John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

These figures do not represent the total cost. That is the important point, at any rate, from my perspective.

If it comes to it, who decides not to go forward with the case? Is it the Department or the Chief State Solicitor's office that would decide not proceed with this? Does Ms Browne's office tell the Department if something happens in court or along the line? Is that the way it works? Has the Department ever come to Ms Browne's office and told it to stop a case as it did not want to proceed with it.