Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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416. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which his Department’s annual amount for contingent liability is set; the factors considered when setting contingent liability; if forecasting is undertaken regarding setting future amounts; the contingent liability figure for his Department for 2020; and if the contingency provision has been utilised to date in 2020. [36904/20]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The Department of Foreign Affairs maintains contingent liability under ongoing review as part of the Departmental budgetary process. To date, the Department has not identified a requirement for a contingent liability amount to be set.