Dan Boyle (Cork South Central, Green Party)
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Question 880: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the costs expended by Ireland in defending a case in the Courts of Justice in view of the recent case taken against Ireland C-282/02, which Ireland lost on 2 June 2005; the costs expended by the European Court of Justice, that Ireland has been ordered to pay; the individual payments awarded to Ireland's legal representatives in relation to this case; and the man hours involved in defending this case. [19583/05]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The judgment of the European Court of Justice against Ireland in case C-282/02 included an order that the State should pay costs. It is not possible at this stage to indicate these costs, as they remain to be computed by the European Commission. I am advised by the Office of the Attorney General that counsel has not yet submitted a bill for the preparation of Ireland's defence and rejoinder.