Written answers
Thursday, 15 May 2008
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Departmental Contracts
5:00 pm
Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 119: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the firms of solicitors or individual barristers which she has engaged on a contractual basis in the past 18 months; the purpose of that engagement; the fees already paid or an estimate of the fees expected to be paid by the conclusion of the tasks engaged for; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19169/08]
Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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Details of the firms of solicitors or individual barristers, engaged on a contractual basis in the last 18 months, by me as Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment or on my behalf as Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, are set out in the following tabular statement. This does not include details of any firms of solicitors or individual barristers, engaged on a contractual basis in the last 18 months, by independent offices of my Department, acting on their own behalf or in accordance with to their prescribed statutory duties and powers. It also does not include advice given to me by the Office of the Attorney General or the Chief State Solicitor's Office.
Name of Firm/individual Barristers | Purpose | Fees already paid | Estimate of fees expected to be paid by conclusion of task |
€ | € | ||
Mason, Hayes & Curran | Legal advice on public procurement issues | Nil | 10,000.00 |
Kilroys Solicitors | Legal advice on export credit insurance issues | 16,263.00 | It is not possible to give a precise estimate at this stage |
Noel J. Travers BL | Drafting of S.I. No. 160 of 2007 Legal Metrology (European Conformity Assessment of Measuring Instruments) Regulations 2007 | 9,378.00 | Task concluded — no further fees due |
Dowling Kilpatrick Solicitors | Professional fee for Commissions re sale of land. | 36.30 | Task concluded — no further fees due |
Matthias Kelly Q.C. | To provide legal advice in respect of various investigations under Section 19 of the Companies Act, 1990 | 403,501.95 | No further expenditure envisaged at present |
John Hennessy B.L. | To provide legal advice in respect of various investigations under Section 19 of the Companies Act, 1990 | 136,831.75 | Not available at present |
Mason Hayes and Curran, Solicitors | (CLRG in 2006)To obtain legal advice in the form of compilation of comprehensive tables of derivations and destinations showing the relationship between the provisions of the existing Companies Acts and the proposed Companies Consolidation and Reform Bill | 110,783.90 | Task concluded — no further fees due. |
Mason Hayes and Curran, Solicitors | Advice on procurement matters (part of a consortium of three) | 14,744.57 | 50,000 |
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