Written answers

Tuesday, 9 July 2019

Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Departmental Expenditure

Photo of John McGuinnessJohn McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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321. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the consultancy work companies (details supplied) carried out for the ODCE and the IAASA since October 2008. [29433/19]

Photo of Heather HumphreysHeather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Section 949(3) of the Companies Act 2014 provides that the Director of Corporate Enforcement shall be independent in the performance of his statutory functions.

I, as Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation have no direct function in such matters.

The ODCE’s yearly spend on consultancy work is set out in its Annual Reports.

Consultancy work by the bodies referred to by the Deputy since 2008 for the ODCE is outlined in the following table:

YearName of external Consultant/CompanyDetails of consultancy serviceAmount received by company
2019n/a--
2018n/a--
2017n/a--
2016DeloitteForensic Accountancy related to casework€8,260.68
2015DeloitteForensic Accountancy related to casework€23,249.46
2014n/a--
2013n/a--
2012PwCForensic Accountancy related to casework€40,646.58
2011n/a--
2010n/a--
2009PwCForensic Accountancy related to casework€73,641.83
2008PwCForensic Accountancy related to casework€64,433.00

The Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority (IAASA) is independent in the exercise of its statutory functions and details of its activities can be found in the Authority’s Annual Reports which are published on its website: www.iaasa.ie/Publications/General.

IAASA complies with the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies (‘the Code’), as published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in August 2016. As required by the Code, IAASA provides an analysis of consultancy expenditure as part of the Authority’s Annual Financial Statements.

Information in respect of IAASA is available from 1 January 2013. Since that date, IAASA has not received any consultancy services from KPMG, EY or PwC.

Following a public tender in 2009, Deloitte was added to a Panel of statutory financial reporting experts. Members of this Panel assist IAASA’s Financial Reporting Supervision Unit in its reviews of issuers’ financial statements under Article 24(4)(h) of the EU Transparency Directive. Deloitte carried out one such engagement throughout its period on the Panel, being a review of a listed issuer in 2013, at a fixed cost of €9,840.

Photo of Catherine MurphyCatherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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322. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the costs paid to companies (details supplied) for projects each was engaged by her Department in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; the reason each was engaged; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29436/19]

Photo of Heather HumphreysHeather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Details of contracts between my Department and the companies in question in the years 2015 to 2019 are set out in the tables below.

2019 Contracts

Company Purpose of Contract Value of Contract
KPMG Provision of Brexit-related advisory content TBC

2018 Contracts

Company Purpose of Contract Value of Contract
PWC Developed an information guide for SME’s on currency risk €9,270
KPMG Benchmarking of Personal Injury Awards €43,050
Mazars Financial and Governance Analysis of certain Credit Co-operatives €44,280
Arthur Cox Legal fees €1,899

2017 Contracts

Company Purpose of Contract Value of Contract
KPMG Ireland and Scaling SMEs - An assessment of Ireland’s tax environment for scaling SMEs and new entrepreneurial businesses €61,500. Costs shared with Enterprise Ireland and IDA
Mazars LLP Forensic Accountancy related to casework in the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement €189,014
Arthur Cox Legal fees €27,525

2016 Contracts

Company Purpose of Contract Value of Contract
Mazars LLPAdvice on taxation of payments €11,047
Arthur Cox Legal advice €4,449

2015 Contracts

Company Purpose of Contract Value of Contract
Mazars LLP Forensic Accountancy related to casework in the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement €178,733
Arthur Cox Prosecution fees €844

Photo of Catherine MurphyCatherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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323. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the costs paid to a company (details supplied) for projects each was engaged by her Department in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; the reason it was engaged; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29545/19]

Photo of Heather HumphreysHeather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Details of contracts between my Department and the company in question in the years 2015 to 2019 are set out in the following table.

Year Purpose of Contract Value of Contract
2016 Forensic Accountancy €8,260.68
2015 Forensic Accountancy €23,249.46

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