Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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1249. To ask the Minister for Health the number of instances in which his Department availed of services, consultancy and-or advices from a company, details supplied, in the past ten years to date; the costs of same; the number of contracts between the company and his Department; and the duration and costs of same. [28199/23]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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My Department's total expenditure for consultancy services availed of from PwC in the past ten years (2013 – 2023) is as per the table attached.

It is the policy in the Department only to engage the services of external consultants where highly specialised skills are not available within the Department and, in particular, when such an approach is felt to be more appropriate and cost-effective.