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122 Mr. Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment if he will provide details of expenditure on consultancy in his Department in 1995 or the most recent year for which figures are available; and if he will provide an analysis of this expenditure as a proportion of staffing and administration costs. [19725/96]
123 Mr. Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment if he will give details of the overall expenditure on consultancy by his Department in each of the years 1985, 1990 and 1995, or the most recent year for which completed figures are available; and if he will provide an analysis of these figures as a proportion of overall staffing and administration costs for each of these years. [19726/96]
I propose to take Questions Nos. 122 and 123 together.
Details of consultancy payments made by my Department in 1995 — a total of £1,568,208 — were set out in the reply to Questions Nos. 149 and 152 of 21 May 1996. Comparable figures, at current prices, for 1985 and 1990 are £59,290 and £794,844, respectively.
