Written answers
Tuesday, 21 March 2017
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Departmental Legal Costs
Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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641. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total amount spent externally by his Department on legal advice for each year since 2015; the solicitors' firms involved; the barristers, junior and senior, who provided services to his Department for each such year; the amounts paid to each firm or person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14137/17]
Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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In response to the Deputy's question, the table outlines the total amount spent on legal advice by my Department since 2015:
Year | Name | Amount |
---|---|---|
2015 | Philip Lee Solicitors | €5,535 |
ByrneWallace Solicitors | €123,221 | |
*Consultant R. Humphreys | €54,312 | |
*Consultant C. Kennedy | €57,530 | |
€240,598 | ||
2016 | ByrneWallace Solicitors | €207,901 |
Eversheds | €394,954 | |
€602,855 | ||
2017 | Eversheds | €60,023 |
€60,023 |
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