Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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335. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount in legal fees incurred by his Department in 2020 and in each of the years 2000 to 2020. [23573/21]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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My Department seeks, where possible, to minimise legal costs and avails of the services of the Chief State Solicitor's Office, the Attorney General's Office and the State Claims Agency in terms of the provision of legal advice and representation of the Department in Court cases.

The below table sets out details in relation to external legal services provided directly to my Department by legal firms from 2011 to 2020. Details of legal fees arising prior to 2011 are not readily available and their compilation would involve a disproportionate amount of time and work. The table does not include costs associated with the Planning Tribunal.

Legal Fees 2011–2020