Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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108. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Freedom of Information requests received by his Department that the Chief State Solicitor's Office has incurred expenses on dealing with for each of the past three years and to date in 2017; and the amount of fees for counsel and other legal costs incurred respectively, for each of the past three years and to date in 2017. [12775/17]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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In response to the Deputy's question, my Department has not received any FOI requests that the Chief State Solicitor's Office have incurred expenses on dealing with for each of the past three years to date in 2017. No other legal costs have been incurred in relation to FOI requests within this time period. The Department's internal Legal Unit provides ad-hoc legal support to Deciding Officers and Internal Reviewers in relation to FOI where appropriate.