Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 October 2024
615. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the amount expended by his Department on consultancies in 2023 and to date in 2024; the company engaged; and the nature of the work conducted by the consultancy on his Department’s behalf, in tabular form. [40216/24]
View answerThe Department's total expenditure from Subhead A7 - Consultancy for 2023 and to date in 2024 is as per the tables attached.
It is the policy in the Department only to engage the services of external consultants where highly specialised skills are not available within the Department and when such an approach is felt to be more appropriate and cost-effective.
2023
|
Supplier |
Project |
Spend |
|
HSE |
Tool for Risk, Interventions & Outcomes. Provides a framework that includes relevant safeguarding interventions and a field for measuring their outcomes. |
€11,350.00 |
|
Alpha Healthcare Ltd |
Analysis of the dental workforce to align with the actions of Smile agus Sláinte |
€30,750.00 |
|
Crowe Horwath |
Review of the National Sexual Health Strategy |
€13,210.20 |
|
Crowe Horwath |
Patient Safety Complaints and Patient Safety Incidents Culture and Values Project |
€31,915.80 |
|
Grant Thornton |
Provision of a Business Continuity Plan (BCP) for the Department. |
€119,033.25 |
|
Alpha Healthcare |
Provision of Strategy andOperations Support for the National Taskforce on Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors Workforce |
€132,790.80 |
|
Mazars |
Internal Audit |
€84,624.00 |
|
Mazars |
Actuarial Services - Private Health Insurance |
€28,207.59 |
|
BH Consulting |
Technology Recovery Plan |
€11,070.00 |
|
Deloitte Ireland LLP |
Professional consultancy services to support the development of a new NationalDigital Healthcare and Well-being Framework: 2023-2030. |
€221,714.88 |
|
Paul Dunphy |
Patient and Staff Stories Project on Antimicrobial Resistance and Sepsis (Phase 2) |
€61,180.00 |
|
Royal College of Surgeons |
To develop draft policy in respect of Patient Complaints concerning Clinical Judgement |
€ 20,000.00 |
2024
|
Supplier |
Project |
Spend |
|
Mazars |
Internal Audit |
€26,568.00 |
|
Quadra |
Internal Audit |
€ 6,642.00 |
|
Mazars |
Stakeholder consultation to inform policy in relation to new Governance and Leadership structures for Nursing and Midwifery to deliver Sláintecare. |
€59,040.00 |
|
Royal College of Surgeons |
Research project to support update of the National Clinical Effectiveness Committee Standards for Clinical Practice Guidance |
€22,736.00 |
|
University College Dublin |
Stakeholder consultation to inform implementation of acute, community and integrated specialist career pathways for Nursing and Midwifery to deliver Sláintecare. |
€6,706.43 |
