Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 235: To ask the Minister for Finance the number and nature of the reports, consultancies or other advisory or PR commissions awarded by his Department in the past five years to those other than established civil servants; the total cost involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4558/04]

Charlie McCreevy (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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My Department had spending on reports, consultancies and other advisory or PR commissions as mentioned by the Deputy in each of the five years 1999 to 2003. In addition, the Euro Changeover Board of Ireland (ECBI), which was within my Department's remit, also incurred such expenditure in the years 1999 to 2002. The NDP/CSF unit, which operates under the aegis of my Department, also had such spending, but a breakdown of that spending is only available by project.

The total in respect of each year for the Department and the ECBI, and the total for the NDP/CSF unit for the years in question, are shown in the following summary table:

The information sought by the Deputy is set out on a year by year basis for the Department and the ECBI in the detailed tables that follow. As will be seen from the tables, some projects involved payments in more than one year. In the case of the NDP/CSF Unit the information is provided for each individual project.