Tom Fleming (Kerry South, Independent)
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134. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide details of all consultancy firms engaged by his Department during 2013; if he will further provide details of all the relevant fees paid to these firms during this period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3204/14]

Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North-West Limerick, Fine Gael)
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The following table lists the consultants engaged by my Department in 2013 together with payments made from my Department's Administrative Budget. It may be noted that contracts for the provision of services are not included. Value for money is an overriding consideration in relation to the engagement of such consultants.

For completeness, I wish to bring to the Deputy's attention that from time to time my Department also commissions engineering or environmental experts to provide technical reports on specific issues as required. While the providers of these services are consultant engineers, environmental consultants or may describe themselves in other such terms, their work is not classified as "consultancy services and policy reviews" and is not funded from my Department's Administrative Budget.