Dick Spring
Question:244 Mr. Spring asked the Minister for Justice if he will give a breakdown of the amount of money his Department intend to spend on consultancy services in 1991; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Written Answers. - Departmental Expenditure on Counsultancy Services.
A total amount of £466,000 has been provided in the Estimates for my Department for 1991 for expenditure on consultancy services.
Of this total the sum of £340,000 is provided for payment of consultants for the design and supervision of construction work under the prisons capital programme and for the provision of consultancy services in connection with the implementation of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act, 1989.
£100,000 has been provided in the Estimates for the Garda Síochána Estimate for 1991, for technical assistance which will be required for the development of computer systems for the Garda Síochána.
£20,000 has been provided for services in respect of the development of the Department's computer data base and the balance of £6,000 is due for services rendered in 1990 in respect of the Garda Síochána radio network.