Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 218: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total amount paid to a consultancy company (details supplied) since 1997; the details of each of the contracts and services provided; the nature of controls applied in the procurement process; and if value for money has been achieved. [29559/05]

Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 219: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total amount paid to a consultancy company (details supplied) since 1997; the details of each of the contracts and services provided; the nature of controls applied in the procurement process; and if value for money has been achieved. [29574/05]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 218 and 219 together.

My Department has no record of entering into any contracts with Accenture during the period in question. The Department has identified the following payments to a company named Gartner Group UK Ltd: in 1997, a payment of £10,579.63 for IT work; in 1998, a payment of £889.96 in respect of research software; in 1999, a payment of £121.00 identified as e-business conference. None of these contracts exceeded the public procurement threshold and my Department is satisfied that value for money was achieved in each case.