Barry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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260. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent in each year for the past five years on accountancy and consultancy firms in relation to capital projects; the specific capital project in which the costs were incurred; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2261/19]

Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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My Department has not spent any monies in the past five years on accountancy or consultancy firms in relation to any capital projects. The capital allocation for my Department is primarily used to deliver IT modernisation and carry out refurbishments on the Department’s buildings.

The Deputy may wish to note that in relation to refurbishment costs, all accommodation works are contracted by the Office of Public Works (OPW) and if any such services had been required it would be the OPW who would have contracted and paid for them.