Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 October 2024
31. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs 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. [40214/24]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Department of Foreign Affairs is responsible for two Votes - Vote 27 (International Cooperation) and Vote 28 (Foreign Affairs). Overall expenditure under both Votes for consultancy services engaged by my Department in 2023 and 2024 to date are set out in the table below. My Department engages external expertise in line with national and EU procurement rules when it is clear the skills are adding value to the wide range of skills already available in the Department and in particular, where independent appraisal and evaluation of policies and projects is necessary. Such external expertise may involve the provision of expert reports, expert analysis or expert services to the Department. External expertise has informed, and continues to inform, my Department's strategies and policies and the effective delivery of our services to our citizens in a transparent and accountable manner representing value for money. The policy of the Department is to operate competitive tendering as standard procedure in order to achieve best value for money. Procurement takes place in the context of Directive 2014/24/EU and supported by Procurement Guidelines published by the Office of Government Procurement (OGP). My Department participates fully in on-going initiatives of the Office of Government Procurement (OGP) focusing especially on achieving procurement savings, including the use of shared framework agreements for the provision of different categories of supplies and services.
|
Year |
Company |
Purpose of Consultancy |
Expenditure |
|
2023 |
Accompany Ltd |
Gender technical support consultancy |
€21,339 |
|
2023 |
Adrienne Boyle Consultant |
Global Citizenship Education (GCE) Annual Grants appraisal |
€8,662 |
|
2023 |
Aisling Swaine |
Gender Equality consultancy |
€10,999 |
|
2023 |
Anne Downes |
Proofreading Services |
€552 |
|
2023 |
Anne Nolan |
Specialist consultancy in support of HIV/AIDS |
€15,375 |
|
2023 |
Arcline |
Advising on a File Repository Premises Move |
€4,520 |
|
2023 |
Barbara Wilson |
GCE Annual Grants appraisal |
€9,739 |
|
2023 |
Brian Casey |
Technical Support to the Civil Society Fund |
€4,500 |
|
2023 |
Caoimhe Sweeney |
Technical climate consultancy for Loss and Damage Transitional Committee |
€46,006 |
|
2023 |
Deirdre Farrell Consultant |
GCE Annual Grants appraisal |
€8,250 |
|
2023 |
Fitzpatrick Associates |
Evaluation Services and Quality Assurance Capital Projects |
€15,197 |
|
2023 |
Fitzpatrick Associates Economic Consultants |
Consultancy - Business Case Advisory Services Capital Projects |
€45,740 |
|
2023 |
Fitzpatrick Associates Economic Consultants |
Consultancy –Business Case Capital Projects |
€47,560 |
|
2023 |
Fitzpatrick Associates Economic Consultants |
Business Case Advisory Services Capital Projects |
€6,027 |
|
2023 |
Gartner Ireland Ltd |
ICT Research and Advisory Services to support the Department’s Digital Transformation Strategy and related activities. |
€143,172 |
|
2023 |
Graham Shaw |
Specialist consultancy support on Health HIV/AIDS |
€30,619 |
|
2023 |
Gumfoot Consultancy Ltd. |
Technical Support for Monitoring Visit to Kenya |
€17,525 |
|
2023 |
Gumfoot Consultancy Ltd. |
Technical Support for Monitoring Visit to the Gambia |
€17,074 |
|
2023 |
Gumfoot Consultancy Ltd. |
Technical Support to the Civil Society Fund |
€6,027 |
|
2023 |
Havas |
Evaluation Quality Assurance |
€5,510 |
|
2023 |
Hornbill Consultants Ltd. |
Technical Support to the Civil Society Fund |
€1,000 |
|
2023 |
INKA Consult |
Technical climate consultancy |
€46,054 |
|
2023 |
Institute for Development Strategy GmbH |
Advisory and Quality Assurance Service in Relation to: International Benchmarking Study |
€28,062 |
|
2023 |
Institute for Social and Environmental Transitions (ISET) International |
Demining review |
€21,758 |
|
2023 |
Integrity Communications t/a Integrity 360 |
Cybersecurity Services |
€94,680 |
|
2023 |
International Organisation Development |
Evaluation of Ireland’s term on the United Nations Security Council 2021 - 2022 |
€25,478 |
|
2023 |
Journey Consultancy |
Technical climate consultancy |
€11,070 |
|
2023 |
Mazars |
Audit Services |
€26,619 |
|
2023 |
Mokoro Ltd |
Financial Risk management consultancy |
€64,416 |
|
2023 |
Nutrition Works |
Evaluation of the Nutrition and Food Security Outcomes of the Sierra Leone and Liberia Mission Strategies 2019-2023 |
