Aidan Farrelly (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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306. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of all external legal consultation that he engaged in, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the general nature of the engagement; if the external consultation resulted in a report and or recommendations; and the cost of each consultant and or company engaged. in tabular form. [7434/25]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I wish to advise the Deputy that the schedule below lists engagements with external legal advisors and the related costs in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025. Payments listed are inclusive of VAT. Such legal advice is privileged.

As also detailed in the table below, a significant proportion of the costs incurred are subsequently recouped by the Department from the banking sector.