Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of retainers her Department has with outside organisations; and the cost of each retainer, in tabular form. [16147/22]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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My Department makes payments to a range of suppliers and service providers as part its normal day to day work. Payments are generally made on foot of agreed contractual arrangements and in accordance with the guidelines pertaining to expenditure by Government departments. Contractual arrangements may dictate that an up-front or once-off payment be made at the commencement of a contract.

My Department does not generally pay retainers as part of its operations and its Financial Management System does not identify such payments.