Written answers
Wednesday, 22 May 2024
Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Departmental Contracts
Paul Donnelly (Dublin West, Sinn Fein)
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149. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of each time his Department enlisted the services of consultants in 2023 and to-date in 2024; and the purpose and value of each contract, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23241/24]
Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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| Consultants | Purpose | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Indecon | To provide expert support in conducting a Periodic Critical Review of the Adoption Authority of Ireland as required under the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies | €49,500 |
| Anthony Douglas Consultancy Ltd | Contracted for consultancy services related to the establishment of a Guardian ad litem Executive Office. The outputs of the consultancy are the operating model, practice manuals and workforce strategy for the new service | €108,300 |
| Fitzpatrick Associates Economic Consultants | The purpose of the contract was to conduct a 'mid-term evaluation' of Ireland's Asylum, Migration and Integration ("AMIF") 2021-2027 programme, as required by Article 44 (5) of Regulation (EU) 1060/2021. | €59,655 |
| Aecom | Development of preliminary documentation, completion of Project Brief, Project Execution Plan and Index of all Site Information for three state owned sites | €42,972 |
| Aecom | Procurement and Project Management of Feasibility and Masterplan developments of three Integration and Reception sites on state owned sites. | €41,952 |
| Aecom | Development of cost plans for Feasibility and Masterplans for each of the three integration and Reception sites on state owned sites. | €14,250 |
| Aecom | Provision of procurement documents for a Project Controls Team (PCT) for the development of three Integration and Reception Sites on state owned sites. | €19,837 |
| Aecom | Development of Procurement Documents for an Integrated Design Team (IDT) for the development of three Integration and Reception sites via a restricted procedure on state owned sites. | €23,152 |
| Aecom | Development of procurement documents for a technical Program Management Services Team for the delivery of Capital Projects under the Comprehensive Accommodation Strategy. | €25,180 |
| Indecon | Develop Preliminary and Final Strategic Business Case. Conduct independent reviews of major public capital projects at specified point in the project’s Lifecycle. | €250,000 |
| ABK Architects | Conduct feasibility studies and site evaluations for. Develop design for reception and integration centre. | €48,840 |
| Henry J Lyons | Conduct feasibility studies and site evaluations for. Develop design for reception and integration centre. | €48,000 |
| Reddy Architects | Conduct feasibility studies and site evaluations for. Develop design for reception and integration centre. | €42,500 |
| EY Business Advisory Services | Financial expertise to support the process of negotiations with religious bodies which had a historical involvement with Mother and Baby Institutions. | €93,734 |
| IPSOS | Equality Consultations Service Contract for the upcoming Migrant Integration Strategy and the National Strategy Women and Girls | €129,211 |
| FITZPATRICK ASSOCIATES | National Centre for Research and Remembrance Preliminary Business Case | €61,807 |
| Penhouse Design Limited | Design and Branding Services | €45,512 |
| Javelin Advertising Limited | Design and Branding Services | €2,564 |
| Deirdre Fullerton Insights Health and Social Research | Report Writing | €5,700 |
| Ipsos B&A | Review and investigation of consolidation of two existing indicator sets (The Children and Young People's Indicator set and The National, Children's Wellbeing Indicators used in SONC) for children's wellbeing. Mixed-method, online survey and focus groups among relevant stakeholders. | €29,380 |
| Eamon O Boyle Chartered Fire and Safety Engineers | Fire Safety advice and training | €3,750 |
| Eamon O Boyle Chartered Fire and Safety Engineers | Fire consultancy services | €2,026 |
| Bridgecastle Information Management Ltd t/a Castlebridge | Data protection consultancy | €55,974 |
| Trilateral Research Ltd | Data protection consultancy | €68,757 |
| Síle O’Donnell | Consultation, and design of Designated Person training and materials | €1,750 |
| Irish Centre for Diversity | Consultancy support services for the implementation of an Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Strategy and action plan for the Department, training workshops, delivery and analysis of staff survey and focus groups and report on findings. | €18,204 |
| ThinkPeople Consulting | Management Board and Senior Management Presentations | €5,544 |
| Bearing Point | Learning Needs Analysis Report and Concept note | €32,256 |
| RSM | Financial Governance and Expertise | €25,000 |
| Ernst & Young Business Consultants | Financial and Governance Advice | €137,000 |
| Mazars | Data Security Expertise including Data Protection Support | €139,000 |
| Technology Optimization Consultants t/a Optimize | Project Management/IT Advice | €139,000 |
| Mary O' Donovan | SRFT Evaluation & Negotiation Contact Centre | €50,000 |
| Centre for Effective Services | Review of youth information provision in Ireland | €122,385 |
| Sector 3 Solutions | Evaluation of the Targeted Youth Employability Support Initiative 2021-2022 | €47,295 |
| Centre for Effective Studies | Study to evaluate implementation of 3 equality strategies– Final instalment-Payment 3 upon completion | €37,150 |
| Grainne Healy | Facilitation of consultations to inform the development of a Successor to the National LGBTI+ Inclusion Strategy. | 49,800 |
| Mazars | Review of the National LGBTI+ Inclusion Strategy 2019-2021. | 60,600 |
| The Centre for Effective Services | Conduct a review of the Children and Young People’s Services Committees initiative | €119,950 |
| Sandra Roe Research | Research services in relation to consultations with children and young people with experience of informal kinship care | €9,000 |
| Isiltir Group - Michael & Jillian Van Turnout | Chairing the Stakeholder Advisory Group for the Care Experiences Project. | €4,305 |
| Fire-Cert Ltd | Fire consultancy | €7,675 |
| Fire and Safety Training Sean Waldron | Fire consultancy | €55,618 |
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