Albert Dolan (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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83. To ask the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question No. 2148 of 4 November 2025 to the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science in which he confirmed that, although not required by statute, his Department voluntarily publishes its annual consultancy spending online in the interest of transparency and accessibility, if his Department operates a similar practice; if not, whether consideration will be given to adopting this approach as a transparency measure consistent with the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies and wider open-government principles. [68466/25]

Micheál Martin (Cork South-Central, Fianna Fail)
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Neither the Department of the Taoiseach nor the National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO) - the only body under the aegis of the Department of the Taoiseach - has incurred expenditure on external consultancy in the past five years.

In the case of the Department, such expenditure - were it to be incurred - would be reported in the Department's annual Appropriation Account and the Department's Annual Report.

In the case of NESDO, such expenditure - were it to be incurred - would be reported in the NESDO Annual Report.

The Department's 2024 Appropriation Account is available at www.audit.gov.ie/en/publications/appropriation%20accounts/appropriation-accounts-2024.html.

The Department's 2024 Annual Report is available at www.gov.ie/en/department-of-the-taoiseach/publications/department-of-the-taoiseach-annual-report-2024.

Annual reports of the National Economic and Social Development Office are available at www.nesc.ie/publications/.