Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 January 2013
183. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Taoiseach if he will provide the details of each of the solicitors and barristers who received payments from the Office of the Chief State’s Solicitor and the Attorney General’s Office during the year 2012; the amount each individual received for their services and any amounts owing for services in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2457/13]
View answerThe following tables show the provisional outturn of expenditure on fees paid to counsel and external solicitors for 2012.
Table 1.
|
Counsel Name |
Amount |
|
Emily Farrell B.L. |
€519,772.75 |
|
Siobhan Stack B. L. |
€338,603.72 |
|
David Conlan Smyth B. L. |
€252,225.93 |
|
Anthony Moore B. L. |
€208,122.61 |
|
Shane Murphy S.C. |
€206,225.34 |
|
Robert Barron S.C. |
€195,088.74 |
|
Michael Cush S.C. |
€186,633.44 |
|
Garrett Simons S.C. |
€172,201.40 |
|
Eugene Regan S.C. |
€170,807.64 |
|
Sara Moorhead S.C |
€163,434.49 |
|
Noel J Travers B.L. |
€161,362.14 |
|
Sinead Mc Grath B.L. |
€160,384.26 |
|
Feichin Mc Donagh S.C. |
€147,657.77 |
|
Daniel Donnelly B.L. |
€147,552.53 |
|
Simon Boyle S.C. |
€143,446.50 |
|
Ronan Kennedy B. L. |
€138,648.27 |
|
Maurice Collins S.C. |
€132,022.02 |
|
Roisin Lacey B. L. |
€118,082.07 |
|
Anthony Kerr B. L. |
€117,881.05 |
|
Fiona O' Sullivan B. L. |
€117,346.30 |
|
Paul Anthony Mc Dermott B. L. |
€116,965.34 |
|
Cindy Carroll B. L. |
€114,054.05 |
|
Catherine Donnelly B.L. |
€112,555.17 |
|
Ben O Floinn B. L. |
€111,445.46 |
|
Paul Mc Garry S.C. |
€96,909.20 |
|
Joe Jeffers B.L. |
€95,105.14 |
|
John Rogers S.C. |
€94,154.51 |
|
Eileen Barrington S.C. |
€90,898.57 |
|
Grainne O Neill B.L. |
€90,316.15 |
|
Cathleen Noctor B. L. |
€90,027.58 |
|
Tony McGillicuddy B.L. |
€86,474.41 |
|
Patrick F. O' Reilly B. L. |
€86,444.04 |
|
Brian Murray S.C. |
€86,356.54 |
|
Nuala Butler S.C. |
€84,366.71 |
|
Melanie Greally B. L. |
€81,289.93 |
|
Frank Callanan S.C. |
€76,990.79 |
|
Douglas Clarke B. L. |
€75,324.92 |
|
Conor Power B. L. |
€73,390.51 |
|
Lisa Dempsey B. L. |
€72,982.59 |
|
Colm O' Hoisin S.C. |
€70,316.98 |
|
Elva Duffy B. L. |
€69,879.28 |
|
Anthony M. Collins S.C. |
€64,879.01 |
|
Michael O' Scanaill S.C. |
€63,305.09 |
|
Michael J. Durack S.C. |
€62,745.71 |
|
Elizabeth Cogan B. L. |
€62,274.36 |
|
Mary Rose Gearty S.C. |
€62,210.12 |
|
Kathleen Leader B.L. |
€61,819.05 |
|
Patrick Mc Grath S.C. |
€61,144.01 |
|
Patrick Mc Cann S.C. |
€59,749.64 |
|
Luan O' Braonain S.C. |
€59,199.87 |
|
Mr. Andrew Beck, B. L. |
€58,575.37 |
|
James O' Reilly S.C. |
€58,263.04 |
|
Grainne M. Clohessy SC |
