Albert Dolan (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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270. To ask the Minister for Health 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, her Department voluntarily publishes its annual consultancy spending online in the interest of transparency and accessibility, if her 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; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68460/25]

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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Consultancy expenditure costs are reported in the Department’s audited Appropriation Account, which is publicly available on the Comptroller and Auditor General’s website, in accordance with the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies.

The Department will consider measures to make this information more accessible as part of its ongoing commitment to transparency.