Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)
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514. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total legal costs incurred by his Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and estimated in 2014. [17349/14]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department's legal expenditure for the relevant years, covering both costs and compensation, is as follows:

2011 - €815,247

2012 - €1,220,452

2013 - €685,141

Provision has been made in the Vote of my Department for legal expenses in the sum of €3,165,120 for 2014, from which any matured expenses will be discharged.