Eoghan Murphy (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 397: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm the costs to the State of the legal aid scheme in 2010 and 2011. [30848/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Fees and expenses incurred by NAMA are recovered through the operating activities of the agency. They are published in the quarterly reports of NAMA, which are laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas and published on the NAMA website. The second quarterly report for the period ending 30 June 2011, accompanied by financial statements for the second quarter, was submitted to me as required by the end of September 2011 and I will lay the report before each House of the Oireachtas shortly.

The aggregate legal costs for the year 2010 and the first quarter of 2011 are as follows:

The figures in the table above do not include legal fees incurred by NAMA as part of the loan due diligence process, which are recovered from the five participating institutions through a reduction in the consideration paid for acquired loans.

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 398: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount paid to gardaí in overtime for attending in court in 2010; and the way this compares to the amount paid by the Director of Public Prosecutions in barristers' fees in the same year. [30849/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The Garda authorities have estimated that in 2010 expenditure on overtime arising from the attendance of Garda personnel in court amounted to approximately €13.5m. As I am not responsible for the payment of legal fees on behalf of the Director of Public Prosecutions I do not have the other details referred to by the Deputy.