Carol Nolan (Laois-Offaly, Independent)
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656. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of each value for money and policy review conducted by his Department from 1 January 2019 to date; if external costs were incurred; if so, the details of such costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30883/21]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The Department of Foreign Affairs has not conducted a value for money study since 1st January 2019. However, as part of the Department's wider evaluation work programme, and in line with the Public Spending Code, a Spending Review of the Ethiopia Country Strategy (2014-2019) was completed in 2020. There were no external costs involved.