Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The point raised by Deputy Murphy has highlighted an issue for me. In this correspondence reference is made to certain barristers’ legal fees. In regard to the Apple case, for some time now, through parliamentary questions and other formats, I have been trying to get the fees paid to certain barristers and information on whether they have any other public sector jobs and, consistently, I have been refused this information, citing personal information. The State is paying these barristers significant sums with taxpayers’ money. I understand that some of them hold other publicly funded roles. Despite my having been previously given such information, I have consistently been refused it recently, yet this correspondence makes reference to that information.