Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 897: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation in each of the years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 the arrangements entered into by his Department for the obtaining of advice from a firm of solicitors and or from senior or junior counsel; in each case the subject matter in respect of which advices were sought, the name of the solicitors firm and or barristers concerned and the fees paid; the nature of the work concerned, that is, whether it involved the drafting of legislation or the obtaining of legal advices; whether in each case the matter concerned was advertised for tender and where not, why not. [1620/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 898: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation in respect of each of the years 2008, 2009 and 2010 if he will give details of the number of court cases initiated in each year in which he or his predecessor was named as a defendant; the number of such cases in each year initiated in the District Court, Circuit Court or High Court; the nature of the proceedings taken, for example, the number of cases in which damages were claimed; judicial review was sought of decisions made or were constitutional challenges and so on; whether in all such cases legal representation was provided by the Chief State Solicitor's Office and if not, by whom; if he will detail the legal costs incurred by his Department in each of the said years in respect of any such litigation and to provide a breakdown of same including details of fees paid to solicitors and barristers; to detail the number of cases in each of the aforesaid years that were lost and in respect of which he or the State was ordered to pay the plaintiff's costs and the amount of costs so paid in each of the aforesaid years. [1635/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 899: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation with regard to legal services used by his Department, any Body under the aegis of his Department and any State agency for which he is responsible; if he will give details of the legal services of which there has been competitive tendering in each of the years 2008, 2009 and 2010; the legal firm in each case that furnished advice with regard to any such tendering and assisted in the preparation of tender documents and in each case to detail the solicitors firm who succeeded in each tendering process, the nature of the work for which each firm successfully tendered and the fees paid for any such advice or assistance to each firm for work for which it tendered. [1650/11]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 897 to 899, inclusive, together.

In the short time available to me since these three Questions were tabled by the Deputy, I am unable to provide the significant level of detailed information sought in each Question. My Department has, however, begun the process of collating the information requested and I will communicate further with the Deputy once that exercise has been completed.