Written answers
Tuesday, 16 July 2013
Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
Departmental Legal Costs
Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)
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795. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has sought and received legal advice outside of the Office of the Attorney General; the number of times advice was sought per year from 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the costs of outside legal advice per year from 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34981/13]
Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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The information requested in respect of legal advice to my Department from outside of the Office of the Attorney General in the period 20 11 to date in 2013 is set out in the following table ; this does not include matters associated with the Planning Tribunal.
| Year | Name of Firm or Solicitor/Barrister | Subject Matter/Nature of Work | Cost of Legal Advice€ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Margaret Gray BL | The drafting of Regulations to comply with Articles 3(6) and 4(3) of EU Directive 2003/35/EC relating to Public Participation | 7,622 |
| 2011 | Arthur Cox Solicitors | Corrib gas pipeline/Foreshore licence drafting | 77,822.82 |
| 2011 | Arthur Cox Solicitors | Oriel Windfarm/Foreshore l ease drafting | 4, 098.44 |
| 2011 | Arthur Cox Solicitors | Emerald Bridge subsea telecommunications cable/Foreshore licence drafting | 6,481.15 |
| 2011 | Matheson Ormsby Prentice Solicitors | Market Development Programme for Waste Resources - review of terms and conditions for a competition | 312 .00 |
| 2011 | A & L Goodbody | Legal advice on tender and contract documentation relating to the provision of a Premium Rate Weather Service | 10,374 |
| 2012 | Arthur Cox Solicitors | Emerald Bridge subsea telecommunications cable/Foreshore licence drafting | 18,077.14 |
| 2012 | Arthur Cox Solicitors | Providence exploration surveys/Foreshore licence drafting | 20,970.29 |
| 2012 | Arthur Cox Solicitors | Dublin Array Windfarm/Foreshore lease application | 1,659.68 |
| 2012 | Arthur Cox Solicitors | Codling Windfarm/Foreshore lease | 1,546.17 |
| 2012 | Arthur Cox Solicitors | Gaelectric Windfarm/Foreshore Licence application | 3,365.36 |
| 2012 | Matheson Ormsby Prentice Solicitors | Market Development Programme for Waste Resources - review of terms and conditions for a competition | 317 .00 |
| 2012 | McDowell Purcell Solicitors | Legal advice on Dublin Docklands Development Authority issues | 6,654 |
| 2012 | Eamon Galligan SC | Legal advice on new provisions under section 261a of the Planning and Development Act 2000 | 1,353 |
| 2012 | Arthur Cox Solicitors | Provision of legal advice to the Pyrite Panel | 6,127 |
| 2013 | Arthur Cox Solicitors | Emerald Bridge subsea telecommunications cable/Foreshore licence | 40,809.36 |
| 2013 | Arthur Cox Solicitors | Providence exploration surveys/Foreshore licence | 9,561.17 |
| 2013 | Arthur Cox Solicitors | Illegal Structures on Foreshore | 4,554.84 |
| 2013 | Arthur Cox Solicitors | Arklow Windfarm/Foreshore lease | 10,841.15 |
In addition to the payments listed, other contractual arrangements for services contained element s relating to ancillary legal advice, the cost of which is not separately identifiable.
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