Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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237. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of each time her Department, or public bodies under the aegis of her Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2022; the purpose and value of each contract; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18741/23]

Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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I wish to inform the Deputy that details of expenditure sought in respect of my Department are specified in the table below. Operational costs incurred by bodies under my Department's aegis, such as consultancy services, are matter for the bodies concerned.

From time to time, my Department commissions experts to provide technical reports or advice on specific issues. While the providers of these services may describe themselves as consultants, their work is not classified as consultancy services and is not funded from my Department's Administrative Budget.