Department of Arts spent €3.2m on external consultants over two years, Dáil told

Arts Minister Patrick O'Donovan would not comment on the nature of the €3.2m spend, saying it would 'not be appropriate' to do so because of 'reasons of operational and national security'.

The Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport, and Media spent more than €3.2m on unnamed external IT consultancies in just two years, new figures reveal.

Some €1.44m was spent in 2023 on outside consultants, with an additional €1.7m paid out in 2024.