Welcome to M&P Solutions
Welcome to M&P Solutions
Welcome to M&P SolutionsWelcome to M&P SolutionsConsultancy Services for Health and Social Services
What We Do
Strategic Planning
The economics and business background of its Principal, Frank Murtagh, offers groups and organisations a unique and complementary blend of skills relevant to organisation and project development in today's demanding environment of planning, ownership, funding and monitoring. Various assignments have required research in international jurisdictions including Ireland, USA, Denmark, Germany and The Netherlands.
Review & Evaluation
M&P specialises in the strategic planning, review and evaluation of services majoring on social inclusion, health & social services community economic and social regeneration, large and small scale community based developments, particularly in geographic areas of disadvantage where addressing long-term unemployment, social exclusion and marginalised groups are concerned.
Expert Analysis
The Principal, Frank Murtagh, has specialised in the Social Inclusion and Health & Social Services sectors in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, and has a special interest in the establishment and development of associated projects and initiatives. He has provided strategic development and support services to many organisations throughout Ireland within the health and community social and economic regeneration sectors, and has contributed to the debate on key aspects of the Social Economy.
Core Services
Core Services
- Strategic Planning
- Services Review
- Evaluation & Project Appraisal
- Feasibility Study
- Organisational Review
- Financial Auditing
- Systems Appraisal
- Organisational Development
Who We Are
Who We Are
M&P Solutions is a highly-focused business consultancy with a range of specialist services to clients in the community, voluntary and public sectors throughout Ireland, the UK and the wider EU.
In the community & voluntary sector, we support agencies and organisations to maximise the impact of their services and deliver best outcomes for people accessing their services.
In the Public sector, our emphasis is on ensuring that taxpayers enjoy the best possible return for their tax contribution and our reputation in strategic planning, evaluation & programme implementation is highly regarded by Government Agencies, Local Authorities and publicly funded voluntary bodies in the UK and Ireland.
Working Together
Central to the M&P practice’s mission is its value base in working with groups to conceive, develop and implement the project and plan, particularly for those service providers which do not have the in-house resources and skills, or who are in the preparatory stages of planning and development.
The M&P Approach
Each organisation and project is unique. Getting away from the one-size-fits-all approaches provide the optimum environment for your range of services to address the challenges and needs appropriate to the unique characteristics of your locality. We deliver custom solutions, tailored to the people who access your services, your community, your culture and the supporting infra-structure of resources in your area.
Frank Murtagh Principal
Skills & Expertise
Frank Murtagh specialises in Strategic Planning, particularly as it relates to statutory agencies, Small Business, Voluntary, Community Social and Economic Regeneration Groups and organisations involved in project design and set-up. Central to the Practice’s mission is its value base in working with groups to conceive, develop and implement the project and plan, particularly for those clients who do not have the in-house resources and skills, or who are in the preparatory stages of planning and development. The strategy combines Frank Murtagh’s academic background in Economics and Marketing, with many years of experience in senior management positions in both small and large companies.
He has been a private consultant since 1989 and while he has considerable experience working with small and medium-sized organisations, he has wide experience in applying these skills to the statutory, community and voluntary sectors in which he has been active since 1992. He prepared a number of strategic development strategies and assignments for groups in the Community Social and Economic Regeneration field, both urban and rural, throughout Ireland including inner city Dublin and the South East and has worked closely with Health and Social Services Trusts and Boards on a range of projects.
Frank Murtagh is also an active volunteer with a number of organisations. As well as being a founder and current Board member of the North City Business Centre, an enterprise agency in North Belfast, and a founder member of the Ashton Development Centre Ltd., both economic regeneration bodies, he sits on the Industrial Relations and Fair Employment Tribunals as a panel member and was active within the Executive Committee of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, of which he is a past N. Ireland Branch Chairperson. He was also a Director of Ulster Community Investment Trust (UCIT), a key provider of loan finance and support to the community economic sector in Northern Ireland and the Border Counties of the Republic of Ireland.
More About M&P Solutions
Skills & Expertise
M&P Solutions is a development consultancy with a wide range of skills and expertise. The Practice’s main areas of work include strategic planning and evaluation assignments relating to project and service development, strategic business planning, feasibility studies, appraisal, review and evaluative work, and corporate governance for a broad range of organisations in the statutory, community, voluntary and private sectors. Specialist sectors include, community regeneration, social inclusion issues (drugs and alcohol, homelessness, domestic violence and Traveller issues). M&P has also completed detailed strategic reviews of HSE and Local Authority-funded homelessness services in all nine regions of the State, in which M&P has engaged with the regionally-based drug and alcohol support services.
M&P has strong working links with a number of other associated companies and organisations nationally and internationally. A speciality of the Practice includes a unique, implementation-led approach to project organisation and strategic development that focuses on the probable rather than the possible.
M&P specialises in working with groups involved in all aspects of strategic project and services development and has a successful track-record in large and small scale community-based developments, particularly in geographic areas of disadvantage where addressing long-term unemployment, social exclusion, homelessness, drug and alcohol issues and marginalised groups are concerned.
The Principal, Frank Murtagh, has specialised in the Health and Social Services sectors in Northern Ireland and in the Republic of Ireland, and has a special interest in the efficiency and effectiveness issues of outcomes-based service provision. He has provided strategic development and support services to many statutory and community-based organisations throughout Ireland.
