Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 10 July 2025
Public Accounts Committee
2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
Chapter 3 - Vote accounting and budget management
2:00 am
Séamus McGrath (Cork South-Central, Fianna Fail)
Okay.
With respect to the State's expenditure on external management consultants, a figure was quoted that, in 2023, the State spent €800 million on external management consultants. I suspect that figure has increased. I would argue there is an overreliance on external management consultants. Is Mr. Moloney concerned about that as the Accounting Officer for the Department of public expenditure? Is he concerned that there is an overreliance on them by public bodies?
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