Aidan Farrelly (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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109. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of retired officials that were re-engaged by his Department on a consultancy basis in the past four years and to date in 2025; the reason for engaging them; the costs incurred in respect of their engagement; and if his Department requires consultants to declare conflicts of interest in advance of utilising their services. [31270/25]

Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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For the period of time in question, my Department has not re-engaged any retired officials on a consultancy basis. I can confirm that no retired staff have received consultancy payments through the Department’s payroll from 2021 to date.