Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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462. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has availed of services and-or consultancy from a list of related companies (details supplied) in the past five years to date; if so, if he will provide a schedule of costs and the purpose for which the company was engaged; and if he continued to use services provided by it. [3775/24]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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I wish to inform the Deputy that the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY) availed of the following consultancy services from Grant Thornton Ireland:

“Finalisation and documentation of rules and business processes for a new funding scheme and associated capacity building and implementation planning activities.” The scheme was the Targeted Youth Funding Scheme.

The above services were provided to the Department in 2019, and resulted in payment of €94,000 (exc. VAT) to Grant Thornton Ireland.

No further services have been provided to the Department by the referenced economic operators.