Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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222. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of reports commissioned from firms (details supplied) in 2018; the firm that completed each report; and the cost of each report. [7181/19]

Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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223. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of consultants from firms (details supplied) contracted to perform work in 2018; and the amount spent on consultants from each firm. [7198/19]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 222 and 223 together.

In 2018, KPMG were engaged by my Department as consultants at a total cost of €221,400 (including VAT) to provide corporate finance advisory services in relation to the establishment of the Land Development Agency; €152,616 has been paid to date. In addition, three persons with auditing expertise were seconded into my Department from Ernst and Young during 2018 to provide services to the Local Government Audit Service due to delays in the recruitment of permanent staff for these roles; the cost amounted to €119,556 (including VAT).