Written answers

Wednesday, 18 June 2014

Department of Environment, Community and Local Government

Departmental Expenditure

Photo of Pádraig Mac LochlainnPádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein)
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109. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the cost to the Exchequer each year from 2009 to 2014 of the amount paid by his Department under the terms of settlements which included confidentiality agreements or confidentiality clauses. [26180/14]

Photo of Phil HoganPhil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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The information requested is set out in the following table.

Total annual payments by DECLG which included confidentiality agreements/clauses in the terms of settlement

2009201020112012*2013*2014
€58,489€0€0€5,696,450€2,664,000€0

*€8.3 million of the total payments in 2012 and 2013 related to a High Court judgement in respect of a land swap arrangement which, though subject to a confidentiality clause, subsequently came into the public domain under statutory reporting requirements.

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