Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail)
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373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount his Department or bodies under its aegis has paid to a company (details supplied) for consultancy and ongoing use of intellectual property in relation the use of the HP Deprivation Index. [20487/17]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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My Department awarded a contract to the individual in question for advice relating to the development of a new DEIS Identification Process. No fees have been paid to date.

The Higher Education Authority (HEA) recently awarded a tender to the same individual  to develop a “Data Plan for Equity of Access to Higher Education”.  No payments have been made at this time.