Written answers
Tuesday, 20 May 2008
Department of Finance
Consultancy Contracts
9:00 pm
Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 177: To ask the Minister for Finance the expenditure by his Department on consultants to date in 2008; and if he will compare this to the expenditure on consultants for each of the past five years. [19500/08]
Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The following table sets out the details of expenditure on consultants by my Department and the Offices under its aegis in each of the years 2003 to 2007 and 2008 to date.
Name of Office | YTD | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 |
€,000 | €,000 | €,000 | €,000 | €,000 | €,000 | |
Commission for Public Service Appointments | 49 | 227 | 173 | 169 | N/A | N/A |
Comptroller and Auditor General | 27 | 181 | 297 | 73 | 65 | 85 |
Department of Finance | 39 | 1,657 | 1,873 | 2,473 | 2,140 | 1,954 |
Office of the Ombudsman | 17 | 47 | 38 | 126 | 30 | 37 |
Office of the Revenue Commissioners | 148 | 627 | 27,706 | 22,900 | 18,530 | 12,450 |
Public Appointments Service | 142 | 229 | 39 | 234 | N/A | N/A |
State Laboratory | 0 | 70 | 45 | 56 | 90 | 122 |
Valuation Office | 19 | 68 | 74 | 35 | 25 | 17 |
The Office of the Commission for Public Service Appointments and the Public Appointments Service did not exist prior to 2005. However, their predecessor body, The Civil Service and Local Appointments Commission, spent some €1.028m in 2004 and some €1.469m in 2003 on consultancy services. In the time available to answer the question, the Office of Public Works was unable to compile the information sought by the Deputy. However, the information will be compiled and forwarded by that Office to the Deputy as soon as possible.
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