Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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1290. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of money which was spent by his Department in 2016 on external consultants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33905/17]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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The expenditure by my Department in 2016 on external consultants was €495,258. External consultancy services are only availed of by my Department in circumstances where necessary work cannot be carried out within the resources/expertise available to the Department.