Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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1038. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent on consultancy services by her Department in 2021; the reason for each consultancy; and the name of the consultancy in tabular form. [1725/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The procurement of external consultancy services is essential to support my Department in providing high quality service to the public in a cost effective and efficient manner.  Consultants are engaged for a fixed period following procurement exercises conducted in accordance with Department procedures that are compliant with EU and national legislation and with guidelines set down by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.  All consultancy related payments in my Department are made from the consultancy budget (Subhead A2(vii)).

A breakdown of annual expenditure on consultancy and IT external service provision, and a list of purchase orders for €20,000 and above, is available on the Department’s website at gov.ie - Department of Social Protection Policy on Procurement (www.gov.ie)

The following is the provisional spend on Consultancy for 2021 in tabular form: