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Wednesday, 5 May 2021

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

Departmental Legal Costs

Photo of Peadar TóibínPeadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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426. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount in legal fees incurred by her Department in 2020 and in each of the years 2000 to 2020. [23576/21]

Photo of Heather HumphreysHeather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The following table sets out the amount paid by the Department on legal costs from 2000 to date. The amounts per year includes settlements to claimants in legal cases as well as fees to legal practitioners:

Year Legal Costs
2000 €231,981
2001 €193,965
2002 €265,427
2003 €175,973
2004 €508,786
2005 €273,202
2006 €260,939
2007 €379,319
2008 €198,083
2009 €344,807
2010 €480,196
2011 €938,532
2012 €454,893
2013 €747,604
2014 €633,415
2015 €1,229,135
2016 €1,170,873
2017 €1,923,477
2018 €1,023,522
2019 €2,239,251
2020 €1,877,068

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