Written answers

Tuesday, 25 April 2006

Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government

Departmental Staff

9:00 pm

Photo of Ruairi QuinnRuairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 1011: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the legal advisers or other qualified lawyers employed in a professional capacity by State bodies under the aegis of his Department. [15791/06]

Photo of Dick RocheDick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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While some of the larger local authorities employ their own legal advisers, this is not the case for any of the specialised agencies operating under my Department's aegis.

Photo of Ruairi QuinnRuairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 1012: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his 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. [15805/06]

Photo of Dick RocheDick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Following the recent retirement of its legal adviser, my Department has arranged with the Office of the Attorney General for the secondment to us of an advisory counsel in the near future.

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