Details requested by the Deputy, regarding amounts paid by my Department for outside/third-party reports in 2022 and to date in 2023, are outlined in the attached table.
Project
|
External service provider
|
2022 expenditure
|
2023 expenditure
|
Public Participation Network
Structural Review
|
Mazars
|
€21,504.09
|
Nil
|
Volunteer Centre Funding Model Review - Consultation
|
Crowe
|
Nil
|
€5,842.50
|
New Foundations Scheme 2022 - Volunteering Research
|
Irish Research Council
|
€39,942.00
|
Nil
|
Proposal for an effective Rural Proofing model for Ireland
|
William Parnell
Ciaran Lynch
|
€ 2,500.00
€ 2.500.00
|
Nil
NIL
|
Social Enterprise in Ireland: A Baseline Data Gathering Exercise
|
Amárach Research
|
€81,560 +vat
|
€20,390 +vat
|
|
Lawlor Burns and Associates
|
€23,247.000
|
Nil
|
|
Molloy QS
|
Nil
|
€10,079.85
|
Quantity Surveyor services as part of the due diligence process for Rural Regeneration and Development Fund approved projects
|
Seamus Fagan & Associates
|
Nil
|
€18,204.00
|
Event management support including Report Publishing for Civic Forum
|
Crowe Ireland
|
19,931.54
|
14.311.05
|
Longitudinal evaluation of the Community Development Pilot Project.
|
Values Lab Consultants
|
€6560.00
|
Nil
|