Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 October 2006
702 Mr. J. O’Keeffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the proportion of the cost of each tribunal made up of legal fees, and the amount of money spent on legal fees in respect of tribunals in each of the years since 1997, under the aegis of his Department. [34551/06]
View answerMy Department meets the costs of the Tribunal of Inquiry into Certain Planning Matters and Payments. As of 20 October 2006, the total amount of legal fees paid was €38,133,741.94. This represents 64.3% of overall expenditure on the Tribunal to that date. Annual expenditure on legal fees from 1997 to 2006 was as follows.
|
Year |
Tribunal legal team |
Third party legal costs |
External counsel representing the Tribunal |
|
€ |
€ |
€ |
|
|
1997 |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
|
1998 |
1,860,873.29 |
Nil |
Nil |
|
1999 |
2,494,830.32 |
Nil |
Nil |
|
2000 |
2,497,862.81 |
Nil |
Nil |
|
2001 |
3,323,935.76 |
Nil |
Nil |
|
2002 |
3,088,509.75 |
Nil |
Nil |
|
2003 |
4,173,099.75 |
Nil |
Nil |
|
2004 |
4,217,339.51 |
Nil |
Nil |
|
2005 |
5,899,774.14 |
44,499.60 |
11,817.00 |
|
2006 (to 20/10/06) |
4,081,209.00 |
6,141,413.42 |
298,577.59 |
|
Totals |
31,637,434.33 |
6,185,913.02 |
310,394.59 |
