Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 919: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the information sought in a parliamentary question dated 8 December 2006 has not been provided; and the amount spent on consultants in each of the years 1997 to 2006. [2849/07]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The information originally requested by the Deputy in PQ 43228/06 for written answer on 13 December, 2006 involved a considerable amount of work by all units in my Department. This work has now been completed.

Expenditure on consultancy services by my Department over the period concerned is set out in the table below.

The period concerned was one of considerable development and reform across the broad spectrum of the health services. Generally, expenditure related to consultancies of an economic, accountancy, actuarial, communications, organisational change, evaluation, research and scientific nature. It included significant consultancy input to national health awareness initiatives and surveys over the decade concerned.