Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 October 2024
111. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance 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. [40213/24]
Amharc ar fhreagraI wish to advise the Deputy that the following payments were made in 2023 and to-date in 2024.
Please note that the surveys completed by Behaviours and Attitudes marked with * are fully recoupable from the Banks.
The survey completed by OECD marked with # is partially recoupable from the CCPC. They pay 50% of the costs, and the department covers the other 50%.
|
Date |
Consultancy Firms Name |
Services Rendered |
Amount (ex vat) |
|
2023 |
Behaviour and Attitudes |
Credit Demand Survey |
€56,000.00* |
|
2023 |
KPMG x 2 |
Legal Advice |
€60,000.00 |
|
2023 |
Outburst Design |
Graphic Design work |
€1,640.00 |
|
2023 |
Premier Irish translation |
Legal Linguistic Proofing |
€7,522.66 |
|
2023 |
SIA Partners |
Assistance with development of a solution to interconnect beneficial ownership registers across the EU |
€139,775.00 |
|
2023 |
Specialisterne |
Workplace assessment |
€1,476.00 |
|
2023 |
William Fry |
Legal Advice |
€140,828.80 |
|
2023 |
Author Cox |
Legal Advice |
€139,089.82 |
|
2023 |
G Harford Consulting |
Workshop for Gender Equity Network Committee |
€3,690.00 |
|
2023 |
Behaviour and Attitudes |
Consumer Sentiment Survey |
€64,850.00 * |
|
2023 |
Central Bank of Ireland |
Financial Stability Group – Crisis Simulation Exercise |
€13,017.50 |
|
2023 |
Bernie Gray |
Interview Board HR Manager |
€2280.42 |
|
2024 |
Better Boards |
External Review |
€3,874.50 |
|
2024 |
Behaviour and Attitudes |
Credit Demand Survey |
€59,800.00 * |
|
2024 |
OECD |
Development of a National Strategy for Financial Literacy for Ireland |
€62,390.40 # |
|
2024 |
William Fry |
Legal Advice |
€45,075.25 |
|
2024 |
Arthur Cox |
Legal Advice |
€67,337.40 |
|
2024 |
Counsel |
Counsels' fees - Dec 2019-July 2023 |
€186,395.20** |
|
2024 |
G Harford Consulting |
Workshop for Gender Equity Network Committee |
€922.50 |
|
2024 |
Irish Centre for Diversity |
Preparation of EDI Strategy |
€15,990.00 |
|
2024 |
Indecon |
Review of taxation of share based remuneration |
€52,662.50 |
