Departmental Expenditure

Wednesday, 12 July 2023

Questions (55)

Seán Sherlock

Question:

55. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the amount paid by his Department in 2022 and to date in 2023 on outside/third-party reports of a technical nature or qualitative and quantitative nature, by payee, in tabular form. [34465/23]

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Written answers

Minister for Defence (Deputy Micheál Martin)

In light of the clarification received from the Deputy in relation to the information requested, it is not possible to collate the required information within the timeframe available. I will arrange to have this information forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51.

The table below provides details of the amount paid by my Department in 2022 and to date in 2023 on outside/third-party reports of a technical nature or qualitative and quantitative nature, by payee.

Year	Payee	Amount Paid
2022	PwC	€79,950
2022	Ward Solutions	€12,453.75
2022	Dublin City University	€29,800
2022	ARUP	€24,783.27
2022	John O’Hehir Consulting	€40,590
2022	Niall Beirne SC	€39,372.30
2023*	Dublin City University	€38,664
2023	Monaghan County Council	€40,000
2023	ARUP	€233,342.07