898. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the expenditure incurred by each Government Department on external consultancy services in each of the past five years, broken down by Department, consultancy firm, project and amount paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60282/26]

I wish to advise the Deputy that details of the expenditure incurred by my Department on external consultancy services in each of the past five years are broken down in tabular format below.

Expenditure on External Consultancy Services