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Departmental Consultations

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 10 December 2025

Wednesday, 10 December 2025

Ceisteanna (100)

Cathy Bennett

Ceist:

100. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Defence to provide a breakdown of all consultants engaged with her Department; the costs associated with their services, by year, and name of consultant, in each of the years 2012 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70434/25]

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The following deferred reply was received under Standing Orders.
I refer to the above-referenced Parliamentary Question for which it was not possible to provide a reply within the available timeframe.
The table below provides a breakdown of all consultants engaged by my Department in each year from 2012 to 2025; the costs associated with their services and the name of the consultant.
There are three bodies under the aegis of my Department; the Army Pensions Board, the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces and the External Oversight Body of the Defence Forces (EOB), which was placed on a Statutory basis on 1 December 2024. Expenditure incurred in relation to these bodies is included in the material provided.

Year

Company

Amount

2012

Bianconi Research Ltd t/a RITS

€37,872.00

2012

Crowleys DFK

€12,566.00

2013

Bianconi Research Ltd t/a RITS

€30,645.00

2013

Dr. Eileen Doyle

€22,500.00

2014

Bianconi Research Ltd t/a RITS

€44,852.00

2014

Irish Aviation Authority

€1,090.00

2015

Bianconi Research Ltd t/a RITS

€41,401.00

2015

Marman & Associates Ltd

€1,300.00

2016

Info Security Assurance Services Ltd t/a ISAS

€19,130.60

2016

Marman & Associates Ltd

€26,400.00

2017

Info Security Assurance Services Ltd t/a ISAS

€111,351.90

2017

Marman & Associates Ltd

€11,880.00

2018

Info Security Assurance Services Ltd t/a ISAS

€74,781.53

2018-2021

Circa Group

€89,578.36

2018

National Youth Council of Ireland

€1,450.00

2018

Marman & Associates Ltd

€18,720.00

2019

Info Security Assurance Services Ltd t/a ISAS

€74,601.00

2019

Mark Dodd Driver & Safety Training

€900.00

2019

Marman & Associates Ltd

€25,200.00

2019

Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors

€15,861.63

2020

Vedette Consultants

€24,400.00

2020

Info Security Assurance Services Ltd t/a ISAS

€44,135.48

2020

Marman & Associates Ltd

€5,040.00

2020

John O'Hehir Consultancy Ltd

€69,246.39

2020

Padraig Love

€17,700.00

2021

Quadra Consultancy

€26,783.09

2021

Info Security Assurance Services Ltd t/a ISAS

€78,540.60

2021

KPMG

€69,187.50

2021

Marman & Associates Ltd

€14,400.00

2021

Survey Instruments Services Ltd

€3,198.00

2021

Padraig Love

€25,200.00

2021

John O'Hehir Consultancy Ltd

€34,529.97

2021

John O'Hehir Consultancy Ltd

€25,368.75

25/03/2022 - 17/06/2022

PwC

€79,950.00

2022

Marman & Associates Ltd

€12,240.00

2022

Workwear Solutions International Ltd

€22,054.00

2022

ARUP

€296,350.00

2022

Greenville Procurement Providers

€2,029.50

2022

Malone O’Regan

€66,420.00

2022

Quadra Consultancy

€4,797.00

2022

Info Security Assurance Services Ltd t/a ISAS

€8,575.56

2022

Deloitte Ireland LLP

€94,825.62

2022

Magnum Opus (Specialist IT Consultant)

€28,007.10

2022

Carr Communications (Communications Training)

€5,000.00

2022

Reidy Brophy (Conference Facilitators)

€3,200.00

2022

Furthr

€67,600.00

2022

Byrne Wallace

€28,518.30

2022

Castlebridge

€9,870.75

2022

TIO Consultancy

€24,600.00

2022

Voltedge

€17,712.00

2022

John O'Hehir Consultancy Ltd

€15,221.20

2023

Tobin

€151,013.04

2023

Marman & Associates Ltd

€5,040.00

2023

Sea Training International Ltd

€6,131.00

2023

Workwear Solutions International Ltd

€98,854.00

2023

Deloitte Ireland LLP

€92,235.86

2023

Magnum Opus (Specialist IT Consultant)

€106,210.50

2023

Carr Communications (Communications Training)

€13,750.00

2023

Sinead Gaynor Training (Information Management Training)

€11,450.00

2023

Reidy Brophy (Crisis Management Training)

€4,705.81

2023

Furthr

€76,200.24

2023

Byrne Wallace

€8,226.00

2023

Castlebridge

€6,150.00

2023

TIO Consultancy

€19,999.80

2023

Voltedge

€14,760.00

2023

Ernst & Young

€175,988.40

2023-2024

Carbon Care Ltd

€5,830.20

2023 - 2024

Quadra Consultancy

€16,974.00

2023 - 2024

Quadra Consultancy

€9,291.42

2024

Q4PR

€1,599.00

2024

Molling Ryan

€1,200.00

2024

Crowe Advisory Ireland Ltd

€102,121.00

2024

Sea Training International Ltd

€29,769.00

2024

Workwear Solutions International Ltd

€30,396.00

2024

Senior Counsel for Independent Inquiry into the incident of the 14 December 2022 in Lebanon involving members of the Irish defence Forces.

€30,750.00

2024

Grant Thornton Corporate Finance Limited

€197,900.00

2024

EGIS

€261,675.00

2024

FINN Partners

€20,664.00

2024

Derilinx

€34,243.20

2024

Magnum Opus (Specialist IT Consultant)

€89,568.60

2024

Sinead Gaynor Training (Information Management Training)

€7,200.00

2024

Reidy Brophy (Crisis Management Training)

€3,000.00

2024

Byrne Wallace

€78,922.73

2024

Morgane Conaty BL

€24,600.00

2024

Peter Ward SC

€82,502.25

2024

The Institute of Work - a CPL Company

€25,276.50

2024

Furthr

€4,139.15

2024 - 2025

KPMG

€2,350.53

2025

Raise a Concern

2025

Crowe Advisory Ireland Ltd

€5,843.00

2025

Sea Training International Ltd

€40,983.00

2025

Workwear Solutions International Ltd

€15,127.00

2025

Mariteq Solutions Ltd

€590.00

2025

Hogarth

€76,223.95

2025

Scott Tallon Walker

€0.00

2025

Quadra Consultancy

€3,560.85

2025

Derilinx

€34,243.20

2025

Magnum Opus (Specialist IT Consultant)

52965.95 (to date)

2025

Fuzion (Information Management Training)

€7,500.00

2025

Reidy Brophy (Crisis Management Training)

€4,000.00

2025

Byrne Wallace

€35,164.88

2025

The Institute of Work - a CPL Company

€15,375.00

2025

Morgane Conaty BL

€23,247.00

2025

Accenture

€30,000.00

2025 to date

Senior Counsel for Independent Inquiry into the incident of the 14 December 2022 in Lebanon involving members of the Irish Defence Forces.

€127,730.18

2025 to date

Junior Counsel for Independent Inquiry into the incident of the 14 December 2022 in Lebanon involving members of the Irish defence Forces.

€2,526.42

2025

Grant Thornton Corporate Finance Limited

€1,057,012.80

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