Grace Boland (Dublin Fingal West, Fine Gael)
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862. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total spend by his Department on external legal services in each of the past three years; the main areas of legal activity for which external advice was sought; if she will provide a breakdown by case or category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40834/25]

Grace Boland (Dublin Fingal West, Fine Gael)
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892. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department conducts regular benchmarking, or market testing, to ensure that the rates paid for legal services, solicitors and barristers, represent value for money for the taxpayer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41520/25]

Grace Boland (Dublin Fingal West, Fine Gael)
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893. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to detail the procurement processes used when engaging external legal firms and barristers, including whether panels are used; how often these are refreshed; the criteria used for selection and performance review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41538/25]

Grace Boland (Dublin Fingal West, Fine Gael)
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894. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has conducted any audits or reviews in the past five years on legal fee spend; if so, to publish the findings or summaries of those reviews; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41556/25]

Grace Boland (Dublin Fingal West, Fine Gael)
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895. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the internal oversight that exists within his Department to monitor the scope, duration, and cost escalation of legal services once engaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41574/25]

Grace Boland (Dublin Fingal West, Fine Gael)
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896. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department makes use of capped fee arrangements, fixed-fee briefs, success-based fee models or other such arrangements in its legal engagements; if not, the reason such options are not considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41592/25]

Grace Boland (Dublin Fingal West, Fine Gael)
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897. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether any legal engagements have exceeded their initial estimated or approved cost in the past three years; if so, the number of such cases and total overrun; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41610/25]

Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 862 and 892 to 897, inclusive, together.

It has not been possible to collate the information requested by the Deputy in the time available. I will write to the Deputy directly once the information is to hand.