Recent Assignments M&P Solutions
- Evaluation Teach Mhuire, Cork, Joint HSE Cork & Kerry Healthcare/Cuan Mhuire
- Strategic Reviews of Ballymun Youth Action Project, Ballymun STAR, Aftercare Recovery Group (ACRG) North Inner City
- Strategic Implementation Plan and Support, Cork Local Drug and Alcohol Task Force and Southern Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Force (Current)
- Strategic Review and Plan 2020-21, Finglas Cabra Local Drug and Alcohol Task Force (January 2020)
- Strategic Review and Plan 2020-22, Dublin North East Local Drug & Alcohol Task Force (September 2019)
- Strategic Review and Plan 2020-22, Canal Communities Local Drug & Alcohol Task Force HSE Addictions CHO 6&7 (July 2019)
- Strategic Review & Plan 2020-22, North Dublin Regional Drug & Alcohol Task Force HSE Addictions HSE CHO9 (April 2019)
- Strategic Review and Plan 2020-22, South Western Regional Drug & Alcohol Task Force (May 2019)
- Integrated Drug and Alcohol Services Investment Plan 2019-21 (€1.8m) North East Inner City Programme Implementation Board (NEIC PIB) HSE Addictions CHO9 (November 2018)
- Development Plan UISCE
- Strategic Review & Plan 2019-21, North Inner City Local Drug & Alcohol Task Force (January 2018)
- Strategic Plan 2019-21, Chrysalis Drug & Alcohol Team HSE Addictions HSE CHO9 (November 2018)
- Review & Strategic Plan 2019-21, Cork City LDATF and Southern Regional DATF (July 2018)
- Review of Galway Day Centre Galway City Council and HSE CHO2 (June 2018)
- Review and Strategic Plan 2019-21, Blanchardstown LDATF HSE Addictions HSE CHO9
- Separate reviews of core drug and alcohol services in Blanchardstown LDATF area (August 2018)
- Review and Plan 2018-2020, Edenmore Drug Intervention Team – HSE Addictions HSE CHO9 Ballymun (May 2017)
- Review and Strategic Plan 2019-2021, Kilbarrack Coast Community Programme (KCCP) HSE Addictions HSE CHO9 (March 2018)
- Services’ Review and Plan 2017-2019, Ballyfermot Advance Project – HSE Addictions Services, Bridge House, Cherry Orchard (November 2016)
- Feasibility Study – Specific Residential Services for Single Women, Parents & Children and People who are homeless and have Complex Needs – South East Region (October 2016)
- Strategic Plan 2017-2019, North Dublin RDATF (September 2016)
- Strategic Plan Homelessness Services, Clare County Council (August 2016)
- Review and Strategic Plan, Mid-West Homelessness Services (July 2016)
- Evaluation of SAVE Domestic Violence Counselling Service, Southside Partnership, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown (February 2016)
- Strategic Plan Good Shepherd Centre Kilkenny (December 2015)
- Review and Strategic Plan Homelessness Services, Mid-West Regional Homelessness Group (October 2015)
- Strategic Plan Hillview Family Resource Centre, Dublin (May 2015)
- Review and Evaluation of Oasis Young People’s Project (Drug and Alcohol), Dun Laoghaire Rathdown (December 2014)
- Socio-Economic Profile for Louth Local Economic and Community Plan (LECP), Louth Co Council (Sept. 2014)
- Review of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown Regional Drugs Task Force (August 2014)
- Organisational Development Plan - Kilkenny Forum for Social Inclusion and Participation (July 2014)
- Preparation of Exemplar Service Level Agreement for Mid East Regional Homelessness Services Provision. Kildare County Council.
- Review of North Dublin City and County Regional Drugs Task Force. (January 2014)
- Preparation and Presentation of National Business Case for Shared Services proposal for Social Housing Application, Assessment and Allocation Processes for all <Local Authorities in Ireland. Louth County Council and Local Government Efficiency Review Group (LGER).
- Homelessness Review and Model Development, Midlands Simon
- Strategic Review of Dublin North East Local Drugs Task Force (2011)
- Development Plan, Amber Women’s Refuge, Kilkenny (2012)
- Review and Development Plan Bray Community Addiction Team (2012)
- Review of Homelessness Services Michael Garry House SVP Naas (2012)
- Support Work Bray LDTF (2012)
- Strategic Review and Framework Plans of Homelessness Services in North-East Region, Midland Region, North- West Region, South East Region, South West Region, Midland Region, Mid East Region, Dublin Region. (2010 – 2013)
- Review of Addictions Services, Bara Project Wicklow (2010)
- Review of Good Shepherd Centre, Kilkenny (2012)
- Facilitation of Homeless Action Team Training Initiative – South-East Region;
- Evaluation of SE 16 Family Support Pilot Project Kilkenny - SERDFT
- Review of Rehabilitation Residential Services in the South-East – South Eastern Regional Drugs Task Force, HSE South and Probation Service
- Strategic Plan – Young People’s Facilities & Services Fund - Waterford
- Organisational Review – Lady Lane Hostel Waterford
- Violence Against Women and Traveller Issues – Strategic Research – South East
- Organisational Review CBDI and Drugs Outreach Worker – South-East
- Homeless Action Team Training - South-East
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