Written answers

Wednesday, 3 May 2023

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Departmental Reports

Photo of Verona MurphyVerona Murphy (Wexford, Independent)
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317. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of external consultant reports commissioned by his Department in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; the cost of same; the company involved; the title and publication date, by report, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20551/23]

Photo of Verona MurphyVerona Murphy (Wexford, Independent)
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318. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of external consultant reports commissioned by the bodies under his Department’s aegis in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; the cost of same; the company involved; the title and publication date, by report, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20552/23]

Photo of Charlie McConalogueCharlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 317 and 318 together.

I wish to 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 Title of Report Publication Date Cost €
AECOM Ireland Ltd Provision of an Evaluation of the Burren Programme - Required under EU legislation December 2020 37,283
RSK (IRELAND) LTD SEA and AA for Agri-Food Strategy to 2030 August 2021 34,051
Grant Thornton On Farm Market Valuation Review August 2020 92,250
Grant Thornton Cost Benefit Analysis TB Eradication programme July 2021 68,782
Deloitte Ireland Technical Vulnerability and Security Assessment Not for External Publication 112,095
Deloitte Preparation of Cyber Response plan Not for External Publication 7,995
Certification Europe Independent assessments of the Department’s ISO 27001:2013 certification.

Required for EU accreditation purposes.
Not for External Publication 21,472
The Economic & Social Research Institute Predicting which Farms are more likely to breach nitrates pollution regulations May 2020 10,612
Crime Management Services ISPS Port Security Plans for Killybegs Fishery Harbour Centre Not for External Publication 1,787
Forest Environmental Research & Services Ltd. Ireland’s National Inventory Submissions 2020 April 2020 10,120
Sustainability in 3 Steps t/a Sustineo Establishing a Voluntary Carbon Market in Ireland Not for External Publication 6,140
Crime Management Services ISPS Port Security Plan for Killybegs Fishery Harbour Centre Not for External Publication 1,787
Aquafact Environmental Engineering Report for EPA in relation to Smooth Point Pier Extension at Killybegs FHC Not for External Publication 615
Verde Environmental Ltd Environmental Dust Sampling Report at Killybegs FHC. Not for External Publication 6,268
Glenside Environmental Ltd Noise Assessment Report at Killybegs FHC. Not for External Publication 2,640
Gavin&Doherty Geosolutions Quay Wall PEER Review Report – update at Rossaveel FHC Not for External Publication 2,460
Eireco Screening report at Rossaveel FHC Not for External Publication 1,300
SFA42 Architects Architectural Consultants at Rossaveel FHC Not for External Publication 49,486
Kane Williams Architects Marina Building Refurbishments Consultancy Services at An Daingean FHC Not for External Publication 38,193
Jeremy Walsh Project Management Ice Plant Demolition Consultancy Services at An Daingean FHC Not for External Publication 6,755
ASTC Ice Plant Demolition Asbestos Consultancy Services at An Daingean FHC Not for External Publication 972
ASTC Marina Building Refurbishment Asbestos Consultancy Services at An Daingean FHC Not for External Publication 1,045
Malachy, Walsh & Partners Water Metering Consultancy Services at An Daingean FHC Not for External Publication 47,390
Malachy, Walsh & Partners Mezzanine Level Installation Consultancy Services at An Daingean FHC Not for External Publication 3,075
Malachy, Walsh & Partners Ice Plant Building Structural Assessment Report at An Daingean FHC Not for External Publication 615
Malachy, Walsh & Partners Small Craft Harbour Extension Consultancy Services at An Daingean FHC Not for External Publication 18,586
MaREI Dingle Marina Extension Engineering Feasibility Study at An Daingean FHC Not for External Publication 6,088
Malachy Walsh & Partners Replacement of EASTERN passenger Pontoon at Dingle FHC Not for External Publication 37,900
Byrne Looby Consulting Eng Mainland Quay Wall Consultancy Work Castletownbere FHC Not for External Publication 17,255
Hydrographic Surveys Ltd Bathymetric Survey Castletownbere FHC Not for External Publication 4,001
Malachy Walsh & Partners Engineering Consultancy for Harbour Slipway Castletownbere FHC Not for External Publication 19,941
Planbay Ltd QS Services for Dinish Wharf Expansion Castletownbere FHC Not for External Publication 21,836
RPS Dinish Wharf Expansion Consultancy Services Castletownbere FHC Not for External Publication 568,416
PWS (Pollution & Waste Services) Review of oil spill response plans for 5 Fishery Harbour Centres Not for External Publication 11,797
Grant Thornton A summary of competition law as it relates to the beef sector September 2020 32,233
Grant Thornton An Independent Review of the Market and Customer Requirements of Irish Beef March 2021 32,233
Grant Thornton Independent examination of the price composition of the total value of the animal along the supply chain. May 2021 32,234
RSM Ireland Ltd. Evaluation of European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) 2014-20 November 2020 109,750
ERNST & YOUNG Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine – Annual Accounts Certification – Financial Year 2020 Not for External Publication 516,000

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