(1) With reference to his reply to question 2947 on 26 August 2015, what were the total costs incurred by the Government to (a) conduct the 2013 long term Fishing Rights Allocation Process (FRAP), (b) conduct the FRAP appeals process, (c) secure the services certain persons (names furnished) from 1 June 2015 to 31 May 2016 and (d) conduct the FRAP allocations process;
(2) whether his department retained the services of a certain person (name furnished) and/or his company (name furnished); if not, why not; if so, what is the (a)(i) nature and (ii) objective of the continued professional services being rendered by the specified person and/or his company to his department and (b) total cost to the Government for retaining the person and/or his company;
(3) what is the total amount of cost that the Government incurred to date to conduct the 2015-16 FRAP? NW2803E