.00 |
My Department awards contracts and procurements based on the most economically advantageous tender and endeavours to ensure that all contracts or procurements offered provide the greatest value for money possible. Officers of my Department closely monitor these contracts for their full duration.
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