Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Independent)
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Question 232: To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the academic qualifications and relevant training of the officials that were responsible for negotiating the Irish programme with the Troika; their rank in the Civil Service; if any external consultants or advisors were employed for these negotiations; and the qualifications of same. [25397/12]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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The Troika negotiations are undertaken by a team of officials, led by the Secretaries General of the Department of Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform and the Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland. The negotiators are supported by a Programme Compliance Office in the Department of Finance as well as officials in my Department, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, the Central Bank, NTMA and a range of other Government Departments and State agencies. In addition since the beginning of the negotiations with the Troika my officials have worked with a number of consultants, which, while not exclusively engaged to advise on the Irish Programme, contributed to the Irish authorities' negotiations with the Troika. Consultancy firms in this category include Davy, Goldman Sachs, Lazard, McKinsey & Co, NM Rothchild & Sons Ltd, PWC, Barclays, Boston Consulting, Blackrock and Arthur Cox and Matheson Ormsby Prentice.

The following table outlines the Qualifications in my Department:

Please Note: Some Officers carry more than 1 qualification and this table does not include individuals who are working in the Department on a pro bono basis

* Includes but not limited to Degrees and Masters etc in other disciplines; e.g Engineering, Sciences, Human Resources, Management, I.T. and Arts.