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Thursday, 14 December 2017

Department of Defence

Departmental Contracts Data

Photo of Shane CassellsShane Cassells (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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782. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011; the costs per report; the company involved; the title of the report; and the publication date, in tabular form. [54257/17]

Photo of Paul KehoePaul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy in relation to external consultant reports commissioned by my Department since March 2011 is set out in the table below.

Report



Cost
Date of Commission
Company
Publication Date
An independent review of United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) fatalities in 1989

€51,660 19 April 2011 Mr. Frank Callanan, S.C. 19 September 2011
Research on vessels linked to Roger Casement €4,605 Late 2015 Mr. John Kearon Not published
Third Report of the Independent Monitoring Group (IMG)

€22,500 September 2013 Dr. Eileen Doyle 3 September 2014
Consultancy report to access the impact of an upgrade of Departments financial application software



€24,870.60 23 October 2014 Fujitsu Ltd 30 January 2015
Review of the Civil Defence

Branch



€7,200 March 2015 Mr. Jim Blighe Not published
Review of the safe operation of Civil Defence watercraft. €26,400 March 2016 MarMan & Associates, Marine Consultants. Not published
Review of communications in Civil Defence €1,400 September 2016 Mr. Ciaran Motherway Not published
Aviation Regulation, Oversight and Safety Management in the Defence Organisation €35,000 January 2017 Bureau Veritas Not published
Independent Review of the investigation of the death of Pte Hugh Doherty and the disappearance of Pte Kevin Joyce (Caomhán Seoighe) on 27 April 1981 while serving with IRISHBATT in the United Nations Interim Force in the Lebanon (UNIFIL)



€33,665.55 (total cost including editing fees of €1,500) 6 January 2015 Mr. Roderick Murphy (report edited by Mr Jim Blighe) Publication early 2018.

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