Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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Question 146: To ask the Minister for Finance 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 and public service, and State agencies, and a breakdown of these figures in tabular form on a Department/authority/agency basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37744/11]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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Responsibility for central policy in relation to procurement matters rests with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. However, the information sought by the Deputy is not held centrally and accordingly I have copied the Deputy's question to all Government departments and asked that they respond directly to the Deputy. In the case of my own Department, the relevant information cannot be collated in the time available for written reply. A response will issue directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.