Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 October 2019
151. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the consultancy service providers engaged by his Department from 1 January 2018 to 1 January 2019; the costs associated with each (details supplied); the reason for each service engagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43314/19]
View answerIn the Details Supplied the Deputy refers to the Revised Estimates 2019 which provides for expenditure for the year 2019, in the body of the question the Deputy refers to expenditure made during 2018.
In 2018 the REV provided an allocation of €50,000 in the administration category for consultancy services. Under this heading my Department incurred no costs.
In 2019 the REV provided an allocation of €20,000 in the administration category for consultancy services. To date under this heading my Department has incurred no costs.
However we were provided in both years with an allocation for programme consultancy under separate heading within the years 2018 and 2019 within which we did incur expenditure details of expenditure incurred under this heading are regularly published on my Department's website.
