Title-Purpose of Project
|
Undertaken by
|
Cost to the Department
|
Expenditure to date
|
Completed
|
Made Publicly Available
|
|
|
£
|
£
|
|
|
Review of impact, effectiveness and cost of the tax based urban renewal schemes — designated areas
|
KPMG Management Consulting in association with Murray O Laoire, Architects and Urban Designers and the Northern Ireland Economic Research Centre
|
113,740
|
113,740
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Dublin Docklands Task Force to recommend arrangements to develop an overall master plan for the Docklands area of Dublin and appropriate implementation and co-ordination arrangements
|
Task Force comprising DOE and representatives from Departments of the Taoiseach, Marine, Transport, Energy and Communications, Enterprise and Employment, Finance and Dublin Corporation, Dublin Port and Docks Board, Grand Canal Corridor Study Task Force
|
6,371
|
6,371
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Tidy Towns Competition Review
|
Ad-hoc committee comprising DOE, Tidy Towns Committees, sponsors, adjudicators, Office of Public Works, local authorities and other experts on urban environment
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
No
|
N/A
|
Report of the Inter-Departmental Working Group on Strengthening the Protection of the Architectural Heritage
|
Department of the Environment, Department of Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht and Office of Public Works
|
Nil(1)
|
Nil
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Professional Study on Local Government Financing
|
KPMG Management Consulting
|
92,402
|
92,402
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Occupational Health System in the Fire Service
|
Dr. Gerard Kidney
|
3,249
|
3,249
|
Yes
|
No
|
Preparation of Code of Practice for Safety at Indoor Concerts
|
Working Group comprising DOE, Departments of Education, Health and Justice, An Garda Síochána and Dublin Corporation
|
20,000(e)
|
204
|
No
|
N/A
|
Promotion of Best Practice in Housing Management
|
Housing Management Group comprising DOE, local authority officials and the Northern Ireland Housing Executive (Consultants)
|
6,426
|
6,426
|
Yes(2)
|
Yes
|
Transfer of administration of SWA rent and mortgage supplementation to local authorities
|
Inter-Departmental Committee comprising officials from DOE and Departments of Finance, Health and Social Welfare
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
No
|
N/A
|
Review to consider equality of opportunity and related matters in the local authority service
|
Working Group representative of DOE and the County and City Managers' Association
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
No
|
N/A
|
National Litter Survey
|
MC O'Sullivan and Co. Ltd.
|
29,766
|
29,766
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
ENFO Review
|
DOE and Consumers' Working Group
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Yes
|
No
|
Coastal Zone Management Study
|
Brady, Shipman, Martin (lead consultants), Natural Environment Consultants, Susan Gubbay and HR Wallingford Ltd.
|
39,000(3)(e)
|
35,922
|
No
|
N/A
|
Preparatory work for the Quality Status Report for the Celtic Seas
|
Marine Institute
|
7,500(4)
|
7,500
|
Yes
|
No
|
Preparation of the Quality Status Report for the Celtic Seas
|
Marine Institute (QSR Office)
|
175,000(4)(e)
|
50,000
|
No
|
N/A
|
Public Art Research Project
|
Steering Group comprising DOE, Department of Arts Culture and the Gaeltacht, Arts Council, Temple Bar Properties Ltd. and Consultants (Public Art Development Trust)
|
13,971(5)
|
13,971
|
No
|
N/A
|
Report on Local Authority Archives and Records
|
Local Authority Archives Steering Group, comprising DOE, local authorities, An Chomhairle Leabharlanna and the National Archives
|
100,000(e)
|
85,460
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Review of applications for inclusion in a proposed amendment to the EU Architects Directive
|
Review panel comprising DOE, Professor Cathal O'Neill, James Pike, Helen Blair and Gerry Walker
|
15,000(e)
|
10,454
|
No
|
N/A
|
Economic Evaluation of Cohesion Fund Environmental Projects
|
Fehily, Timoney and Weston
|
55,117
|
55,117
|
Yes
|
No
|
Greater Dublin Region Water Supply Strategic Study
|
Generale des Eaux and MC O'Sullivan
|
513,721
|
513,721
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Economic Instruments supporting Environmental Policy
|
ESRI
|
52,390
|
48,750
|
No
|
N/A
|
Formulating Environmental and Social Indicators for Sustainable Development
|
ESRI
|
18,850
|
18,850
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Preparatory paper in the context of the preparation of the “National Sustainable Development Strategy”
|
Environmental Management and Auditing Services Ltd.
|
6,002
|
6,002
|
Yes
|
No
|
Mid-term review of Environmental Services Operational Programme 1994-99
|
Environmental Resources Management and Fitzpatrick Associates
|
53,000(6)(e)
|
9,101
|
Yes
|
No
|
Construction Industry Review and Outlook, Annual Review — 1995, 1996, 1997
|
DKM
|
44,770(7)
|
29,643
|
Yes(8)
|
Yes
|
Fire aspects of Eurocode 1
|
Building Research Establishment (UK)
|
5,791
|
Nil
|
Yes
|
No
|
Eurocode 6, Phases 2 and 3
|
Forbairt
|
3,630
|
3,630
|
Yes
|
No
|
Sample Survey of Residential Repair and Maintenance Expenditure
|
ESRI
|
13,500(9)
|
Nil
|
No(10)
|
No
|
Assessment of methods for stopping spread of fires
|
Agniconsult
|
1,000(e)
|
Nil
|
Yes
|
No
|
Conversion of Radon Survey Results to Computer Format
|
University College Dublin
|
500
|
500
|
Yes
|
No
|
Redrawing of Technical Guidance Documents which support the Building Regulations
|
McHugh O'Cofaigh Architects
|
22,500(e)
|
20,692
|
No
|
N/A
|
Strategic Review of Construction Industry
|
Strategic Review Committee comprising representatives from DOE, construction industry and private-public sector clients
|
25,000(11)
|
5,120
|
No
|
N/A
|
Study of organisational arrangements to support the establishment of a Director of Traffic for Dublin
|
Price Waterhouse
|
61,935
|
61,935
|
Yes
|
No
|
External Evaluator to the Operational Programme for Transport, 1994-99(12)
|
DKM
|
198,803(9)
|
194,482
|
No
|
N/A
|
Mid Term Review of the Operational Programme for Transport, 1994-99(12)
|
DKM
|
64,000(e)
|
Nil
|
No
|
N/A
|
Non-National Roads Pavement Condition Study
|
Ove Arup & Partners Ireland with PMS Pavement Management Services Ltd. and Jennings O'Donovan & Partners
|
168,000(e)
|
134,144
|
No
|
N/A
|
Survey of Motor Tax and Insurance Evasion(13)
|
National Roads Authority and Garda Síochána
|
5,000
|
5,000
|
Yes
|
No
|
Electronic retrieval system for motor tax legislation
|
Alan Moore
|
4,500(e)
|
1,210
|
No
|
N/A
|
Evaluation of IT hardware and system software requirements for NVDF
|
Price Waterhouse
|
8,712
|
8,712
|
Yes
|
No
|
Evaluation of proposal for Wide Area Network procurement for NVDF
|
Baltimore Technologies
|
8,712
|
8,712
|
Yes
|
No
|