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Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 3: Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6: Office of the Chief State Solicitor (12 Nov 2015)

Derek Nolan: How many litigants are involved in the remaining €4.7 million of the €5 million?

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 3: Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6: Office of the Chief State Solicitor (12 Nov 2015)

John McGuinness: A child was involved in an accident. The child is now 18. I am interested because €5 million was awarded in that case back in 2012. The sum is being held by the President of the High Court. The individual concerned, the child, and the parents have not received the benefit of that award. The €5 million is held without having been invested. It cost the parents €6,000...

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 3: Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6: Office of the Chief State Solicitor (12 Nov 2015)

...The three offices whose accounts are being reviewed by the committee today all provide legal services to or on behalf of the State. The combined net cost of these services in 2014 was around €75 million. I issued clear audit opinions in respect of all three appropriation accounts. No matters arising from the audits of these accounts were included in my report on the accounts of...

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 3: Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6: Office of the Chief State Solicitor (12 Nov 2015)

Ms Eileen Creedon: Approximately €5 million relates to one large case. It is a live case because it has not been finally concluded. The rest relates to a balance of cases. We pursue costs and manage them but we cannot always reclaim them successfully. A lot of them would relate to lay litigants where it can be difficult to recover costs but we manage the process and we go as far...

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 3: Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6: Office of the Chief State Solicitor (12 Nov 2015)

Mr. Barry Donoghue: I thank the committee for its invitation to discuss appropriation account of the Comptroller and Auditor General in relation to Vote 5. Before discussing the appropriation account, it might be useful if I gave the committee a brief overview of the work of the office and the more significant developments that have taken place in recent years. The Office of the Director...