Written answers

Tuesday, 11 March 2014

Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Departmental Legal Costs

Photo of Denis NaughtenDenis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent)
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203. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will set out in tabular form, by reference to each named firm, the amount paid out in respect of legal fees during 2013 by his Department to law firms in or outside the State for services rendered to it; if he will provide in a similar format the amount paid out in respect of legal fees during 2013 by State bodies, including commercial or non-commercial and regulatory bodies established by or under his Department, to law firms in or outside the State for services rendered to it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11874/14]

Photo of Richard BrutonRichard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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The amount paid to law firms by my Department and its Offices during 2013 in respect of legal fees is set out in the table.

Name of Law FirmAmount paid in legal fees

Kilroys4,305.00
Arthur Cox5,712.28
Connellan & Co. 799.50
D.H. Sheridan & Co.11,475.54
Dermot G. O’Donovan & Partners1,309.21
Frank Nyhan & Associates15,012.45
Gerard O’Brien2,698.55
John Brosnan & Co.1,273.05
Kennedy Fitzgerald2,671.32
Leahy & Partners22,145.99
Liddy Scollan1,353.00
Millards2,460.00
Niamh Tuite & Co.7,135.23
O'Doherty Warren & Associates4,803.45
Peter D. Jones & Co.10,856.52
Rory Hayden & Co.13,472.19
Steen O’Reilly2,687.55
Vincent Deane & Co.1,168.50
Wolfe & Co.7,230.64
O’Meara Geraghty McCourt5,650.62
A & L Goodbody59,746.00
Dixon Quinlan 1,084.00
Kent Carty 144.00

The payment of legal fees is a day-to-day matter for the individual Agencies concerned for which I have no direct function. I have asked all Agencies under the aegis of my Department to advise me of any legal fees paid to law firms during 2013, and I will communicate this information to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

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