Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 19 January 2022
689. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Defence the amount spent on consultancy services by his Department in 2021; the reason for each consultancy; and the name of the consultancy in tabular form. [1713/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe table below provides details of consultancy services engaged by my Department in 2021; the reason for each consultancy, the name of the provider of the consultancy service and the cost incurred.
|
Provider of Consultancy Service |
Purpose of Consultancy |
Amount |
|
Marman & Associates Ltd |
Watercraft Safety Consultancy in relation to Passenger Boat Licences in Civil Defence Units in 13 Local Authorities across the country. |
€14,400 |
|
Survey Drones Ireland |
UAS (Drones) Consultancy: Advice on the implications of EU/EASA Regulations (EU) 2019/945 and (EU) 2019/947 and how these regulations may impact the responsibilities of Civil Defence at a national and local authority level. |
€3,198 |
|
Padraig Love |
Review of recruitment practices and processes in the PDF: project arising out of the 2019 Report of the Public Service Pay Commission on Recruitment and Retention in the Permanent Defence Force |
€25,200 |
|
John O'Hehir Consultancy Ltd |
Embedding Workforce Planning in the PDF: project arising out of the 2019 Report of the Public Service Pay Commission on Recruitment and Retention in the Permanent Defence Force |
€34,629.97 |
|
The Circa Group |
Feasibility Study regarding proposed Institute for Peace Support & Leadership: project arising out of the 2015 White Paper on Defence |
€7,405.20 |
|
Col EV Campion |
To provide expert advice to the Army Equitation School’s Horse Purchase Board |
€5,000 |
|
Quadra Ltd |
Covid-19 risk assessments for Department offices in 2020 and 2021 and the provision of online ergonomic assessments home workstations. |
€26,783.09 |
|
Storm Technology Ltd |
IT consultancy services |
€79,886.04 |
|
Iron Mountain |
File decant project carried out in late 2020 |
€50,825.47 |
|
Info Security Assur Services Ltd T/A Isas |
ICT SECURITY |
€78,540.60 |
|
KPMG |
ICT TARGET STATE ARCHITECTURE REPORTING |
€69,187.50 |
|
Dr Aoife Hunt T/A IUSMEDICUS LTD |
Medical |
€800 |
|
Dr Mike Scully |
Medical |
€3,520 |
|
Dr Patricia Walsh |
Medical |
€2,400 |
|
Michael P Colreavy |
Medical |
€5,184 |
|
Anthony Kerr SC |
Professional legal opinion under direct access. |
€8,241 |
The following revised reply was received on 10 May 2022.
It has come to my attention that the answer contained an incorrect figure, which I wish to correct. The answer stated that the cost incurred in respect of Iron Mountain was €50,825.47. It was in fact €18,810.29. The figure for 2020 was erroneously provided instead of the 2021 figure.
