Ms Murphy confirmed the Australian controversy had prompted her to table the questions, but said she had been concerned for some time about an over-reliance on the Big Four consultancies within government.
“We should be building up expertise within departments rather than bringing it in, and building up the [consultants’] expertise, thereby giving them a direct link into government,” Ms Murphy said. Michael McGrath, the finance minister, said his Department had seconded staff from PwC on four occasions over the last decade. There was no cost to the department from the arrangement on three occasions, with secondees working in the economic division, financial services division and tax division around the period 2012-15.
Mr McGrath said that, five years ago, PwC was contracted to provide services around the appointment of an assessor pursuant to the Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Act 2009. The contract, which lasted for two years, cost €1 million, with the bill being paid by the National Treasury Management Agency, which in turn recouped it from the special liquidation of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation.
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