Written answers
Wednesday, 5 May 2021
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Departmental Legal Costs
Peadar 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]
Heather 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 |
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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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