Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the expected total legal costs to be incurred in his Department in 2012; his proposals to reduce these costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44062/12]

Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)
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Provision of approximately €200,000 is made in the administrative budget of my Department to cover legal costs in 2012. Expenditure of €99,000 has been incurred from this provision to the end of September 2012.

Other legal costs can arise that are funded from the relevant programme areas within my Vote. In the time available, it was not possible to gather information on these costs. My Department is in the process of identifying and assembling the information and I will revert to the Deputy as soon as possible.