Written answers
Tuesday, 28 June 2005
Department of Transport
Legal Services
10:00 pm
Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 468: To ask the Minister for Transport the total cost, number and nature of legal services sought by his Department from 1998 to 2004 and to date in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22421/05]
Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The information sought by the Deputy is set out in the following table.
| Total cost, including VAT | Consultant | Nature of services | Year commissioned |
| â'¬ | |||
| 726,637 | Linklaters and Alliance | Aer Lingus IPO | 2000 |
| 176,017 | William Fry Solicitors | Aer Lingus IPO | 2000 |
| 183,858 | Mason Hayes and Curran | Aer Lingus IPO | 2000 |
| 4,605 | McCann Fitzgerald | Aer Lingus IPO | 2000 |
| 128,150 | William Fry Solicitors | Aer Lingus IPO | 2001 — retained from engagement re: IPO, above |
| 94,953.66 | Mr. Patrick Keane Senior Counsel — assisted by two technical assessors | Appointed by Minister to carry out a review of the public inquiry which was held into the non-fatal accident to the Aer Lingus DC 3 near Birmingham, UK on 1 January 1953 | 2001/2002 |
| 44,440 | Matheson, Ormsby, Prentice | Report on public service contracts for public transport operators | 2001 |
| 540,666 131,869 | Mason Solicitors | LRT operator franchise | 2001 2002 |
| 1,179,950 444,000 — this amount includes payments for legal advice but also for technical and financial advice | Ernst and Young — as lead consortium which also included Arthur Cox, W.S. Atkins and Simmons & Simmons | Rail/PP policy framework | 2001 2002 |
| 451 | Carley & Co. Solicitors | Advertising standards | 2001 |
| 7,682 | Mason Hayes & Curran Solicitors | Tender process for public service obligation air routes | 2001 |
| 42,250 | A&L Goodbody | Report on the modernisation and reform of legislation relating to Rosslare Harbour | 2002 |
| 9,075 | Cathal Murphy Junior Counsel | Advice on drafting | 2003 |
| 1,270.50 | Noel Whelan, BL | Advice on drafting | 2003/2004 |
| 786.50 | Paul Anthony McDermott BL | Advice regarding EASA, European Aviation Safety Agency | September 2003 |
| 11,434 | Eugene Regan SC | Advice on drafting | 2003 |
| 834,873 | Matheson Ormsby Prentice, as part of a consortium which also includes PricewaterhouseCoopers and Steer Davies Gleave | Restructuring of Aer Rianta | 2003 and 2004 |
| 96,484.28 | Messrs. Noonan Linehan Carroll Coffey Solicitors | Edward Horgan cost shared with Department of Foreign Affairs | 2004 |
| 603.79 | Denis Kelleher, BL | Advice on drafting | October 2004 |
| 7,417.30 | A&L Goodbody | Digital tachograph contracts | 2004 |
| 102,085 | Arthur Cox Solicitors | Advice on drafting | January 2004, Currently on retainer |
| 3,500 | Eugene Regan, BL, Law Library | Advice on drafting | 2005 |
| 1,000 | Imelda Higgins, BL | Advice on drafting | Ongoing work |
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