Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)
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546. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total legal costs incurred by her Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and estimated in 2014. [17351/14]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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The data provided in the table below details total legal costs incurred by my Department from 2011 to 2013. Spending on legal costs is difficult to predict as it relates to the nature, timing and outcome of legal proceedings. My Department has a funding allocation of €848,000 in 2014 to support legal costs.