Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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Question 531: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; the numbers of consultants engaged by his Department in those years; the names of the consultancy companies awarded contracts; and the steps which have been taken to reduce the expenditure on consultancy and the reliance on consultants by his Department in these years and for the future. [25550/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The annual spend on consultancy and the number of consultants engaged by my Department in each of the years 2008-2011 was as follows:

The annual spend on consultancy and the number of consultants engaged by my Department in each of the years 2008-2011 was as follows:

Steps taken to reduce expenditure on consultancy, include among others a reduction in the Consultancy budget from €409,000 in 2008 to €73,000 in 2012 and the implementation of stricter controls over the business case need and approval process prior to the engagement of such services.

The names of the consultancy companies awarded contracts over the period in question are:

Accenture

Butler Direct Ltd

Byrne O'Cleirigh

Carr Communications Ltd

Forensic Navigation Services Ltd.

Golder Associates

Graphite HRM Ltd

Helm Corporation Ltd

IBI Group (UK) Ltd

Jenny Smyth & Associates

Keville & O'Sullivan Associates

LHM Casey McGrath

McCann Fitzgerald Associates

Mr. Barry Loveday

Ms. Bernadette Kiely

Professor Gisli Gudjonsson

Professor Paul Robinson

Prospectus

Public Communications Centre

Scotcoach

Thinksmart