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85 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for Tourism and Trade the consultants who were appointed by his Department since 16 December 1994; if they were appointed following a tendering procedure; if the consultant appointed in each case was the lowest tenderer; and if not, who the lowest tenderer was. [15708/95]
Since 16 December 1994 my Department has made four consultancy appointments involving the following companies i.e. Mediawise, Indecon (Ireland), Public Relations of Ireland Ltd. and University of Limerick.
In all cases, appointment procedures were in accordance with guidelines laid down by the Department of Finance which in the case of two of the appointments required specific prior sanction from that Department.
