Written answers

Thursday, 16 February 2017

Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht

Departmental Legal Costs

Photo of John DeasyJohn Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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191. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount spent during 2016 by her Department, and by each named public body under her Department’s remit, on legal services, by reference to each firm or individual engaged in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8034/17]

Photo of Heather HumphreysHeather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I am advised that no expenditure was incurred from my Department's Administrative Budget in respect of external legal services for last year.

For completeness, I would bring to the Deputy's attention that, from time to time, my Department makes payments to the Chief State Solicitor's Office in respect of legal services provided to my Department by that Office.

The requested information in respect of those bodies under the aegis of my Department is set out in the following table.

Summary of External Legal Expenditure 2016

BodyLegal firm/IndividualExpenditure 2016Total
Arts CouncilBeauchamps

O’Leary Maher Solicitors

Linda Scales
€40,015

€ 973

€ 923
€41,911
Chester Beatty LibraryArthur Cox€ 9,197€ 9,197
Coimisinéir Teanga Antoin Delap

Séamus Ó Tuathail A.S.

James Bridgeman
€ 2,030

€ 738

€ 492
€3,260
Crawford Art GalleryOFX Solicitors€ 9,515€9,515
Heritage CouncilA&L Goodbody€ 1,819€1,819
Irish Film BoardPhilip Lee Solicitors

Arthur Cox
€99,235

€ 4,788
€104,023
Irish Museum of Modern ArtArthur Cox

Ivor Fitzpatrick
€20,742

€ 1,300
€22,042
National Concert HallPhilip Lee

Collins Long
€24,312

€ 688
€25,000
National Gallery of IrelandArthur Cox

McCann Fitzgerald

Linda Scales

Tomkins & Co
€22,980

€46,028

€ 2,620

€ 4,078
€75,706
National Library of IrelandBeauchamp’s€16,044€16,044
National Museum of IrelandMason Hayes Curran€47,090€47,090
Údarás na GaeltachtaFiachra Breathnach

John F Kiely SC

Pearts Solicitors

National Legal Services

Noel J Travers
€ 1,384

€ 1,076

€ 179

€ 89

€ 3,936
€6,664
Western Development CommissionPurdy Fitzgerald

McCann Fitzgerald

Beauchamps

Lavery Kirby Gilmartin

Eugene F. Collins

Byrne & Wallace
€ 799

€ 1,599

€24,334

€ 8,044

€ 9,600

€ 3,080
€47,456
Waterways Ireland Elliott Duffy Garrett

Bryne Wallace

Groarke & Partners

Mills Selig

McDonnell Solicitors

VP Mc Mullin

Morgan McManus Solrs

Doyles & Co. Solicitors

State Claims Agency
€ 2,160

€ 8,127

€ 1,422

€ 1,640

€ 1,393

€113,824

€ 44,057

€ 20

€ 8,458
€181,101
Foras Teanga -

Foras na Gaeilge

Antoin Delap Solicitor

Michael Flanigan Solicitor
€ 5,412

€ 9,514
€14,926
Foras Teanga -

Ulster Scots Agency

Note: While this is the total expenditure incurred, only 25% of costs incurred are funded from the Vote of the Department under the funding arrangements pertaining to the Ulster Scots Agency.
Jones Cassidy Brett

Ansons
Stg£ 5,235 Stg£ 8,812Stg £14,047

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