Eamon Gilmore
Question:260 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the total amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department in 2000, 2001 and 2002; the numbers of consultants engaged by his Department in those years; the steps which have been taken to reduce the expenditure on consultancy and the reliance on consultants by his Department in these years and for the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30277/03]