asked the Minister for Finance if he will state, in tabular form, the total sum spent by his Department on outside professional consultancies of all kinds in each of the years 1970 to date.
Written Answers. - Professional Consultancies Expenditure
611.
The information sought by the Deputy for the year 1970 to 1975, inclusive, is not readily available and there would be disproportionate expenditure of public time and money involved in compiling the information for that period. However, the total expenditure from the Vote for the office of the Minister for Finance in respect of consultancy services for the years 1976 to 1984, inclusive, is set out in the table below:
|
£ |
|
|
1976 |
24,029 |
|
1977 |
13,489 |
|
1978 |
7,191 |
|
1979 |
24,566 |
|
1980 |
55,866 |
|
1981 |
67,283 |
|
1982 |
34,708 |
|
1983 |
27,000 |
|
1984 |
48,123 |