527. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of times her Department hired out an external forensic accountant to carry out works on behalf of her Department in 2023 and to-date in 2024; the company that provided the forensic accountancy service; and the amount her Department paid for this service in each of the years in question, in tabular form. [44850/24]

I wish to advise the Deputy that the information sought in respect of my Department is specified in the following table.