Noel Grealish (Galway West, Independent)
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293. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total spend by his Department on legal or other fees in a case (details supplied) arising from an investigation of complaints under Directive 2008/94/EC on the protection of employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer and the resultant contractual obligations that derive under the transposition of that directive by the Government, in tabular form; the full breakdown of costs from initiation up to and including the European Court of Justice; the persons or bodies to which they were payable; if another organ of the State was involved or shared in legal or other costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21809/17]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The total spent by my Department on legal and other fees in the specified legal case amounted to €167,784.40. Details of this expenditure are set out in the following table. This expenditure does not include subsequent mediation costs.

The Office of the Chief State Solicitor is involved in the payment of legal costs in respect of this case.

I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.