COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Tuesday, April 11, 2023

QUESTION NO. 9

QUESTION: Councillor K. Mahon

To ask the Manager how much South Dublin county Council has been spent on consultants in 2022 and how many of the projects for which consultants were engaged do not have a Department within South Dublin County Council that deals with the relevant issues?

REPLY:

South Dublin County Council incurred a total expenditure of €9,115,242 in professional and consultancy fees in 2022, this is marginally higher than the €7,930,491 incurred in 2021, when the Councils operations were curtailed by Covid 19. All capital projects are assigned a lead department for management and accountability purposes. The lead department for each project is presented in the attached report to Question 10. 

SDCC only engages the services of professionals and consultants where the specific expertise is not readily available within the organisation at the time required or due to prevailing work commitments additional resources are required to meet necessary / contractual deadlines.