€57,104.58 |
|
Eoin Carolan BL |
€54,456.66 |
|
Barry Doherty B.L. |
€53,098.57 |
|
Margaret Gray B.L. |
€52,411.91 |
|
David Keane S.C. |
€52,362.07 |
|
Conor Dignam S.C. |
€50,580.46 |
|
Siobhan Ni Chulachain B. L. |
€47,184.42 |
|
Niamh Hyland S.C. |
€46,723.04 |
|
Oisin Quinn S.C. |
€46,412.00 |
|
Cormac Corrigan S.C. |
€44,769.97 |
|
Shane Costelloe B. L. |
€43,661.33 |
|
Anne Rowland B. L. |
€42,712.00 |
|
David Barniville S.C. |
€42,408.35 |
|
Fiona Murphy B. L. |
€42,354.86 |
|
Eanna Mulloy S.C. |
€41,651.82 |
|
Donal Mc Guinness B. L. |
€38,867.32 |
|
Colm Mac Eochaidh S.C. |
€38,444.66 |
|
David Dodd B.L. |
€37,972.56 |
|
James Doherty B. L. |
€37,173.71 |
|
Nap Keeling BL |
€36,460.03 |
|
Anthony McBride BL |
€35,891.53 |
|
Noel Whelan B. L. |
€35,373.30 |
|
Micheal D. O Connell B. L. |
€35,300.96 |
|
Caren Geoghegan B.L. |
€34,931.04 |
|
Ciaran Toland B.L. |
€33,979.71 |
|
Sean Gillane S.C. |
€32,597.12 |
|
Anthony Aston S.C. |
€31,717.32 |
|
Eoghan Fitzsimons S.C. |
€31,318.76 |
|
Eilis Brennan B.L. |
€30,725.19 |
|
Mark G. Connaughton S.C. |
€30,368.71 |
|
Denis Mc Cullough S.C. |
€30,308.43 |
|
Úna Tighe B.L. |
€30,129.77 |
|
Cathy Maguire B. L. |
€29,230.28 |
|
Mark J. Dunne B.L. |
€29,074.00 |
|
Seamus Woulfe S.C. |
€28,385.36 |
|
Ann-Marie Lawlor B. L. |
€27,683.39 |
|
Michael Mc Dowell S.C. |
€27,256.80 |
|
Ann Harnett O Connor B.L. |
€27,028.79 |
|
Elizabeth O' Connell B. L. |
€26,124.99 |
|
Fintan Valentine B.L. |
€25,381.53 |
|
Peter Shanley B.L. |
€25,350.09 |
|
Stephen Byrne B. L. |
€25,187.65 |
|
Paul O' Neill B. L. |
€24,387.24 |
|
Alex Finn B. L. |
€23,900.92 |
|
Gavin Ralston S.C. |
€23,310.50 |
|
John R. Finlay S.C. |
€23,262.96 |
|
Roderick F. O' Hanlon S.C. |
€22,873.37 |
|
Tara Burns B. L. |
€22,854.63 |
|
James O' Callaghan S.C.. |
€22,818.38 |
|
Eoin Mc Cullough S.C. |
€22,662.92 |
|
Doreen Shivnan B. L. |
€22,452.03 |
|
John L. O' Donnell S.C. |
€22,238.40 |
|
Denise Brett B. L. |
€21,973.54 |
|
James Connolly S.C. |
€21,822.40 |
|
John Healy B.L. |
€21,580.80 |
|
Aoife Carroll B.L. |
€20,880.55 |
|
Mervyn Hickey B.L. |
€20,452.83 |
|
Ronan Killeen B.L. |
€19,532.58 |
|
Brian Kennedy B. L. |
€18,751.12 |
|
Cathy Smith B.L. |
€18,727.25 |
|
Grainne Gilmore B.L. |
€18,532.72 |
|
Brian C. Murray B.L |
€18,513.84 |
|
Catherine Duggan B.L. |
€18,476.78 |
|
Miriam Reilly B. L. |
€18,370.74 |
|
Ailbhe O'Neill B.L. |
€18,220.26 |
|
Remy Farrell B. L. |
€17,714.67 |
|
Niall O' Hanlon B. L. |
€17,633.15 |
|
Mel Christle S.C. |
€17,539.80 |
|
Paul Mc Dermott S.C. |
€17,442.15 |
|
Aileen Donnelly S.C. |
€17,440.76 |
|
Aisling Martin B.L. |
€17,315.81 |
|
Pauline Walley S.C. |
€17,263.84 |
