Written answers
Tuesday, 24 October 2006
Department of Agriculture and Food
Tribunals of Inquiry
9:00 pm
Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 560: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the proportion of the cost of each tribunal made up of legal fees, and the amount of money spent on legal fees in respect of tribunals in each of the years since 1997 under the aegis of her Department. [34544/06]
Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The Beef Tribunal is the only tribunal under the aegis of my Department. With regard to that tribunal, legal fees comprised 80.47% of the tribunal costs. The amount of money spent on legal fees in each of the years since 1997 is as follows:
Year | Amount |
â'¬ | |
1997 | 725,146.38 |
1998 | 3,225,254.90 |
1999 | 525,598.07 |
2000 | 3,101,597.11 |
2001 | 491,222.42 |
2002 | 961,607.17 |
2003 | 36,150.90 |
2004 | 616,993.22 |
2005 | 52,405.31 |
2006 | 147,403.62 |
Total | 9,883,379.11 |
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