Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 7 February 2019
Public Accounts Committee
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
9:00 am
David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
Okay. Has there been an increase in counsel fees as well? What cost controls are in place to ensure we get value for money with counsel fees? The witness indicated the single largest area of cost was €16.4 million arising from fees paid to counsel to prosecute cases. How are those fees determined and what cost control mechanisms are in place to ensure we manage those costs?
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