€46,888 |
|
2023 |
Public Good Ltd |
Foods Systems consultancy services |
€73,972 |
|
2023 |
RSM Ireland |
Advisory & Quality Assurance |
€3,395 |
|
2023 |
Southern Cross Consulting |
Technical Support to the Civil Society Fund |
€6,027 |
|
2023 |
Tony Tyrrell |
Evaluation Advisory |
€4,750 |
|
2023 |
Trade Advisers Consulting Limited |
Evaluation of Ireland’s Participation at Expo 2020 |
€22,103 |
|
2023 |
Transformative Talent Ltd |
Development of Human Resource Strategy |
€12,875 |
|
2023 |
Vanessa Sheridan Consultant |
GCE Annual Grants appraisal |
€8,750 |
|
2023 |
Vanguard Economics Ltd |
Consultancy services to provide evaluation and management support to the Africa Agri Development Programme |
€6,838 |
|
2024 to date |
Accompany Ltd |
Gender support consultancy |
€30,381 |
|
2024 to date |
Adrienne Boyle Consultant |
GCE Annual Grants appraisal |
€5,587 |
|
2024 to date |
Aisling Swaine |
Gender Equality consultancy |
€738 |
|
2024 to date |
Anne Downes |
Proofreading |
€812 |
|
2024 to date |
Arcline |
Advising on a File Repository Premises Move |
€322 |
|
2024 to date |
Barbara Wilson |
GCE Annual Grants appraisal |
€8,839 |
|
2024 to date |
Caoimhe Sweeney |
Technical climate consultancy for Loss and Damage Transitional Committee |
€15,650 |
|
2024 to date |
Crowe Advisory Ireland Limited |
Consultancy Services to Support an Organisational Governance Review |
€22,878 |
|
2024 to date |
Deirdre Farrell Consultant |
GCE Annual Grants appraisal |
€10,500 |
|
2024 to date |
Ed Hughes |
Technical Support for Monitoring Visit to Cameroon (re PLAN Ireland) |
€17,488 |
|
2024 to date |
Fitzpatrick Associates Economic Consultants Ltd. |
Evaluation services and QA – framework agreement |
€6,458 |
|
2024 to date |
Gartner Ireland Ltd |
ICT Research and Advisory Services to support the Department’s Digital Transformation Strategy and related activities. |
€179,175 |
|
2024 to date |
Gumfoot Consultancy Ltd |
Financial Risk Management Consultancy Services for Civil Society Funding Schemes |
€26,882 |
|
2024 to date |
Gumfoot Consultancy Ltd. |
Technical Support for Monitoring Visit to Sierra Leone (re GOAL) |
€21,164 |
|
2024 to date |
Gumfoot Consultancy Ltd. |
Technical Support to the Civil Society Fund |
€17,220 |
|
2024 to date |
Gumfoot Consulting |
To review impact of Irish Aid research with Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) and the Irish Research Council (IRC) |
€17,176 |
|
2024 to date |
Gwen Wordingham |
Consultancy services for the development of climate proofing guidelines and toolkits |
€5,281 |
|
2024 to date |
Hornbill Consultants Ltd. |
Technical Support to the Civil Society Fund |
€4,000 |
|
2024 to date |
Infocus |
Consultancy Support to Develop the Department’s Evaluation Manual |
€12,460 |
|
2024 to date |
INKA Consult |
Technical climate consultancy |
€20,910 |
|
2024 to date |
International Organisation Development |
Review of Ireland’s Mission Strategy (2020 – 2024) for Mozambique and Evaluation of Ireland’s term on the United Nations Security Council 2021 - 2022 |
€112,921 |
|
2024 to date |
IOD PARC |
Specialist Support for Monitoring Evaluation and Learning on Ireland’s Civil Society Partnership for A Better World (ICSP) |
€20,400 |
|
2024 to date |
Karen McHugh |
Consultancy Support on Review of Approaches to Mission Strategy Evaluation |
€7,675 |
|
2024 to date |
KITE |
Midterm Review of the Irish Aid Global Citizenship Education Strategy 2021-2025 |
€4,612 |
|
2024 to date |
KITE |
International Fellowship Programme (IFP) Alumni Programme development |
€33,948 |
|
2024 to date |
KITE (keep in touch education) |
Review of the Irish Aid Centre |
€13,837 |
|
2024 to date |
Maria Mulrooney |
Proof Reading |
€250 |
|
2024 to date |
Mazars |
Audit Services |
€21,525 |
|
2024 to date |
Mokoro Ltd |
Financial Risk management consultancy |
€28,413 |
|
2024 to date |
Public Good Ltd |
Food Systems consultancy services |
€23,351 |
|
2024 to date |
Richard Boyle |
Evaluation External Reference Group Member |
€1,230 |
|
2024 to date |
RSM Ireland |
Advisory & Quality Assurance |
€19,972 |
|
2024 to date |
Southern Cross Consulting |
Technical Support to the Civil Society Fund |
€16,310 |
|
2024 to date |
Sweetman Consulting |
Consultancy services providing evaluation and management support to Africa Agri Development Programme |
€8,400 |
|
2024 to date |
UCD (Dr Caitriona O’Dowd) |
Evaluation External Reference Group Member |
€3,075 |
|
2024 to date |
Vanessa Sheridan |
GCE Annual Grants appraisal |
€4,500 |
