Carol Nolan (Laois-Offaly, Independent)
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191. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment 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. [30881/21]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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My Department oversees a very diverse portfolio of projects and schemes that are related to the Environment and Digital landscape of the Irish economy. These areas are regularly reviewed in association with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and in some cases external consultants are commissioned for an independent review.In the period from January 2019 to present day my Department undertook five Policy reviews and a further four Spending reviews were carried out by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform's Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service (IGEES). Only one of the nine reviews have incurred external costs to date; this policy review related to the Digital Hub Development Agency at a cost of €58,400(ex.VAT). The details of all 9 reviews have been included in the table below.