Carol Nolan (Laois-Offaly, Independent)
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542. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the expenditure her Department incurred in respect of external legal fees in each of the years from 2016 to date in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14078/20]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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My Department was established on 19 July 2017. Since that date it incurred expenditure in respect of legal fees of €2,655 in 2018 and €1,855 in 2019.

In 2018, the Department was assigned a designated point of contact for the provision of legal advice through the Office of the Attorney General, and it is intended that this service provides for the majority of our ongoing requirements in this regard.