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Name of outsourced Study/Research/Report
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Name of outsourced company
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Total Cost (inc. VAT)
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Dates on which any such reports yet to be published were first provided to the Minister (only if not yet released)
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Actuarial Review of the Social Insurance Fund
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KPMG
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€352,395
|
Not applicable as report published
|
|
Evaluation of the School Meals Programme
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RSM Ireland
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€118,707
|
Not applicable as report published
|
|
Hot School Meals Pilot Project Report
|
B&A Research & Insight
|
€18,204
|
Not applicable as report published
|
|
FEAD Programme Evaluation Report
|
B&A Research & Insight
|
€24,600
|
Not applicable as published
|
|
Strategic Review of the Abhaile service
|
Indecon (Ireland)
|
€99,445.50
|
Not applicable as report published
|
|
Evaluation of the Community Employment and Tús Schemes.
|
OECD - Joint Research Centre (JRC)
|
Nil
|
Not applicable as published
|
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Research into the drivers and mitigating actions relating to Food Poverty based on case studies of two geographic locations (one urban, one rural)
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Amárach
|
€58,974
|
Not applicable as published
|
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Poverty and Social Inclusion Research Programme, thematic report on EU poverty indicators used in the Roadmap for Social Inclusion in a comparative perspective 2018 - 2021
|
ESRI
|
Part of a three year joint research programme
€60,280 -
for the thematic paper
|
N/A – Report published
|
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High-Level Independent Expert Review of the Actuarial Review of the Social Insurance Fund as at 31 December 2021 (commissioned in 2023)
|
International Labour Organization
|
€25,000
|
N/A
|
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Actuarial peer review of the accrued to date liability of social insurance schemes - effective 31 December 2018
(Commissioned in 2020)
|
KPMG
|
€12,100
|
N/A
|
|
Employer Youth Activation Charter Consultation Process
|
INOU
|
€7,200
|
N/A
|
|
Specialised consultancy services to review and undertake a quantitative analysis of the Intreo Partners Local Area Employment Service
Commissioned in 2024
|
Indecon International Economic and Strategic Consultants
|
€121,128
|
N/A
|
|
Qualitative research of Unemployed People’s Experience of the Intreo Partners Local Area Employment Service
Commissioned in 2025
|
Irish National Organisation for the Unemployed (INOU)
|
€9,258
|
N/A
|
|
Evaluation of Back to Work Family Dividend (commenced in 2023)
|
Indecon International Economic Consultants
|
€166,050.00
|
N/A – report in progress
|
|
Evaluation Report for the provision of examining low hours employment in the Labour Market (commenced in 2025)
|
Indecon International Economic Consultants
|
€122,717.10
|
N/A – report in progress
|
|
Thematic Report on Persistent Income Poverty and Deprivation in Ireland (2025)
|
Economic and Social Research Institute
|
€60,280
|
N/A - report published
|
|
Technical Paper on Minimum Essential Standards of Living, Poverty and Deprivation in Ireland (2024)
|
Economic and Social Research Institute
|
€49,308
|
N/A - report published
|
|
The Prevalence of Food Poverty in Ireland (2024)
|
Amárach
|
€58,974
|
N/A - report published
|
|
Econometric Evaluations and Research under Pathways to Work (2023)
|
Indecon International Economic Consultants
|
€54,639
|
N/A - report published
|
|
Thematic Report on Poverty and Social Inclusion Indicators (2023)
|
Economic and Social Research Institute
|
€60,280
|
N/A - report published
|
|
Technical Paper on the Poverty Indicators for Social Inclusion in Ireland (2023)
|
Economic and Social Research Institute
|
€49,308
|
N/A - report published
|
|
Mid-Term Review of the Roadmap for Social Inclusion (2022)
|
IPSOS
|
€37,823
|
N/A - report published
|
|
Thematic Report on Headline Poverty Target Reduction in Ireland and the Role of Work and Social Welfare (2022)
|
Economic and Social Research Institute
|
€60,280
|
N/A - report published
|
|
Technical Paper on the Measure of Basic Deprivation and Consistent Poverty in Ireland (2021)
|
Economic and Social Research Institute
|
€49,308
|
N/A - report published
|
|
Social Transfers and Deprivation in Ireland: A study of cash and non-cash payments tied to housing, childcare and primary health services (2020)
|
Economic and Social Research Institute
|
€62,713
|
N/A - report published
|
|
The Cost of Disability in Ireland
(November 2021)
|
Indecon International Research Economists
|
€287,911.50
|
N/A -Report published
|
|
Lone Parents Digital Activation – focus groups report (Commissioned in 2023)
|
Ámarach Consulting
|
€23,370
|
N/A
|
|
Evaluation of Lone Parents Digital Activation Project
(Commissioned in 2024)
|
MCA Consulting
|
€20,295
|
N/A
|
