Written answers
Tuesday, 9 July 2019
Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Departmental Expenditure
John 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]
Heather 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:
Year | Name of external Consultant/Company | Details of consultancy service | Amount received by company |
---|---|---|---|
2019 | n/a | - | - |
2018 | n/a | - | - |
2017 | n/a | - | - |
2016 | Deloitte | Forensic Accountancy related to casework | €8,260.68 |
2015 | Deloitte | Forensic Accountancy related to casework | €23,249.46 |
2014 | n/a | - | - |
2013 | n/a | - | - |
2012 | PwC | Forensic Accountancy related to casework | €40,646.58 |
2011 | n/a | - | - |
2010 | n/a | - | - |
2009 | PwC | Forensic Accountancy related to casework | €73,641.83 |
2008 | PwC | Forensic 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.
Catherine 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]
Heather 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 |
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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 LLP | Advice 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 |
Catherine 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]
Heather 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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