Institutes of Technology Expenditure

Thursday, 23 April 2015

Questions (161)

Jonathan O'Brien

Question:

161. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details, in tabular form, of all moneys spent on the use of outside consultants by Waterford Institute of Technology from 2005 to 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16106/15]

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Minister for Education and Skills

The details requested by the Deputy are set out in the following tabular statement. It should be noted that 38% of all costs associated with outside consultants relate specifically to funded research/self-financing activities. The services associated with the amounts expended ranges from Audit, Student Supports to Architecture/Design Fees and so on.

Year	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Total	821,268	991,202	1,050,490	1,104,742	737,358	740,493	831,074	960,642	852,069	537,208	216,098
Recurrent Spend	522,096	844,476	686,192	706,175	439,205	474,079	534,203	542,090	415,488	225,029	56,168
Research/Self-Financing Activities	299,173	146,726	364,297	398,566	298,152	266,415	296,871	418,553	436,581	312,179	159,930