Alan Dillon (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Gunning mentioned previously that the legal fees in 2018 were €128,000, in 2019 they were €691,000 and to date for 2020 they are €423,000. With regard to the High Court legal fees, Mr. Gunning previously stated at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health that there would be an additional €15 million to pay on legal costs, specialists, programme and quantum. Since the number of claims by the contractor has also jumped from 600 to 700, can Mr. Gunning provide an update to this committee on what he expects costs to total by the end of this project?