Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 133: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs 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 they were engaged for; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19175/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The Department of Social and Family Affairs uses the services of the law officers of the State for its legal work and has not engaged any firms of solicitors or individual barristers on a contractual basis in the past 18 months.