Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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828. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the agencies under the remit of his Department; the amount that has been spent on all Covid-19-related consultancy contracts by his Department and agencies under his remit in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; the amount paid for each consultant; and the reason for the consultancy. [6031/22]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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I wish to inform the Deputy that my Department engaged one consultant since 2020 in relation to COVID-19, details of which are set out below.

As regards the 12 State Agencies under the aegis of the Department, the placing of such contracts is an operational issue for the agencies themselves and I have referred the question to them for direct reply.