Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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41. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the expenditure by her Department on the Tuam mother and baby home inquiry, in particular, for advertising, the appointment of consultants, collaborative forum and or other ancillary matters excluding the commission set up in accordance with the Commissions of Investigation Act 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18898/18]

Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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The costs incurred to date by my Department in relation to the specific categories of expenditure identified by the Deputy are collated in the following table.

The expenditure on consultancy relates to the costs incurred by the expert technical group in providing advices on the options for the future of the Tuam site.

The Collaborative Forum is in the process of being established so the costs incurred to date relate to the initial work of the selection panel.

These figures do not include expenditure incurred directly by the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation in the course of its independent investigations.