Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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362. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of private investigation firms hired by statutory agencies and or semi-State bodies under the aegis of her Department in the past five years to date in 2017; the names of the firms; the amount they were paid; if they supplied her Department with a report on completion of their work; if she will provide copies of reports submitted to her from these firms as a result of his engagement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16979/17]

Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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The bodies under the aegis of my Department are the Child and Family Agency (Tusla), the Adoption Authority of Ireland, the Ombudsman for Children and the Oberstown Children Detention Campus. I have referred the Deputy's question to each of these bodies and asked them to provide the information sought directly to the Deputy.