Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 227: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if local authorities require Departmental permission before consultants are hired by local authorities. [21423/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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While in general local authorities do not require sanction from my Department to engage consultants, sanction may be required in instances where local authorities wish to charge consultants' fees against projects funded by my Department. Local authorities are in all cases required to comply with guidelines issued by the Department of Finance in relation to the employment of consultants, and with EU procurement requirements.