Departmental Expenditure

Tuesday, 14 October 2025

Questions (553)

Albert Dolan

Question:

553. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department and each body under its aegis discloses expenditure on external consultancy and adviser fees, by category (details supplied) in their annual report and or financial statements for each accounting year; if they provide direct web links to the most recent publications where these Section 1.5 disclosures are set out for his Department and for each aegis body; and if they provide the total consultancy and adviser fees by the Section 1.5 categories for each of the past five years for his Department and for each aegis body, respectively; and the internal controls that are in place to ensure that these category-level disclosures are made annually and that procurement of such services complies with applicable competitive tendering rules, in tabular form. [55362/25]

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Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport

The Estimate in respect of Subhead vii - Policy Review, Consultancy Services and Research for my Department is published in the annual Revised Estimate Volume as published by the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation which can be viewed at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/department-of-public-expenditure-infrastructure-public-service-reform-and-digitalisation/collections/the-revised-estimates-volumes-for-the-public-service/

Expenditure actually charged to Subhead vii - Policy Review, Consultancy Services and Research, is detailed in the Department's Annual Report and financial statements which are published annually. Expenditure under this subhead for the former Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media can be found in the 2024 Appropriation Account at the following link: www.audit.gov.ie/en/find-report/publications/2025/vote-33-tourism-culture-arts-gaeltacht-sport-and-media.pdf .

The details of expenditure on external consultancy and adviser fees by bodies under the aegis of my Department is an operational matter for those bodies. However, the most recent annual reports and financial statements for each body under the aegis may be found at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/department-of-culture-communications-and-sport/organisation-information/latest-financial-details-from-the-department-of-tourism-culture-arts-gaeltacht-sport-and-media/ .