Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 136: To ask the Taoiseach if a separate account is kept in the Office of the Chief State Solicitor of the outlays by way of counsel and otherwise and costs involved in the fighting of major litigation on behalf of the State; if he will furnish the costs incurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4441/09]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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The Chief State Solicitor's Office tracks fees paid by the Office to counsel representing the State and other State legal expenses paid by the Office for the legal cases in which it is involved. The following table shows the Office's expenditure in 2007 and 2008 (provisional) on State Counsel Fees and State general law expenses, the vast majority of which involved litigation cases.