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Wednesday, 12 December 2018

Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Consultancy Contracts Data

Photo of Seán SherlockSeán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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207. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent on outside consultancy fees to date for advices since the initial announcement of the national broadband plan. [52401/18]

Photo of Richard BrutonRichard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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The National Broadband Plan procurement team is supported by a range of expert consultants. The following table sets out annual expenditure on external advisers under the NBP from the date of their engagement. Total cost to date for NBP advisers since 2013 is €22,380,943 (inclusive of VAT).NBP Payments to Consultants by Year

YearCost
2013€323,491.23
2014€538,541.69
2015€2,874,888.91
2016€2,306,365.91
2017€9,920,423.32
2018€6,417,232.21
TOTAL€22,380,943.27

All figures include VAT

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