Seán Ryan (Dublin North, Labour)
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Question 448: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the amount of expenditure on consultancy by her Department in 2003, 2004 and 2005; the number of consultants engaged by her Department in those years; and the steps which have been taken to reduce the expenditure on consultancy and the reliance on consultants by her Department in these years and for the future. [41715/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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My Department follows the Department of Finance guidelines in relation to the engagement of consultants. Our policy remains to deploy in-house resources wherever possible with the objective of minimising any requirement for consultancies.

Details of the expenditure by my Department for the years 2003-2005 on consultancy are as follows: