The information requested by the Deputy in Parliamentary Question No. 222 of 30 November 2004 is as follows: The ten highest composite figures paid to barrister's engaged by or on behalf of my Department in 2003 were as follows:
Barrister’s Name
|
Amount Paid in 2003
|
|
€
|
Ms Anne Dunne SC
|
584,016
|
Mr. Henry Murphy SC
|
425,188
|
Mr. Tom Fallon BL
|
332,915
|
Mr. Sean Ryan SC
|
111,925
|
Ms Karen Fergus BL
|
98,213
|
Mr. Michael Bowman BL
|
88,724
|
Mr. Daithi Mac Cárthaigh BL
|
87,015
|
Mr. Denis McCullough SC
|
79,891
|
Mr. James Devlin BL
|
72,556
|
Mr. John Gordon SC
|
55,217
|
The ten highest composite figures paid to barrister's engaged by or on behalf of my Department in 2004 were as follows:
Barrister’s Name
|
Amount Paid in 2004(1 Jan to 31 Oct)
|
|
€
|
Ms Anne Dunne SC
|
445,320
|
Mr. Henry Murphy SC
|
360,947
|
Mr. Thomas Fallon BL
|
319,952
|
Mr. Robert Haughton SC
|
177,948
|
Mr. Michael Bowman BL
|
75,630
|
Ms Denise Brett BL
|
74,218
|
Ms Johanna Ronan Mehigan BL
|
71,878
|
Mr. Andrew Bradley SC
|
71,773
|
Mr. Denis McCullough SC
|
67,792
|
Mr. Michael Carson SC
|
63,855
|
Questions Nos. 138 and 139 answered withNo. 135.