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Departmental Expenditure

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 November 2013

Tuesday, 12 November 2013

Questions (250, 251, 252)

Lucinda Creighton

Question:

250. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide, in tabular form for each year since 2003, the total cumulative amount in euro paid by his Department for non-audit services to companies (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48109/13]

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Lucinda Creighton

Question:

251. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will detail in tabular form, for each year since 2003, the total cumulative amount in euro paid by his Department to companies (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48134/13]

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Lucinda Creighton

Question:

252. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in tabular form, for each year since 2003, the total cumulative amount in euro paid by his Department to senior counsel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48152/13]

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I propose to take Questions Nos. 250 to 252, inclusive, together.

The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following tables, which include payments made from the formation of my Department in June 2007 to date. The Department has a small cohort of permanent staff, some 250 full time equivalents at present. Its remit includes oversight of very complex policy areas and direct procurement of major services where protection of the State's interest must be paramount. This situation necessarily requires my Department to procure specialist external professional advice in legal, financial and technical areas to enable it to discharge its responsibility to deliver quality services and protect the interests of the State and the taxpayer. In obtaining these specialised services, my Department always seeks to ensure value for money and that expenditure is kept to the minimum necessary. My Department complies with relevant EU regulations and Department of Finance guidelines on the procurement of goods and services.

Table 1 : Payments for non-audit services to certain named companies from June 2007 to date:

Company

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

Total

Pricewaterhouse Coopers

0

162,270

55,660

15,125

0

98,427

182,505

513,987

KPMG

0

192,148

88,574

157,300

133,100

12,129

0

583,251

Ernst & Young

0

0

0

0

24,805

0

0

24,805

Deloitte & Touche

0

0

0

0

45,920

12,054

0

57,974

Grant Thornton

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Totals

0

354,418

144,234

172,425

203,825

122,610

182,505

1,180,017

Table 2 : Payment to certain named companies from June 2007 to date:

Company

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

Total

Arthur Cox

107,449

612,526

29,153

0

175,817

0

0

924,945

Matheson

78,317

33,035

0

0

0

0

0

111,352

A & L Goodbody

9,075

65,120

0

65,038

0

0

0

139,233

McCann Fitzgerald

0

912,231

13,162

0

0

0

0

925,393

William Fry

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Mason Hayes & Curran

47,704

74,453

27,367

0

62,530

46,563

0

258,617

Total

242,545

1,697,365

69,682

65,038

238,347

46,563

0

2,359,540

Table 3 : Payments to Senior Counsels from June 2007 to date:

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

Total

88,859

248,452

349,884

221,590

60,830

55,660

0

1,025,275

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