Written answers
Thursday, 10 March 2022
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
Departmental Consultations
Carol Nolan (Laois-Offaly, Independent)
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175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport 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. [13571/22]
Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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Deputy, Please find the details of external consultant's reports commissioned by my Department in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022. The table below details the cost of same, the company involved, the title and publication dates:
| YEAR | NO OF EXTERNAL CONSULTANTS REPORTS COMMISSIONED | COMPANY NAME | TITLE & PUBLICATION DATE OF REPORT | COST |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | Helios Egis Avia | Report of 2019 Section 32 Examination of the IAA – published to the DoT website on 08/05/2020 Addendum to the Report of the 2019 Section 32 Examination of the IAA - published to the DoT website on 26/02/2021 | €120,000 |
| 2022 to date | 1 | Deloitte | Review of Dept of Transport Draft Technology Strategy and Governance Arrangements. Currently underway – due to be completed April 2022. | €25,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | Indecon International Economic Consultants | MRO Studay “Economic Evaluation of the Aircraft Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul Sector in Ireland” – 29 April, 2019 | €47,467 |
| 2021 | 1 | Clinchmaritime LTD | A REVIEW OF CURRENT ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURES UNDERPINNING MARINE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION IN IRELAND IN THE CONTEXT OF NATIONAL, EU AND INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS | €30,048.90 |
| 2019 | 3 | Jacobs Engineering Ireland Ltd. | Strategic Environmental Assessment Scoping Reports PLUTO 2 (January 2019) | € 53,356.93 |
| 2020 | 1 | SYSTRA Ltd | Value of Time Study (Internal Research, Unpublished) | € 87,555.62 |
| 2021 | 1 | Economic and Social Research Institute | Aviation Carbon Tax Project (November 2021) | € 58,308.15 |
| 2021 | 3 | Jacobs Engineering Ireland Ltd. | NIFTI Strategic Environmental Assessments Pre Consultation Reports (March 2021) | € 8,179.6 |
| 2022 to date | 2 | Jacobs Engineering Ireland Ltd. | NIFTI Strategic Environmental Assessments Post Consultation Reports (December 2021) | € 10,049.1 |
| 2021 | 1 | Ipsos MRBI | Report on Focus groups exercise re EV infrastructure strategy (not published) | 29,960 |
| 2021 | 1 | Systra | Report on recommendations for the deployment of future EV charging infrastructure over the next 10 years. (not Published) | 45,260 |
| 2020 | 1 | Systra | Five Cities Demand Management Study (interim report published 12 April 2021; final report published 25 November 2021) | €489,147.51 |
| 2020 | 1 | Byrne Ó Cléirigh | Low-Emission Bus Trial: Final Report (forthcoming Q1 2022) | €22,297.75 |
| 2020 | 1 | Arup (Co-fund with TII) | Freight decarbonisation study [Phase 1 completed December 2020; end date of Phase 2 TBD] | €85,000 |
| 2020 | 1 | TCD (Co-fund with SEAI) | DiSTRaCT: moDal ShifT Reduce Carbon in Transport [Q4 2020] | €45,762 |
| 2021 | 1 | TCD (EPA Co-fund) | Eco-driving: Trends and Potential Impacts for Irish Heavy-duty Vehicles – December 2021 | €50,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | TCD (SEAI Co-fund) | Mitigation of air pollution impacts of Irish Heavy-Duty Vehicles (MAP-HDV) [Q1 2021] | €51,782 |
| 2022 to date | 1 | UCC (SEAI Co-fund) | Desktop study to assess potential mitigation measures that would reduce CO2 and/or air pollutant emissions from the existing Irish heavy-duty vehicle fleet (Forthcoming end of Q1 2022) | €46,696 |
| 2022 to date | 1 | TCD (EPA Co-fund) | Roadside emissions in Dublin: measurements and projections (RED-MAP) (Forthcoming end of Q1 2022) | €150,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | Frazer-Nash Consultancy Ltd | National SAR Plan Analysis Report – July, 2019 | €177,239.62 |
| 2021 | 2 | Jane Beattie | Two Irish Coast Guard Rocket Carriages Valuation Report – 21/01/2021 | €1,815.00 |
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