Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 10 December 2025
375. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide a breakdown of all consultants engaged with his Department; the costs associated with their services, by year, and name of consultant, in each of the years 2012 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70444/25]
View answerMy Department publishes details of consultancy payments made in a given year following the close of the financial year. The published information comprises details of the nature of the consultancy work undertaken and the costs incurred.
My Department was established in July 2017, information on consultancies from that date to end 2024 is available on our website at the following link:
https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-rural-and-community-development-and-the-gaeltacht/organisation-information/financial-information/#consultancies
Details of consultancy payments made in 2025 will published in early 2026 once the present financial year is complete. In the meantime the following table provides details of payments made to external consultants to date in 2025.
|
Company / Organisation |
Nature of the Work Conducted |
Cost (including VAT) |
|
Governance Ireland |
Review of the Public Participation Network National Advisory Group terms of reference. |
€18,081 |
|
Risk and Resilience Ltd. |
External Review of Risk Management within the Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht. |
€10,320 |
|
Social Justice Ireland |
Public Participation Network, compilation of the Annual Report 2024. |
€10,800 |
|
TASC - Think Tank for Action on social Change |
Evaluation of the Empowering Communities Pilot Programme. |
€21,835 |
|
National University Maynooth |
Review of the eligibility for the CLÁR programme. |
€16,083 |
