Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 19 February 2004
106 Mr. Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount spent by her Department on legal advice and lawyers in each of past three years; and the amount paid out in settlement of legal proceedings against her Department, including cases settled prior to coming to court in each of the past three years, omitting expenses relating to tribunals of inquiry. [5473/04]
View answerExpenditure incurred by my Department on legal advice and lawyers, including related consultancies, in each of the past three years is as follows: 2001, €477,517.45; 2002, €248,602.92; and 2003, €128,172.85. Establishing the proportion of this expenditure which relates to amounts paid out in settlement of legal proceedings against my Department will require a very significant amount of staff time and resources, and cannot be provided within the current time scale. I have instructed officials of my Department to compile the details for the Deputy, and have them forwarded to him as soon as possible.
