Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 641 19 July 2012, if he will provide details relating to professional fees paid by his Department. [47258/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Professional fees paid by my Department since March 2011 amount to €1,303,739. Details of the companies or persons providing a professional service to my Department since March 2011, and the amount invoiced by each, are set out in the tabular statement attached. These include professional services such as ICT, engineering, architecture, accounting and legal services. In addition to the professional services referred to above, my Department also engages the services of civilian medical practitioners to provide primary care for the Permanent Defence Force when medical officers are not available or where specialist medical expertise is required. Since March 2011, my Department has paid €6.5m to some 670 civilian medical service providers.