Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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390. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide in tabular form the total amount spent since February 2011 on external reports commissioned by his Department, including payments from ministerial allowances, broken down by report; if he will provide the details of any consultants employed; the names of each report and its status as published or ongoing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2355/14]

Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North-West Limerick, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will be aware, my Department, as currently configured, was established on 2 June 2011 and therefore the available information is being provided from that date. I am advised that €80,379 was spent by my Department on external reports from consultants during this timeframe. The details requested in relation to this expenditure are set out in the following table. It may be noted that contracts for the provision of services are not included. There was no relevant expenditure from Ministerial allowances.