Shane Ross (Dublin South, Independent)
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Question 245: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details of the total amount of money paid by his Department to a company (details supplied) in the past decade; and details of the projects. [20912/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Total payments by my Department to PWC in the period 2004 to 2011 was €9.2m. These payments were primarily in respect of IT services and support.

Shane Ross (Dublin South, Independent)
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Question 246: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total cost of hiring external public relations companies by his Department during the past decade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20926/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I wish to inform the Deputy that the information requested is not readily available. Given the period of time concerned and the fact that my Department neither classifies nor records companies by type, for example, public relations, the information requested could only be compiled by the use of a disproportionate and inordinate amount of staff time and effort.

Shane Ross (Dublin South, Independent)
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Question 247: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details of the total amount of money paid by his Department to a company (details supplied) in the past decade; and the details of the projects. [20940/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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No records of any payments to KPMG by my Department were found in the period 2004 to 2011.

Anthony Lawlor (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 248: To ask the Minister for Defence if companies (details supplied) are employed by his Department; and if so the capacity of same. [20498/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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None of the companies listed by the Deputy are currently engaged to provide services by my Department.