Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)
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Question 358: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department in 2006 and 2007; the numbers of consultants engaged by his Department in those years; the names of the consultancy companies awarded contracts; the steps which have been taken to reduce the expenditure on consultancy and the reliance on consultants by his Department in these years and for the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42581/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I refer the Deputy to PQ 342 answered on 18th November 2008 in relation to the amounts paid by my Department and the consultancy companies engaged over the period. Regarding the steps taken to reduce expenditure on consultancy, these include among others a reduction in the Consultancy Budget in my Department from €409,000 to €109,000 (73%) in 2009 and the implementation of stricter controls over the approval process prior to the engagement of such services.