Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form, in respect of 2011, to show separately the number of payments issued by his Department and each agency within the remit of his Department to suppliers in respect of the supply of goods and services ; and splitting the payments between those issued within 30 days of receipt of the invoice; between 30 and 60 days of receipt of the invoice; between 60 and 90 days of receipt of the invoice; between 90 and 120 days of receipt of the invoice; and in excess of 120 days of receipt of the invoice. [45654/12]

Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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The following table details the number and timeframe of payments made to suppliers by my Department and NESDO in 2011.

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date 2012 of the total amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department, anybody under his aegis or State agency for which he has responsibility; the names of the consultancy companies awarded contracts; the nature of the work concerned; the fees paid to each consultant and if the matter was advertised for competitive tender;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45655/12]

Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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The following table details expenditure on consultancy by my Department, and bodies under the aegis of my Department, from 2008 to the end of September 2012.

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide details in tabular form for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date 2012, inclusive, of the arrangements entered into by him, anybody under his aegis or State agency for which he has responsibility for the obtaining of advice from a senior or junior counsel and or a firm of solicitors; the subject matter for which advice was sought; the names of the barristers and solicitors firms concerned and the fees paid; the nature of the work concerned; if in each case the matter was advertised for competitive tender;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45656/12]

Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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My Department did not incur legal expenses from a firm of solicitors or from Senior or Junior Counsel, other than through the State's legal Offices, during the period in question. The National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO) incorporating the National Economic and Social Council (NESC), is the only body under the aegis of my Department. In 2006 NESDO conducted a competitive tendering process for the provision of legal advice and the contract was awarded to Mason Hayes Curran. NESDO did not incur any expenditure on legal services from 2009 to date. Details of the expenditure incured by NESDO on legal services in 2008 are set out in the table below:

Note: The NESF and NCPP were abolished in 2010.

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of all companies or persons providing an external professional service to his Department such as ICT, legal advice, advertising, project management and including any other external professional service not listed; the amount invoiced by each company to him over the past 12 months, in tabular form. [45657/12]

Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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The table below sets out the list of suppliers to my Department of professional services, where professional services withholding tax has been applied, and the total paid from 1 October 2011 to end September 2012, including professional services withholding tax, according to my Department's Financial Management System.

*A contract for the provision of website services for the EU Presidency was awarded to TerminalFour Solutions Limited on the 23rd of December 2011. TerminalFour's European headquarters are based on Dublin and they are experienced in delivering large multilingual websites and their services to this Department include; web design & development of a website and mobile site in 4 languages, provision of a content management system and provision of training & support.