Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 427: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide in a tabular form, a list of all professional fees including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT related, advisory, advertising, and accountancy; the company name and the amount invoiced since March 2011 to the end of June 2012. [36646/12]

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 430: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide, in tabular form, details of public service provision responsibilities of his Department outsourced to the private sector; and the cost of each service outsourced over the past 12 months. [36694/12]

Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North-West Limerick, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 427 and 430 together.

Since my Department was established on 2 June 2011, there has been no case of outsourcing responsibility for core public service provision to the private sector. However, certain work is contracted out from time to time in cases where particular expertise is required. In that regard, the information requested by the Deputy in relation to professional fees could not be collated in the time-frame permitted for a Parliamentary Question but will be sent directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.