Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 2 December 2015

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on the Department of the Taoiseach

Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Supplementary)

4:00 pm

Photo of Paul KehoePaul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Some of the cases to which we are referring may have a constitutional basis and could not be settled in advance. There are cases where an individual's legal team is encouraged to enter mediation with the State but that does not always happen because some people want their day in court, so to speak and that is where the expenses begin.