Dan Boyle (Cork South Central, Green Party)
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Question 199: To ask the Taoiseach, further to Question No. 177 of 2 November 2005, the position regarding the costs of payments to European Union and European Court of Justice counsel; and the administrative costs to his Department in contesting the court actions. [35109/05]

Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)
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The fees referred to in the reply to Question No. 177 of 2 November 2005 are the only costs paid to counsel to date by the Office of the Chief State Solicitor. As regards administrative costs, the relevant cases were assigned to legal staff in the Chief State Solicitor's office as part of their overall caseload and, accordingly, it is not possible to determine the precise costs in individual cases. As the Department of the Taoiseach was not involved in any of the cases, the question of administrative costs for my Department does not arise.