Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 22 February 2018
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Estimates for Public Services 2018
Estimates for Public Services 2018
Votes 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
9:30 am
Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
The amounts provided for in the subhead relate to fees incurred by the Office of the Information Commissioner and the Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information for professional legal advice and representation. Expenditure and legal fees vary from year to year. With regard to the reason for the change to which the Deputy referred, there were five court appeals concluded in 2017. At the beginning of 2018, there were 11 active cases before the High Court. With regard to the ongoing cases, I am not aware of any common thread.
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