Anthony Lawlor (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 162: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if companies (details supplied) are employed by her Department; and if so the capacity of same. [20506/11]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The Department has a major programme of business, organisational and technological change underway to enable it to modernise the services which it provides to its customers. The Department uses external consultancy firms to assist with information technology work. The Department also engages consultants for work which comes within the definition of 'consultancy' set out in Department of Finance guidelines - where a person or organisation provides intellectual or knowledge based services (e.g. expert analysis and advice) through delivering reports, studies, assessments, recommendations, proposals, etc. that contribute to decision making or policy making. The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the attached table. KPMG or PwC are not presently engaged by the Department in a consultancy capacity.