Written Answers - Consultancy Contracts. Thursday, 18 December 2008

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  186.  Deputy Joanna Tuffy      asked the Minister for Transport      the position regarding all contracts for the years 2004, 2005, and 2006 with consultants in respect of the preparation of reports of any kind; the name of the consultants; the cost for each report; if he will provide this information in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47456/08]

Minister for Transport (Deputy Noel Dempsey):    The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the following table.

Consultant	Year	Cost	Report	Status of Report
		€
Fitzpatrick Associates	2006	59,532	Discussion Paper on Rural Public Transport	Published
IBM	2006	72650	IT Strategy Project for theDepartment of Transport	IBM delivered a 3-year strategy, which was adopted by the Management Board.
Change Management Training	2006	93,230.50	Review and Redesign of Driver Tester training programme	Finalised
Goodbody Economic Consultants	October 2005	30,000	Economic Evaluation of the Government Strategy for Road Safety, 1998-2002	Yes
SWOV	Published as part of the Government’s Road Safety Strategy Sept 2004	Part of overall cost of report	Progress Report on Road Safety Strategy 1998-2002	Yes
Pricewaterhouse Coopers	Published on 30 July 2006	Included in Supervision Services Contract with Pricewaterhouse Coopers	Mid-term Review of the National Car Test Service	Implementation is a matter for the Road Safety Authority
Farrell Grant Sparks	15 April 2005 (Completed)	59,019	Report on an appropriate organisational structure for the Driver Testing and Standards Authority(Now Road Safety Authority)	Yes
Boreham Consulting Engineers	29 July 2005 (Completed)	51,639	Risk assessment of conducting truck, bus and motorcycle driving tests at one location.	Implementation is a matter for the Road Safety Authority
Hay Group Ireland (Consultants)	2006	26,620	To make recommendations on the appropriate remuneration for senior positions in the proposed Dublin Transport Authority.	Completed
Matheson Ormsby Prentice (Consultants)	2006	13,255	To provide legal advice in respect of the Dublin Transport Authority Bill.	Completed
Matheson Ormsby Prentice (Consultants)	2006	26,630	To provide legal advice in respect of the Dublin Transport Authority Bill.	Completed
Deloitte & Touche	2004	12,100	Audit of the Heuston Terminal & South West Rail Corridor (Stage 1) project	Completed
Crowleys	2005	10,059	Audit of Road Haulage Division — Cash receipts in respect of road transport licence fees	Completed

Consultant	Year	Cost	Report	Status of Report
		€
Crowleys	2005	14,850	Audit of Driver Testing Section — cash receipts in respect of driver testing fees	Completed
Mazars	2005	15,000	Audit of IT financial systems	Completed
Crowleys	2005	11,159	Audit of Driver Licensing Section & Finance Unit — Recoupment of Driver Licensing expenses from the Local Government Fund	Completed
Mazars	2005	9,680	Audit of ESIOP National Roads Measure	Completed
Crowleys	2005	18,208	Audit of Finance Unit-processing of payments	Completed
Mazars	2006	9,680	Audit of National Roads Measure	Completed
Helm Corporation Ltd	2006	7,260	Audit of Personnel/Finance Division-Overtime	Completed
Helm Corporation Ltd	2006	19,360	Audit of Irish Coast Guard-Search & rescue Helicopter Contracts	Completed
Drury Communications Ltd	2006	27,683.40	Information & Communications Strategy for Transport 21	Completed. Implementation ongoing.
Aspen Connect & Tekenable	2006	8,863.25	Report on the viability of an information technology solution to an Information Centre required under an EU Motor Insurance Directive	Information.
Goodbody Economic Consultants	2006	16,316.85	Appraisal of Cherrywood Luas extension and assessment of Methodology of evaluating impact of proposed Luas cross — city link on bus services	Completed
Indecon	2005	107,125	Update Evaluation of the Economic and Social Infrastructure Operational Programme (ESIOP) 2000-06	Completed
LECG Ltd	2006	35,965.73	Work relating to the Competition Authority investigation into access to Dublin Airport infrastructure	Complete
INDECON (Ireland)	2006	101,970.04	Capital Expenditure Grant Scheme Review for regional airports	Complete
Boyd Creed Sweet	2006	157,300.00	Verification Process for Terminal 2	Complete

Consultant	Year	Cost	Report	Status of Report
		€
C.C Fisher associates	2006	85,000 inc VAT	Evaluation of projects for Irelands unit load capacity to 2014 and beyond	Completed
Staveley & Partners.	July 2004	35,348.00	Report on the Delays and Cost Overruns on the N11 Glen of the Downs Road Improvement Project	Completed August 2005
Watson Wyatt (Actuaries and Benefit Consultants) and O’Donnell Sweeney Solicitors	2004	95,686.80	Review of CIE Pension arrangements	Report completed
Atkins Consultancy	2004	154,298.80	Fares Study- to provide advice on an appropriate fares system for Dublin e.g. (zonal, distance based on rebated fares) and related issues regarding integration of fares on different modes e.g. bus and rail	Report completed
Booz Allen Hamilton	2006	98,494.000	Expenditure Review on CIÉ Subvention	Completed
Mott McDonald	2004	24,332	Safety review of Iarnród Éireann’s rolling stock procurement and safety acceptance	Completed
Lloyd’s Register Rail	2004	24,847	Mid-term safety review of Iarnród Éireann’s DASH project	Completed
Mr. Dom Hegarty, Inspector to the Public Inquiry	2004	8,048	Report of the Public Inquiry into the Kilkenny Railway Order application	Completed
Goodbody Economic Consultants	2004	40,815	Appraisal of a number of public transport project business cases	Completed
Mr. James Connolly, SC, Inspector to the Public Inquiry	2006	45,375	Report of the Public Inquiry into the Kildare Route Railway Order application	Completed
Moore Stephens	2006	4,235.00	Financial Audit of cohesion funded rail network track & signalling project	Completed 2007
Caplin Meehan	2007	14,217.50
Goldman Sachs	2004	36,300 incl vat	Examination of Ownership Options regarding Aer Lingus	Published in 2004
AIB Capital Markets/UBS/ Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer/ William Fry Solicitors	2005	287,730 incl vat	Report to recommend an appropriate transaction structure for Aer Lingus	Completed 22 December 2005
John Malone Consulting	2005	5445 incl vat	Process Auditor for selection of advisors	Completed Sept. 2005

Consultant	Year	Cost	Report	Status of Report
		€
Richard Hooper	2005	10,900	Advice in connection with the selection of advisors re Aer Lingus IPO	Completed 2005
Mercer Human resource Consulting	2006	13,602 incl vat	Actuarial advice in relation to Aer Lingus pension schemes	Report fed into Aer Lingus IPO process
Environmental Resources Management (ERM)	2004	39,746	Public Safety Zones at Dublin, Cork and Shannon Airports	Completed
Booz, Allen, Hamilton	2004	114,466	Safety Audit of Irish Aviation Authority	Completed
Environmental Resources Management (ERM)	2005	6,799	Public Safety Zones at Dublin, Cork and Shannon Airports (see 2004 ERM Report above)	Completed
RPS Group	2004	495,571	Pavement Condition Study Report &Pavement Management Systems Review Report	Both reports published in December 2004
RPS Group	2005	64,290	Pavement Condition Study Report &Pavement Management Systems Review Report	Both reports published in December 2004

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