Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

The questions for my Department or any other Department regarding the role of advisers are specific to individuals. As the Deputy knows, from time to time, firms are employed for their expertise. Various guidelines and rules on public procurement are laid out as to the basis on which that advice would be sought and used within any Department's structure. The Deputy should table a parliamentary question on that matter to the Department of Finance in order to elicit more accurate information.

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