Michael Ring
Question:14 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of contracts awarded by his Department since 1997; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32791/04]
View answerThursday, 9 December 2004
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The Department has currently over 3,700 suppliers of goods and services and has this year alone made over 15,000 payments to those suppliers. Consequently, it would involve a disproportionate amount of time and work to identify all the contracts referred to in the question. My Department does, however, maintain a register of all consultancy contracts since 2003. Figures which are available for the period since June 2002 show over 90 such contracts have been awarded. Figures for consultancy contracts for the period from 1997 to June 2002 are being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy shortly.