Anne Ferris (Wicklow, Labour)
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Question 1018: To ask the Minister for Health the amount that the Health Service Executive paid out in legal fees to outside lawyers over the past five years; if he will give a breakdown by year; the cost of setting up the HSE legal department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24168/11]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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The Health Service Executive's legal expenditure consists of four main areas;

Direct Solicitor Services

Counsel

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3rd Party & Other Costs

I have been informed by the Executive that the total expenditure for the past five years (from 2006 to 2010) was €171,241,466. A breakdown of this total by year is shown in table 1 below: