2704. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expenditure incurred by his Government Department on external consultancy services in each of the past five years, broken down by consultancy firm, project and amount paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61339/26]

I wish to inform the Deputy that the expenditure incurred by my Department on external consultancy services, in each of the past five years, is set out in the attached table.

Expenditure incurred on external consultancy services