asked the Minister for the Gaeltacht if the director of Trident Management Consultants was previously employed in a full time capacity by Gaeltarra Éireann or Údarás na Gaeltachta.
273.
Written Answers - Trident Management Consultants.
272.
asked the Minister for the Gaeltacht the number of consultancy assignments given to Trident Management Consultants since 1975; and the cost of each assignment.
274.
asked the Minister for the Gaeltacht the reason the present assignment and report of Trident Management Consultants was not published in Irish as well as in English in view of the commitment of Údarás na Gaeltachta to the fostering of the language and its survival.
275.
asked the Minister for the Gaeltacht if he will state, arising out of his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 238 on 27 October 1983, if the cost of the present consultancy report amounting to not less that £23,000 is additional to the £417,969 cost of consultancy work on behalf of Údarás na Gaeltachta mentioned in the reply of 27 October 1983; and if all such consultancy work was essential in view of the number of highly qualified full time professional employees working in Údarás na Gaeltachta who would be far more capable of carrying out such work in Údarás na Gaeltachta.
Tógfaidh mé Ceisteanna 272 go 275 le chéile.
Tuigim ó Údarás na Gaeltachta nach raibh an duine atá i gceist fostaithe go lánaimseartha ag Gaeltarra Éireann ná ag an Údarás; gur fostaíodh na comhairleoirí sin ó am go chéile ó 1979 i leith de réir mar a bhí gá lena seirbhísí agus íocadh £125,976 san iomlán leo go dtí 30 Meán Fómhair seo caite; go gcuirfear leagan Gaeilge den tuarascáil a foilsíodhle déanaí ar fáil má mheastar gá a bheith leis; go raibh suim £5,510 den chostas a bhain leis an tuarascáil sin íoctha faoi 31 Nollaig 1982; agus go raibh gá leis an gcomhairle neamhspleách uile a fuarthas.