Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

They overused outside consultants and should not have had a consultancy contract to the extent they had. I accept Deputy Kenny's valid point on this. In my Department, we brought in the entire e-Cabinet project on time and on budget for €5 million. The reason we did this was because we used our own staff. If I did not have that expertise in the Department, it would have cost a fortune. I was not prepared to do that.

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