Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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123. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total expenditure on consultancy by her Department; the number of consultants engaged by her Department, in the years 2011 to 2014; the names of the consultancy companies awarded contracts; and the steps which have been taken to reduce the expenditure on consultancy, and the reliance on consultants by her Department, in these years, and for the future. [18958/15]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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The use of consultancy services by my Department is kept under constant review. Wherever possible such tasks are carried out, in - house, by Departmental staff. Specific steps taken to reduce expenditure on external services include the implementation of strict controls over business case requirement and approval process prior to the engagement of such services. In other words a clear business need must be established before expenditure on such services is approved. The details requested by the Deputy for each of the years 2011-2014 was as follows:

Contracts over the period in question were awarded to the following companies:

Professor Gisli Gudjohnson

Forensic Navigation Services

Byrne O'Cleirigh

LHM Casey McGrath

McCann Fitzgerald

Hibernia Evros

McGill Planning

RITS Bianconi Research Ltd

Derililinx Ltd

Laura Dillon & Associates

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