Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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Question 185: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount paid out annually from public funds for outsourcing to private contractors and the use of consultants and agencies for all Departments of the Civil Service, public service, and State agencies, and to break down these figures in tabular form by Department, authority and agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38263/11]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The information requested is not readily available within my Department and it would require a very substantial amount of administrative time to identify and extract the full range of details sought. My Department does, however, have some relevant information to hand as compiled recently for other purposes. The information in question relates to the following expenditure by my Department and is outlined on four separate tables as follows: a) Expenditure on Consultants in 2010; b) Overall procurement expenditure in 2010; c) Amounts paid to the Department's top 30 suppliers in 2010; and d) Amounts paid to companies that supplied external professional services in 2010 (excluding consultants or contractors engaged in relation to school building projects).

It should be noted that the individual tables are not mutually exclusive so that they each may include expenditure that is comprehended within the other tables. While expenditure under different categories can vary from year to year the overall expenditure for 2010 is indicative of the levels of expenditure incurred by my Department annually. Should the Deputy have a particular interest regarding any of the items listed in these tables or in relation to any other specific category of expenditure, my officials will endeavour to supply further details as far as possible.

With regard to the agencies under the aegis of my Department the information requested by the Deputy is not held centrally by my Department. As the information requested is substantial it would take an inordinate amount of administrative time to compile. If the Deputy has an interest in a particular agency then officials in my Department will request the agency concerned to provide the relevant information insofar as it is possible. For the Deputy's information a list of agencies under the aegis of my Department is attached.

Procurement spend for each of the top 30 suppliers (excluding Rent, Rates or Utility Providers) to the Dept. of Education and Skills in 2010

* Excluding consultants or contractors engaged in relation to school building projects.

Bodies under the aegis of the Department of Education and Skills – November 2011

An Chomhairle um Oideachais Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta (COGG)

Commission into Child Abuse (CICA)

Education Finance Board (EFB)

Foras Áiseanna Saothair (FÁS)

Further Education & Training Awards Council (FETAC)

Grangegorman Development Agency (GGDA)

Higher Education and Training Awards Council (HETAC)

Higher Education Authority (HEA)

Léargas - The Exchange Bureau

National Centre for Technology in Ireland (NCTE)

National Centre for Guidance in Education (NCGE)

National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA)

National Council for Special Education (NCSE)

National Qualifications Authority of Ireland (NQAI)

Residential Institutions Redress Board (RIRB)

Residential Institutions Review Committee (RIRC)

Skillnets Ltd

State Examinations Commission (SEC)

The Teaching Council