Written answers
Thursday, 20 April 2023
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Departmental Contracts
Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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320. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2022; the purpose and value of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18725/23]
Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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I advise the Deputy that the information requested is set out in the attached table.
As regards the 12 State Bodies under the aegis of my Department, the information requested is an operational matter for the State Bodies themselves. I have referred the Deputy’s question to the Agencies and have requested that a response should issue within 10 days.
| Consultant | Details | Value € |
|---|---|---|
| Ernst & Young | Assessor to oversee Mink Farming Compensation Scheme. | 123,000 |
| Climate KIC Holding | co-design and develop a portfolio of innovative actions to accelerate climate neutrality in the land, agrifood sector. | 800,000 |
| Sinead Mowlds | International agrifood knowledge transfer project | 4,000 |
| Owen Carton | International agrifood knowledge transfer project services | 1,800 |
| Donal Coleman | International agrifood knowledge transfer project services | 500 |
| Michael J. Barry Consulting Ltd. | Project Design and Value Chain Expert | 20,000 |
| Paula Barry Walsh | Livestock Systems and Animal Health Expert | 11,000 |
| Sinead Mowlds | Development and delivery of sustainable food systems transformation pathways capability building. | 27,500 |
| Crowleys DFK | To assist the Unfair Trading Practices Enforcement Authority in carrying out its functions. | between 25,000 and 144,000 |
| John Griffin | Drafting of expert report in relation to prosecution | 5,600 |
| Fergal Tansey (Biotec) | Drafting of expert report in relation to prosecution | 8,107 |
| Mazars | IT Audit Consultancy - Technical Expertise | 70,756 |
| Fitzsimons Consulting | Deliver a female rural entrepreneurs programme under the Rural Innovation and Development Fund (known as ACORNS) | 244,094 |
| Pollution & Waste Services | Oil Spill Response Plans - (Consultancies) | 11,066 |
| Briggs Environmental Services | Oil Spill Contingency Plan - (Consultancies) | 2,197 |
| CMG Crime Management LTD | Port Security Plans / Training – (Security Costs) | 6,089 |
| Ernst & Young | Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine – EAGF AND EAFRD Annual Accounts Certification for Financial Year 2022. Contract awarded in 2021 to April 2023. | 675,000 |
| Ernst & Young | Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine – EAGF AND EAFRD Annual Accounts Certification for each Financial Year from 2023 – 2025. Contract awarded in and commenced in 2022 to 2026 | 4,700,000 |
| Crane Bag Consulting | Evaluation of the GLAS Traditional Farm Buildings Grant Scheme | 28,044 |
| Bax & Company | Support & Development of the European Peatlands Initiative | 22,000 |
| MCO Projects Ltd. | Co-ordination of Public consultation survey and Deliberative Dialogue. | 39,495 |
| Primrose Productions | Services toward a Deliberative Dialogue. | 6,000 |
| FERS Ltd. | Consultative support on forestry and climate change reporting. | 86,900 |
| Wood Energy Consulting | Wood Fuel Energy Services. | 21,000 |
| Grant Thornton | Project Woodland - Organisational Review | 51,400 |
| Auxilia Group | Project Woodland - Training Needs Analysis re Licensing Process | 23,970 |
| Silvalytics Limited | New Forestry Programme Cost Benefit Analysis | 19,600 |
| Southern Scientific Services Ltd | Environmental Assessments | 256,100 |
| North West Ecology | Environmental Assessments | 49,650 |
| Applied Ecology Ireland LTD | Environmental Assessments | 60,335 |
| Envirico Limited | Environmental Assessments | 441,740 |
| Enfor Limited | Environmental Assessments | 73,809 |
| Environmental Facilitation Ltd | Environmental Assessments | 445,959 |
| Mayfly Ecology | Environmental Assessments | 16,982 |
| GAC Training and Services Solutions Training | Provision of modelling and vessel management training services associated with Smooth Point Pier Extension at Killybegs Fishery Harbour Centre | 11,274 |
