Ruairí Quinn
Question:34 Mr. Quinn asked the Taoiseach to list any public contracts currently held by a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12231/00]
Written Answers - Consultancy Contracts.
Ruairí Quinn
Question:35 Mr. Quinn asked the Taoiseach to list any public contracts awarded by his Department to a company (details supplied); the full list of such contracts; the purpose for which they were awarded; if the tax clearance requirements for public contracts were complied with in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12246/00]
John Gormley
Question:36 Mr. Gormley asked the Taoiseach the amount his Department has spent on consultants and public relations since 1997. [13663/00]
John Gormley
Question:37 Mr. Gormley asked the Taoiseach if his Department engaged a company (details supplied) for any public relations work since June 1997. [13664/00]
I propose to take Questions Nos. 34 to 37, inclusive, together.
My Department has not engaged this particular company for any public service contracts.
The total amount spent by my Department on consultancies and public relations services since 1997 is £2,066,925. This includes expenditure of £946,071 incurred by my Department, and a further £1,120,854 incurred by the bodies under the aegis of the Department, including the National Economic and Social Council, the National Economic and Social Forum, the Millennium Committee, the Information Society Commission, the Moriarty tribunal and the All-Party Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution.