Aidan Farrelly (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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173. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a schedule of all external legal consultation that he engaged in, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the general nature of the engagement; if the external consultation resulted in a report and or recommendations; and the cost of each consultant and or company engaged. in tabular form. [7443/25]

Micheál Martin (Cork South-Central, Fianna Fail)
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The below table details expenditure incurred by the Department of the Taoiseach in relation to external legal services from 2023 to date in 2025.

Albert Dolan (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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174. To ask the Taoiseach to provide data on the final cost of public procurement tenders where his Department or agencies under the aegis of his Department acted as the contracting authority in each of the past five years, indicating the number of tenders where the final cost was under, on, or over the contract award value at the time of tendering, in tabular form. [7514/25]

Albert Dolan (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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175. To ask the Taoiseach the total amount spent in excess of the contract award value for all public procurement tenders within his Department and agencies under the aegis his Department of in each of the past five years. [7532/25]

Micheál Martin (Cork South-Central, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 174 and 175 together.

All procurement within the Department of the Taoiseach and National Economic and Social Development Office, the only body under its aegis, is conducted in accordance with applicable EU and national regulations and guidelines and is subject to regular review and oversight to ensure that budgetary control is maintained over the life cycle of individual projects.

The final cost of contracts entered into and completed by the Department of the Taoiseach, in each of the past five years, is detailed in the table below. All contracts detailed were time-bound with an agreed pricing schedule as opposed to having a specified award value.