Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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309. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of moneys paid by his Department to external consultants, professional companies or advisors in relation to the jobs action plan in each year since and including 2012; if he will provide in a tabular form the list of those organisations who received money; his Department's procurement policy regarding this work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1130/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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There were no payments made by my Department to external consultants, professional companies or advisers for work directly related to the 2012, 2013 or 2014 Action Plan for Jobs (APJ). The APJ for 2015 is currently being finalised and at this stage it is not anticipated that it will involve payments to any external bodies by this Department. Where the engagement of external consultants, professional companies or advisers is involved, my Department’s procurement policy requires adherence to the relevant EU and national rules.