Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail)
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146. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of each body or organisation that is scheduled to receive in excess of €1 million from his Department's Vote of expenditure or the group of Votes of expenditure connected with his Department in 2017 for the provision of services by the body or the organisation concerned; the amount involved in each case; if there is a signed service level agreement in place in respect of the services to be carried out by these bodies or organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36157/17]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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The expenditure disclosed in the table relates to signed contracts for the provision of goods or services. In some cases, the amount shown is a cumulative figure based on a number of separate contracts. All of these contracts are actively managed.

To date in 2017, my Department has not made any payments to any agency, organisation, or body in excess of €1,000,000. However, it has made payments totalling €943,413.63 to William Fry for legal advice.

William Fry were appointed by the Department of Finance as legal advisors in relation to the potential capital restructuring actions and other related matters with respect to the State's investments in AIB, including the recently completed IPO; the Commission of Investigation into certain transactions of IBRC; the implementation of a holding company in the Bank of Ireland group structure, and the escrow arrangements that will provide for the recovery of the alleged State Aid in the Apple case.

William Fry is one of seven law firms on the Department’s legal panel. The panel was appointed in 2014 following a  tender process pursuant to relevant EU legislation. Each firm has entered into a service agreement with the Department for an initial 3 year term, which was extended for a further 12 month period in accordance with procurement guidelines and which will expire on 28 April 2018.

With respect to the Finance Vote Group:

Payments made from the Revenue vote (for which Revenue will be accountable to the Public Accounts Committee) are set out in the table.