Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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278. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the agencies under the remit of her Department; the amount that has been spent on all Covid-19-related consultancy contracts by her Department and agencies under her remit in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; the amount paid for each consultant; and the reason for the consultancy. [6046/22]

Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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The following are the State bodies under my remit:

Tourism

Fáilte Ireland (National Tourism Development Authority)

Tourism Ireland

Arts and Culture

Arts Council

Chester Beatty

Crawford Art Gallery

Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA)

Irish Manuscripts Commission

National Archives of Ireland

National Concert Hall

National Gallery of Ireland

National Library of Ireland

National Museum of Ireland

Screen Ireland

Gaeltacht

Foras na Gaeilge

Tha Boord o Ulster Scotch

Údarás na Gaeltachta

Sport

Sport Ireland

Broadcasting and Media

Broadcast Authority of Ireland (BAI)

Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ)

Teilifís na Gaeilge (TG4)

In relation to the State bodies, the information requested by the Deputy is being compiled and will issue directly to the Deputy in accordance with the timelines set out in Standing Orders.

In relation to my Department, as has been previously advised to the House, my Department commissions experts from time to time to provide technical reports or advice on specific issues. This work is not classified as consultancy services and is not funded from the Department's administrative budget.

Notwithstanding this, the following Covid-19 related external support was procured by my Department for the years in question: