Anthony Lawlor (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 57: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if companies (details supplied) are employed by his Department; and if so the capacity of same. [20502/11]

Shane Ross (Dublin South, Independent)
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Question 60: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade 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. [20909/11]

Shane Ross (Dublin South, Independent)
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Question 62: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of the total amount of money paid by his Department to a company (details supplied) in the past decade; the details of the projects. [20937/11]

Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 57, 60 and 62 together.

My Department does not currently employ the services of any of the four companies referred to in the questions. In the timeframe available it is not possible to provide information earlier than 2004. From 2004 to date, my Department has contracted the services of KPMG on two occasions and PwC on one occasion. In 2007 and 2008 payments of €35, 406.12 and €35,978.76 respectively were made to KPMG for a Value for Money review of the Passport Service. In 2008, €995.00 was paid to PwC for a senior management workshop. In addition, Missions abroad have, from time to time, engaged the services of the local franchise partnerships of some of these international companies.