Written answers
Thursday, 10 March 2022
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Departmental Consultations
Carol Nolan (Laois-Offaly, Independent)
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162. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of external consultant's reports commissioned by his Department in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022; the cost of same; the company involved; the title and publication date of the report in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13559/22]
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Details of external consultancy reports commissioned by my Department in the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022 are set out in the attached tables.
2019
| Title of Report Commissioned | Consultancy Company | Publication Date | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internal Audit Reports on (i) the Workplace Relations Commission; (ii) the Labour Court; (iii) the Employment Appeals Tribunal. | ASM Ltd. | 06/03/2019 | €12,420 |
| ICT Security & Penetration Testing | Ward Solutions | 14/02/2019 | €8,671 |
| ICT Security & Penetration Testing | Ward Solutions | 25/03/2019 | €7,718 |
| ICT Security & Penetration Testing | Ward Solutions | 27/03/2019 | €3,682 |
| ICT Security & Penetration Testing | Ward Solutions | 10/09/2019 | €4,089 |
| Evaluation of the Enterprise Ireland Research, Development and Innovation Programme | Technopolis Group | August 2020 | €79,825 |
| Review of Microfinance Ireland | Ernst &Young EY | Not published | €68,794 |
| Brexit a national SME study March 2019 | Behaviour and Attitudes | Not published | €40,290 |
| Brexit A National SME Study September/October 2019 | Behaviour and Attitudes | December 2019 | €40,290 |
| European Investment Bank Advisory Hub | 7/03/2019 | Zero | |
| Cloud Services Review | Micromail Ltd. | Internal report not intended for publication | €11,685 |
| ICT Security Review | Ergo Systems | Internal report not intended for publication | €28,044 |
| IT systems security testing | Ward Solutions | Internal report not intended for publication | €6,426 |
| Business Process Reviews on internal systems | Grant Thornton | Internal reports not intended for publication | €65,632 |
| Business Process Re-Engineering Review (BPR) for the Labour Court | MAPS – Management & Professional Service | 5/2/2020 | €36, 285 |
| Title of Report Commissioned | Consultancy Company | Publication Date | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Economic and Sustainability Impact Assessment for Ireland of the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement | Implement Consulting Group | 21/07/21 | €199,500 |
| National Design Centre for Digital, Product and Strategic Design- Scoping Report Study | M.CO. Projects Ltd. | Not for publication. The report is scoping study for internal policy deliberations. | €64,350 |
| Report on Audit Committee Effectiveness Review | Institute of Public Administration (IPA) | 17/01/2020 | € 7,195 |
| Internal Audit Report on Risk Management | Ernst & Young | 18/02/2020 | €16,974 |
| Internal Audit Report on Science & Technology Development Programme | Ernst & Young | 25/02/2020 | €16,974 |
| Internal Audit Report on Asset Management | Ernst & Young | 25/02/2020 | €16,974 |
| Internal Audit Report on GDPR | Ernst & Young | 04/03/2020 | €16,974 |
| An Analysis of the Collaborative Economy in Ireland from an Enterprise Perspective | Crowe Advisory Ireland Limited | December 2020 | €74,970 |
| ICT Security & Penetration Testing | Ward Solutions | 20/02/2020 | €8,986 |
| ICT Security & Penetration Testing | Ward Solutions | 17/04/2020 | €9,570 |
| ICT Security & Penetration Testing | Ward Solutions | 19/06/2020 | €8,986 |
| ICT Security & Penetration Testing | Ward Solutions | 30/07/2020 | €2,583 |
| Analysis of CO2 Emissions in the Irish Enterprise Sector | Toward Zero Carbon | Received 23rd Dec 2020 (not published) | €80,000 |
| IT systems security testing | Ward Solutions | Internal report not intended for publication | €15,075 |
| Review and Recommendations for effective remote Adjudication Service delivery during Covid | Information Security Assurance Services (ISAS) | Internal Use Only. July 2020 Not Published | €5,166 |
| Review of international experience and best practice of delivery of remote hearing platforms | Information Security Assurance Services (ISAS) | Internal Use Only. December 2020 | €15,246 |
| Title of Report Commissioned | Consultancy Company | Publication Date | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Future of the Irish Retail Sector: Trends, opportunities, challenges, and drivers of change. | KPMG Future Analytics | TBC – Report not yet completed | €49,077 |
| Internal Audit Report on Oversight of Capital Expenditure | Ernst & Young | 17/02/2021 | €8,349 |
| Internal Audit Report on Audit of Succession Planning | Ernst & Young | 30/07/2021 | €21,217 |
| External Quality Assessment of the Internal Audit Function in DETE | Chartered Institute of Institute of Internal Auditors (CIIA) | 26/11/2021 | €14,145 |
| DTIF Process Review | Grant Thornton | TBC | €42,650 |
| ICT Security & Penetration Testing | Ward Solutions | 07/10/2021 | €6,165 |
| Provision of research, analysis, facilitation, and stakeholder engagement to support the development of a National Clustering Policy and Framework | Grant Thornton | Ongoing- The report is due to be finalised by the end of April 2022 | €79,248 |
| Review of the Future Growth Loan Scheme | SQW | Ongoing – not yet published | €49,560 |
| An Overview of Ireland’s Employment Permit System | Economic and Social Research Institute | August 2021 | €17,427 |
| ConnEcTEd Teams Project Report (which formed key input to DETE ConnEcTEd Teams Action Plan Report) | Grant Thornton | DETE ConnEcTEd Teams Action Plan report was published 02/12/21 | €55,181 (This reflects the total cost for the ConnEcTEd Teams pilot project which was an action research initiative involving a 6 month long employee engagement and research programme.) |
| Title of Report Commissioned | Consultancy Company | Publication Date | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audit of Restart Grant scheme | Ernst & Young | To be published in Q1 2022 | Fixed Project Fee €114,193 |
| Audit of Small Business Assistance Scheme for Covid | Mazars | To be published in Q2 2022 | Fixed Project Fee €47,970 |
| IT systems security testing | Ward Solutions | Internal report not intended for publication – report not yet completed | Projected cost €8,118 |
| IT systems security testing | Ward Solutions | Internal report not intended for publication – report not yet completed | Projected cost €8,686 |
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