Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 October 2024
656. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide a breakdown of the amount expended by her Department on consultancies in 2023 and to date in 2024; the company engaged; and the nature of the work conducted by the consultancy on her Department’s behalf, in tabular form. [40220/24]
Amharc ar fhreagraConsultancy is defined by the Department of Finance as the provision of intellectual or knowledge based services (e.g. expert analysis and advice) through delivering reports, studies, assessments, recommendations, proposals, etc. that contribute to decision making or policy development. As requested, a breakdown of the annual expenditure on consultancy for 2023 and 2024 is provided with this answer. These figures are inclusive of VAT, where applicable.
|
Consultancy engaged in by DRCD in 2023 |
Nature of the work conducted |
Amount Expended in year |
|
Economic and Social Research Institute |
Joint research programme with the ESRI focussed on approaches to monitoring rural development progress and indicators of same. |
€65,239.85 |
|
Quadra Consulting |
Risk Assessment (Health & Safety) |
€1,107.00 |
|
Crowe Advisory Ireland |
Balance of payment for technical support, event management, and post-event report for National Civic Forum 2022. |
€14,311.05 |
|
Think-tank for Action on Social Change (TASC) |
Research project to map the current national practice of commissioning (and contracting) for services from the community and voluntary sector in Ireland. |
€25,449.60 |
|
Amárach Research |
Amárach Research were contracted, in consortium with Social Enterprise Republic of Ireland (SERI), and the Irish Local Development Network (ILDN) to carry out the first Data Gathering Exercise of Social Enterprise in Ireland. Balance of contract total cost of €125,398.50 (including VAT) paid in 2023. |
€25,079.70 |
|
Grant Thornton |
Development and delivery of tailored Leadership Development Programme to align with People Strategy and Values. Training provided to all staff in DRCD. |
€78,060.00 |
|
Values Lab |
Evaluation of the Community Development Pilot Programme over the three-year period of the Programme to 2025. |
€6,560.00 |
|
Crowe Ireland |
Facilitation between DRCD & Volunteer Centres |
€5,482.50 |
|
Alice PR |
Awareness raising & capacity building of Public Participation Networks (PPNs) |
€85,000.07 |
|
S3 Solutions |
Research on Barriers to Involvement in PPNs |
€17,730.45 |
|
The Wheel |
Public Participation Network Advisory Supports |
€40,843.14 |
|
McAdam Consulting |
PPN Hosting Webinar |
€1,353.00 |
|
Greenville Procurement |
Procurement strategy, advice and support for SICAP 2024-2028 programme |
€5,684.45 |
|
KPMG |
External review and broad national stakeholder consultation regarding SICAP 2018-2023 programme. |
€23,554.50 |
|
Mason Hayes Curran |
Provision of legal advice regarding SICAP 2024-2028 |
€14,999.85 |
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Consultancy engaged in by DRCD in 2024 to date |
Nature of the work conducted |
Amount Expended in year to date |
|
Grant Thornton |
Undertake a feasibility study on the extension of Connected Hubs platform to remote working hubs in Northern Ireland |
€20,787.00 |
|
EnvEcon |
Research supports on developing place-based indicators for well-being. Procured by DRCD but with funding from IGEES research fund. |
€12,300.00 |
|
Forvis Mazars |
An external quality assessment of the Department's Internal Audit function as required under IIA Standards. |
€18,450.00 |
|
Economic and Social Research Institute |
Joint research programme with the ESRI focussed on approaches to monitoring rural development progress and indicators of same. |
€15,743.08 |
|
Quadra Consulting |
Risk assessment (Health & Safety) |
€2,258.28 |
|
The Wheel |
PPN Advisory Supports |
€23,225.00 |
|
Crowe Consulting |
PPN Implementation Roadmap Consultation |
€14,741.56 |
|
McAdam Consulting |
Independent advice on PPN hosting |
€738.00 |
