Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)
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166. To ask the Minister for Finance the total legal costs incurred by his Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and estimated in 2014. [17356/14]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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Consultancy costs for the period in question (which includes legal costs) are now provided on my Department's website. The total legal costs incurred by my Department in 2011, 2012 and 2013 are outlined in the table below:  

€4.3m has been provided for 2014 in respect of transactional, advisory and litigation spend that may be incurred in relation to work on the Financial Services programme. A further €100,000 has been set aside for ongoing cases of an administrative nature. The exact amount of these costs is not known at this point.