| Tim Ahern Consultancy Ltd. | Conciliation Services in relation to Smooth Point Pier Extension at Killybegs Fishery Harbour Centre. | 20,295 |
| DSM Consulting Engineers | Provision of Engineering building design and construction supervision services for new storage buildings at Killybegs Fishery Harbour Centre | 54,735 |
| Tetra Tech Consulting (NI) | Provision of Engineering electrical design and construction supervision services for upgrading lighting at Killybegs Fishery Harbour Centre | 47,785 |
| Barry Cunningham Quantity Surveyor | Provision of quantity surveying services associated with Smooth Point Pier Extension at Killybegs Fishery Harbour Centre, | 148,658 |
| Landmark Geomatics | Engineering Surveying Services in relation to Killybegs Smooth Point Pier Extension at Killybegs Fishery Harbour Centre. | 492 |
| CST Group | Engineering Services in relation to Traffic Management at Landing Pier in Killybegs Fishery Harbour Centre. | 6,088 |
| 6West | Engineering Surveying Services in relation to Killybegs Smooth Point Pier Extension at Killybegs Fishery Harbour Centre. | 5,836 |
| Cronin Millar/Byrne Looby Consulting Engineers | Provision of Engineering site supervision services in relation to Killybegs Smooth Point Pier Extension at Killybegs Fishery Harbour Centre. | 153,504 |
| NW Fire Safety | Survey of Existing Fire Alarm systems at Killybegs Fishery Harbour Centre | 3,013 |
| FiSCA | Fire Engineering design specialist for Fire Cert and Disabled Access Cert for Building Control Management Systems application at Howth Fishery Harbour Centre | 1,530 |
| J&N Security Consultants | Design of CCTV System for Ros An Mhíl Fishery Harbour Centre | 19,905 |
| Murphy Consulting | Structural Calculations for works at Ros An Mhíl Fishery Harbour Centre | 600 |
| CBS Consulting Eng | Marine & Engineering Design for Water Metering at Ros An Mhíl Fishery Harbour Centre | 4,800 |
| Derhinos Limited | Fire Safety Inspection at Ros An Mhíl Fishery Harbour Centre | 2,900 |
| Cyril Kelly & Associates | Design of Storage Shed at Ros An Mhíl Fishery Harbour Centre | 3,639 |
| Corrosion Solutions | Inspection of blasting and coating work on Syncrolift Platform at Castletownbere Fishery Harbour Centre | 3,380 |
| Malachy Walsh & Partners | Inspection of structural repairs on Syncrolift Platform at Castletownbere Fishery Harbour Centre | 1,950 |
| MHL & Associates | Traffic Management Plan Dinish Island, Castletownbere Fishery Harbour Centre | 46,500 |
| Crime Management Limited | Security Consultants for Security Plan & Security Drills for Castletownbere Fishery Harbour Centre | 4,950 |
| Farriage-QHSE, Marine Consultancy, | Consultancy services for review of Pilotage in Castletownbere Fishery Harbour Centre | 3,707 |
| Malone O’Regan | Construction phase for the new - shared pontoon in Dunmore East – Redesign of Fender Wall for RNLI | 3,014 |
| Malone O’Regan | Extension to fishing pontoon - Dunmore East | 2,964 |
| Malone O’Regan | Planning for New Access steps from Island lane to slipway – Dunmore East. | 15,398 |
| Malone O’Regan Environmental Services (MORES) | AA & EclA Reports in support of Planning Application for Proposed New Steps for Island Lane – Dunmore East | 3,813 |
| Malone O’Regan | Drainage upgrade works – Dunmore East | 3,864 |
| RPS | Design work on repairs to breakwater – Dunmore East | 27,921 |
| MHL | Design of traffic Management Plan Dunmore East | 7,995 |
| Richard Browne | Design of repairs to stormgate – Cape Clear | 6,037 |
| Malone O’Regan | Remedial Works to Duffy’s Pier – Cape Clear | 6,150 |
| Octavian Economics Ltd | Strategic Environmental Assessment and Appropriate Assessment for the EMFAF Seafood Development Programme 2021-2027 | 138,035 |
| OVE ARUP & Partners Ireland | New Autoclave Dublin Veterinary Regional Lab – User Requirement Specification | 2,337 |
| OVE ARUP & Partners Ireland | New Autoclave Bacteriology Category 3 Laboratory - scoping phase | 33,997 |
| OVE ARUP & Partners Ireland | Design report on upgrade of facilities at Cork Blood Testing Lab | 10,430 |
| MKO (McCarthy Keville O’Sullivan) | Food Vision Environmental Report | 5,183 |
| RSK (Ireland) Ltd | Food Vision Environmental Report | 2,403 |
| Certification Europe Ltd | Independent assessments of the Department’s ISO 27001:2013 certification. Required for EU accreditation purposes. | 35,178 |
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