Written answers
Wednesday, 19 January 2022
Department of Defence
Departmental Contracts
Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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689. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount spent on consultancy services by his Department in 2021; the reason for each consultancy; and the name of the consultancy in tabular form. [1713/22]
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The table below provides details of consultancy services engaged by my Department in 2021; the reason for each consultancy, the name of the provider of the consultancy service and the cost incurred.
| Provider of Consultancy Service | Purpose of Consultancy | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Marman & Associates Ltd | Watercraft Safety Consultancy in relation to Passenger Boat Licences in Civil Defence Units in 13 Local Authorities across the country. | €14,400 |
| Survey Drones Ireland | UAS (Drones) Consultancy: Advice on the implications of EU/EASA Regulations (EU) 2019/945 and (EU) 2019/947 and how these regulations may impact the responsibilities of Civil Defence at a national and local authority level. | €3,198 |
| Padraig Love | Review of recruitment practices and processes in the PDF: project arising out of the 2019 Report of the Public Service Pay Commission on Recruitment and Retention in the Permanent Defence Force | €25,200 |
| John O'Hehir Consultancy Ltd | Embedding Workforce Planning in the PDF: project arising out of the 2019 Report of the Public Service Pay Commission on Recruitment and Retention in the Permanent Defence Force | €34,629.97 |
| The Circa Group | Feasibility Study regarding proposed Institute for Peace Support & Leadership: project arising out of the 2015 White Paper on Defence | €7,405.20 |
| Col EV Campion | To provide expert advice to the Army Equitation School’s Horse Purchase Board | €5,000 |
| Quadra Ltd | Covid-19 risk assessments for Department offices in 2020 and 2021 and the provision of online ergonomic assessments home workstations. | €26,783.09 |
| Storm Technology Ltd | IT consultancy services | €79,886.04 |
| Iron Mountain | File decant project carried out in late 2020 | €50,825.47 |
| Info Security Assur Services Ltd T/A Isas | ICT SECURITY | €78,540.60 |
| KPMG | ICT TARGET STATE ARCHITECTURE REPORTING | €69,187.50 |
| Dr Aoife Hunt T/A IUSMEDICUS LTD | Medical | €800 |
| Dr Mike Scully | Medical | €3,520 |
| Dr Patricia Walsh | Medical | €2,400 |
| Michael P Colreavy | Medical | €5,184 |
| Anthony Kerr SC | Professional legal opinion under direct access. | €8,241 |
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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690. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide a schedule of all client and or customer facing and or orientated services that his Department provide via a contracted service provider; the contractor that provides the service; and the cost of same for the past five years to date in 2022. [1795/22]
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department is not responsible for the provision of any public services which have been outsourced.
The Military Authorities have advised me that none of the roles outlined in the White Paper on Defence 2015, Chapter 5 – Roles of the Defence Forces, are contracted to a service provider.
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