Written answers
Tuesday, 12 May 2009
Department of Transport
Consultancy Contracts
8:00 pm
Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Question 257: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has employed consultants or lobbyists to act for his Department outside the State in the past five years; the nature of the work; the cost of the work undertaken; the outcome of such action; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18615/09]
Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the following table.
| Year | Consultant | Nature of work | Cost | Outcome |
| 2006 | Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | Legal advice to the Minister and Minister for Finance in relation to the EU Competition Case arising from the Ryanair hostile takeover bid for Aer Lingus.Legal advice to the Minister and Minister for Finance in relation to the Ryanair Appeal to the Court of First Instance (CFI) of EU Commission decision to prohibit the takeover of Aer Lingus | €1.3m€74K | EU Commission prohibited the Ryanair takeover of Aer Lingus on competition groundsCFI hearing date to be confirmed |
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