Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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82. To ask the Taoiseach the total amount of money spent on the Office of the Attorney General; the total number of staff; the total number of staff in the office of the parliamentary draftsman per annum from 2011 to 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46121/15]

Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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In the years 2011 to 2015 the Office of the Attorney General (AGO) spent the following:

These figures exclude expenditure relating to the Law Reform Commission which is funded by a grant through the AGO Vote.

The total number of staff (including contract staff) at the end of each year was as follows:

The total number of permanent drafting (Parliamentary Counsel) staff at the end of each year was as follows:

The total number of consultant Parliamentary Counsel at the end of each year was as follows (these figures are not included in the totals given above. Also, the figures for consultants represent the WTE at the end of the year: not all consultants were working fulltime for the Office):

The drafting staff were supported by general civil service staff who also supported the legal advisory specialists (Advisory Counsel).

Throughout each year the Office of the Attorney General monitors its resources, including staff numbers, to ensure that it is able to discharge a heavy workload and meet the demands of its clients.