Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 587: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in relation to the fees paid to the property advisors in the purchase of Thornton Hall he will explain the discrepancy between the information given in the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 84 of 21 April 2005 when a fee of €150,350 was given as the agreed fixed fee as opposed to the figure of €291,506 being the figure given in evidence by the Public Accounts Committee on 26 October 2006. [2848/07]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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The fee of €150,350 represents the agreed fixed fee paid to the agent in connection with the sourcing and purchasing of a site for a new prison.

The higher figure referred to includes additional payments made to the agent to cover the fees of two companies for Engineering Services and Site Investigation Work, in respect of ten sites.