Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 613: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her Department has legal advisers of its own, naming the officers in question; and the reason effect has not been given to the recommendation in the report of the review into the law offices of the State, 1997, that legal advice should be given to the Government only by the Attorney General and his office. [15801/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has a legal services division with three solicitors, which liaises with the Office of the Attorney General in respect of the provision of legal advice to my Department, as circumstances require. These officials are Randall Plunkett, Jimmy Winston and Denis Fitzsimons. My Department does not have external legal advisers engaged by way of contract for the provision of ongoing legal advice.