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Thursday, 18 December 2014

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Departmental Legal Costs

Photo of Barry CowenBarry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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232. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total legal costs incurred by his Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and estimated in 2014. [49333/14]

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department generally avails of the legal services of the Chief State Solicitor’s Office, however, occasionally it engages private Solicitor firms and Junior and Senior Counsel. Details of such engagements are provided in the table:

Year Total Amount paid

2011 102,189
2012 113,091
2013 112,096
2014 (estimated) 973,390

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