Written answers
Tuesday, 18 December 2018
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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610. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount of money spent on external consultancy reports between May 2016 and to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52718/18]
Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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Details of the amount spent on external consultancy reports between May 2016 to date in 2018 is as set out in the table below.
| External Consultancy Report | Amount spent (€) |
|---|---|
| Actuarial Review of the Social Insurance Fund as at 31st December 2015 | €281,670 |
| Assessment of Indoor Air Quality - Longford Headquarters | €1,913 |
| Back to Education Allowance Qualitative Study | €50,670 |
| Consultancy on Procurement Contract | €4,244 |
| Assistance with Compliance of the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection with the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 | €301,350 |
| Data Protection – General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) Scoping exercise | €3,444 |
| Development of National Framework Qualifications (NFQ) Programme for training in the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection | €29,900 |
| Economic Analysis of Auto-Enrolment Options | €25,000 |
| External review of the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection’s website | €59,100 |
| Fire Safety Audit on Con Colbert House | €1,500 |
| Health & Safety Risk Audit - Longford Headquarters and Intreo Office | €1,224 |
| Independent review of the amendments to the One-Parent Family payment since January 2012 by Indecon Consultancy | €104,944 |
| Jobseeker Customer Satisfaction Survey 2016 | €124,550 |
| Jobseeker Customer Satisfaction Survey 2017 | €117,372 |
| Joint Research Programme on Retirement | €29,500 |
| Joint Research Programme on Gender and Pensions | €80,000 |
| Measurement and Analysis of Household Income & Living Conditions 2017 Programme:1. Technical paper: examine the feasibility of conducting dynamic analysis to explore poverty and deprivation transitions over time and between different social risk groups2. Research report: examine the poverty and deprivation experience of the different risk groups, both dynamically and across a set of selected EU-countries | €94,070 |
| Pension Accounting Advice on Post-Employment Benefits | €4,428 |
| Provision of Security Partner Services | €14,673 |
| Research into Development of Pensions, Longer Working Hours and Retirement Policy | €32,000 |
| Review of the Local Employment Services and Job Club services | €87,232 |
| Review of the Predictive Analytic Modelling Solutions. | €9,471 |
| Standard Authentication Framework Environment (SAFE) – Expert Advice | €61,194 |
| Social Inclusion Forum 2016 – Conference Report | €1,650 |
| Social Inclusion Forum 2017 – Conference Report | €1,750 |
| Social Inclusion Forum 2018 – Conference Report | €1,433 |
| Social Protection Research Innovation Awards | €10,558 |
| Study to explore the drivers of negative employment outcomes of participants on the Back to Education Scheme | €41,228 |
| Survey of Employers (including JobsPlus employers) | €30,750 |
| Treatment Benefit Privacy Impact Assessment | €7,749 |
| TOTAL EXPENDITURE | €1,614,567 |
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