Written answers
Thursday, 14 December 2017
Department of Finance
Consultancy Contracts Data
Shane Cassells (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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141. To ask the Minister for Finance 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. [54260/17]
Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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In response to the Deputy’s question, I have included the requested information in relation to external consultant reports commissioned by my Department since 2011 in the following table:
| Commission date | ?External Consultant Report | Name | Cost | Published/Expected Publication date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Independent Impact Assessment of the Help-to-Buy Incentive | Indecon Economic Consultants | €54,570 (ex. VAT) | 10 October 2017 |
| 2017 | Review of the Corporation Tax Code | Séamus Coffey | €30,000 | September 2017 |
| 2017 | SME Lending Survey October 2016 - March 2017 | Behaviour & Attitudes | €64,575.00 | Published - June 2017** |
| 2016 | SME Lending Survey April 2016 - September 2016 | Behaviour & Attitudes | €64,575.00 | Published – December 2016** |
| 2016 | Structure of the Banking Sector in Ireland in a Post-Crisis Era | Seamus Coffey | €543.28 | Not published. Policy research paper. |
| 2016 | Review of Corporate Tax Code | Seamus Coffey | Review ongoing | Review Ongoing |
| 2016 | SME Lending Survey October 2015 - March 2016 | Red C | €58,979.00 | Published – June 2016** |
| 2015 | SME Lending Survey November 2014 - April 2015 | Red C Research & Marketing Ltd | €58,978.50 | Published - April 2015** |
| 2015 | Review of Local Property Tax | Dr Don Thornhill | Nil | Published - October 2015 |
| 2015 | Tax breaks and the residential property market | ESRI | €30,677.43 | Published - October 2015 |
| 2015 | Spillover analysis of the effects of the Irish tax system on the economies of developing countries. | IBFD | €94,678.00 | Published - October 2015 |
| 2015 | Review of marine taxation | Indecon | €106,887.00 | Published - October 2015 |
| 2015 | SME Lending Survey May 2015 - October 2015 | Red C | €58,979.00 | Published – September 2015** |
| 2015 | Assessment of special regeneration areas for the Living City Initiative | John Martin | €2,500.00 | Not published. Used as input to the decisions made on the special regeneration areas. The details of these areas were published when the Living City Initiative was launched. |
| 2015 | The provision of a review of the current Health and Safety Arrangements within the Department of Finance and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. The final objectives are to update the Health and Safety Management Systems within both Departments in order to build on existing Health and Safety culture and practices within both Departments. | Antaris Consulting | €16,113.00 | Not published. Internal Health & Safety report only. While the Department of Finance is the client the service is being provided to both the Department of Finance and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. |
| 2015 | SME Lending Survey November 2014 - April 2015 | Red C Research & Marketing Ltd | €58,978.50 | Published - April 2015** |
| 2014 | Cost benefit analysis of Irish Agri-taxation measures and international benchmark against other Agri-taxation incentives | Indecon | €103,689 | Published - October 2014 |
| 2014 | Effective rates of corporation tax in Ireland | Seamus Coffey | €4,900.00 | Published - April 2014 |
| 2014 | Importance of tax policy in the location choices of multi-nationals | ESRI | €30,750.00 | Published - October 2014 |
| 2014 | Research Programme on funding for Small, Medium Enterprises | ESRI | €122,833.96 | Published - October 2014 |
| 2014 | The historical development and international context of the Irish corporate tax system | Ernst & Young | €6,150.00 | Published - October 2014 |
| 2014 | SME Lending Survey April-October 2014 | Red C Research & Marketing Limited | €58,978.50 | Published - November 2014** |
| 2014 | SME Lending Survey October-March 2014 | Red C Research & Marketing Limited | €58,978.50 | Published - June 2014** |
| 2014 | Review of existing facilities management processes | MKF Property Services | €28,720.50 | Published - June 2014 |
| 2014 | Reviews into Mortgage Servicing? | ?Citibank Europe plc | ?€0.00 | Cancelled |
| 2013 | Assistance and Analysis in the Preparation of the Medium-Term Economic Strategy 2014-2020. | PMCA Economic Consulting | €49,043.00 | Not published. It was commissioned to provide evidence-based economic analysis as an input to the MTES. This analysis is reflected in the text of the MTES. |
| ?2013 | ?Spatial Development Patterns - Implications for the Medium-Term Economic Strategy (MTES) | ?ESRI | ?€4,624 | ?Not published. Used as input to MTES and analysis is reflected there |
| 2013 | Modelling Support - Medium Term Economic Strategy | ESRI | €35,362.50 | Not published. Used as input to MTES and analysis is reflected there. |
| 2013 | Report to Department in respect of a survey of R&D Active Companies 2013 | Crowe Horwath | €36,850.80 | Published |
| 2013 | Ex ante cost benefit analysis of proposed Living City Initiative | Indecon | €28,290.00 | Published |
| 2013 | SME Lending Survey October-March 2013 | Red C Research & Marketing Limited | €59,593.50 | Published** |
| 2013 | SME Lending Survey April-September 2013 | Red C Research & Marketing Limited | €58,978.50 | Published** |
| 2013 | Remuneration Review of Covered Institutions | Mercer (Ireland) Limited | €146,370.00 | Published |
| 2012 | External Review of the Compilation of General Government Debt Statistics | Delotte & Touche | € 61,553.00 | Published |
| 2012 | (a) Survey of audio-visual producers (b) Review on international review of audio-visual state supports | BDO and Amarach | €64,575.00 | Published |
| 2012 | Assessment of Credit Review Office | Grant Thornton | €31,807.80 | Published |
| 2012 | SME Lending Survey October-March 2012 | Mazars | €60,885.00 | Published** |
| 2012 | SME Lending Survey April-September 2012 | Red C Research & Marketing Limited | €61,438.50 | Published** |
| 2011 | SME Lending Survey April-September 2011 | Mazars | €52,453.50 | Published** |
| 2011 | Acquisition by AIB of EBS Building Society | Charles River Associates | €50,000.00 | Published |
| 2011 | Mortgage arrears report commissioned to feed into Government strategy | ARAM International Partners | €100,000 | Not published. It informed the deliberations of the Keane Group and fed into the Keane Report on Mortgage Arrears. |
**Reimbursed by AIB & Bank of Ireland
The Deputy may wish to note that the list does not include research outputs under the joint Macro-economy and Taxation research programme between the Department of Finance and the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI).
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