Details for the period in question, where my Department engaged the services of consultants and other third-party providers to provide quantitative and/or qualitative analysis and technical advice are set out in the table below:
External/third-party reports of a technical, qualitative or quantitative nature
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Name of third-party provider of report
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Amount
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Audits of ICT systems for internal audit purposes
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Ernst & Young Business Advisory Services
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€39,067 (2022)
€21,371 (2023)
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Poverty and Social Inclusion Research Programme 2022:
•Technical Paper on the Poverty Indicators for Social Inclusion in Ireland published June 2023
•Annual thematic report (to be published shortly )
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Economic and Social Research Institute
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€ 109,586 (2022)
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Poverty and Social Inclusion Research Programme 2023:
• Work underway on Technical Paper
•Annual thematic report to follow in 2024
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Economic and Social Research Institute
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€60, 273 (YTD 2023)
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Mid-term review of the Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020 - 2025
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Ipsos
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€ 26,478 (2022)
€ 11,347 (2023)
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Strategic Review of the Abhaile Service
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Indecon Economic Consultants
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€ 99,446 (2022)
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Evaluation of the School Meals Programme
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RSM Ireland
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€98,400 (2022)
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Employer Youth Activation Charter Consultation Process
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Irish National Organisation for the Unemployed (I.N.O.U)
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€7,200
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The Actuarial Review of the Social Insurance Fund.
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KPMG
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€352,395
|
Operational Review of Customer Contact Centres
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Vodafone Ireland
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€230,625
|
Report of the Child Maintenance Review Group
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The Review as conducted by a group with an independent Chair and members from within and outside the Civil Service
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€111,753 (2022)
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