Seán Ryan (Dublin North, Labour)
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Question 503: To ask the Minister for Education and Science 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. [41720/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The following is the information requested by the Deputy:

Consultants have only been, and are being, engaged by my Department for projects where a need for such services has been clearly established on a value for money basis.