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Departmental Consultations

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 1 October 2024

Tuesday, 1 October 2024

Ceisteanna (587)

Catherine Murphy

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587. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he, his special advisory teams, or senior officials have consulted with, received briefings or sought advice from an external communications expert or communications consultancy company, or a public relations or public affairs company, in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; the costs associated with those interactions; the names of those that have been engaged with; the subject matter or topics the engagements related to, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39134/24]

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Since my Department's formation in 2020, there have been 2 engagements with a consultancy company as outlined in the Deputy's question, namely Crowe, who developed reports prepared to inform the internal departmental decision-making, organisation design and policy development.

Further detail can found below in tabular form.

Section

Year

Title

Cost

Company

Organisation Development

2023

Strategic Visioning Workshop Report

€6,119.25

Crowe

Organisation Development

2021

Organisational Design Report

€111,277.00

Crowe

The following revised reply was received on 9 October 2024.

An incorrect figure was provided in the response and flagged two reports instead of just one which accurately responds to the question. I would like to correct this and amend the response to the question.

Since my Department's formation in 2020, there has been one engagement with a consultancy company as outlined in the Deputy's question, namely Crowe, who developed a report prepared to inform the internal departmental decision-making, organisation design and policy development. Further detail can found below in tabular form.

Company

Date

Report Completed

Purpose

Publication Status

Total Cost

Crowe Ireland

March 2021

July 2021

Provision of consultancy services in support of the organisational design of the newly-formed department

Internal report

€122,754.

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