Written answers
Wednesday, 7 February 2024
Department of An Taoiseach
Departmental Expenditure
Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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6. To ask the Taoiseach the amount spent by his Department on legal costs or legal services in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5393/24]
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The historical information requested by the Deputy has been set out in previous replies, the most recent of which was provided to the Deputy in reply to Parliamentary Question 40017/22 on 26 July 2022. There has been no further legal costs or expenditure on legal services since that time.
Separately, legal costs and services relating to independent Commissions, Tribunals and inquiries established by Government are also paid from the Department of the Taoiseach Voted expenditure. These include the Commission of Investigation into the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, the NAMA Commission of Investigation, and the Moriarty Tribunal of Inquiry.
Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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7. To ask the Taoiseach the amount spent by his Department on the procurement of office space and furniture and office IT equipment in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024. [5411/24]
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The historical information requested by the Deputy has been set out in previous replies, the most recent of which was provided to the Deputy in reply to Parliamentary Question 40035/22 of 26 July, 2022. The Department of the Taoiseach purchases office furniture and general office equipment such as computers and IT accessories as required. Expenditure on these items was €242,064.02 in 2022, €34,617.17 in 2023 and €2,832.33 to date in 2024. The increased expenditure in 2022 was due to the purchase of IT Network infrastructure equipment.
The Department of the Taoiseach does not rent, lease or hire any office space. The properties occupied by the Department and the National Economic and Social Development Office are provided and managed by the Office of Public Works. The National Economic and Social Development Office pays a contribution to the Office of Public Works of €322,329 per annum for its office space.
From August 2020 to May 2023, the Office of Public Works managed the rental of office space for the Moriarty Tribunal and the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Commission of Investigation. Costs of €158,236.33 in 2020, €361,087.48 in 2021, €310,743.42 in 2022 and €111,156.06 in 2023 were incurred by the Office of Public Works which were recouped from the Department of the Taoiseach. There was no expenditure after June 2023.
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