|
Michael Howard S.C. |
€17,154.28 |
|
Micheal P O Higgins S.C. |
€16,825.05 |
|
Patrick Dillon-Malone B. L. |
€16,693.31 |
|
Liam Dockery B.L. |
€16,619.99 |
|
Mark O' Connell B. L. |
€16,490.39 |
|
David Holland S.C. |
€16,268.61 |
|
Joan Kelly BL |
€16,039.69 |
|
Kerida Naidoo B. L. |
€15,470.82 |
|
Rosemary Healy B.L. |
€15,400.20 |
|
Una Ni Raifeartaigh S.C. |
€15,300.88 |
|
Dan Boland B. L. |
€15,177.82 |
|
Michael M. Collins S.C. |
€15,080.71 |
|
Paul Carroll B. L. |
€15,066.49 |
|
Conor J. Maguire S.C. |
€15,003.59 |
|
Charles Meenan S.C. |
€14,685.04 |
|
Emile Daly B. L. |
€14,462.96 |
|
Clíona Kimber B. L. |
€14,159.73 |
|
Gerard Durcan S.C. |
€14,108.60 |
|
Paul Greene S.C. |
€14,094.08 |
|
Eileen Finn B.L. |
€13,992.44 |
|
Cian Ferriter S.C. |
€13,415.03 |
|
Paul O' Higgins S.C. |
€13,080.18 |
|
James Devlin S.C. |
€12,665.80 |
|
John Cheatle B.L. |
€12,566.97 |
|
Alexander J. Owens S.C. |
€12,201.74 |
|
Rosario Boyle S.C. |
€11,925.63 |
|
Ellen Gleeson B.L. |
€11,888.06 |
|
Reg Jackson B. L. |
€11,816.18 |
|
Suzanne Fleury BL |
€11,645.42 |
|
Tom Mallon B. L. |
€11,062.72 |
|
Barry O Donnell BL |
€11,017.55 |
|
Genevieve Coonan BL |
€11,009.37 |
|
Oran Doyle B.L |
€10,878.39 |
|
Vincent Heneghan B. L. |
€10,849.04 |
|
Nevan Powell B. L. |
€10,789.57 |
|
Peter Bland B. L. |
€10,447.62 |
|
Timothy O'Sullivan B.L. |
€10,256.26 |
|
Carmel Stewart SC |
€9,999.90 |
|
Hugh Mohan S.C. |
€9,872.39 |
|
David Hardiman S.C. |
€9,817.14 |
|
Donnchadh McCarthy B.L. |
€9,763.49 |
|
Michael Mac Grath S.C. |
€9,005.83 |
|
Hugh Hartnett S.C. |
€8,764.90 |
|
Leo Mulrooney |
€8,680.11 |
|
Aillil O Reilly B.L. |
€8,593.58 |
|
Kevin Maguire B. L. |
€8,516.07 |
|
Niall O Driscoll B.L. |
€8,169.83 |
|
Eamonn Coffey B. L. |
€7,796.37 |
|
Conor Bourke B.L |
€7,762.61 |
|
Michael Binchy BL |
€7,606.81 |
|
Eoin G. Garavan B. L. |
€7,589.65 |
|
Marjorie Farrelly B. L. |
€7,478.40 |
|
Marguerite Bolger S.C. |
€7,381.23 |
|
Viv Lavan B.L. |
€7,169.30 |
|
John Breslin SC |
€7,055.28 |
|
Michael Carson S.C. |
€6,826.50 |
|
Shelley Horan B.L. |
€6,814.20 |
|
Adrienne Cawley B. L. |
€6,701.18 |
|
Ted Harding B.L. |
€6,652.12 |
|
Patricia Hill B.L. |
€6,526.44 |
|
Henry C. Downing B. L. |
€6,512.07 |
|
Caroline Cummings B. L. |
€6,348.03 |
|
Peggy O' Rourke B. L. |
€6,178.29 |
|
Peter Ward SC |
€6,051.60 |
|
Aidan Doyle S.C. |
€5,781.00 |
|
Gerard Humphreys B. L. |
€5,777.16 |
|
Karl Dowling B.L. |
€5,473.50 |
|
Conor Devally S.C. |
€5,350.50 |
|
Frank Quirke B. L. |
€5,341.98 |
|
Sean Guerin B. L. |
€5,076.21 |
|
Donal Keane B. L. |
€4,892.08 |
|
Pauline Codd B. L. |
€4,648.58 |
|
Jim Benson B.L. |
€4,544.96 |
|
Brid O' Flaherty B. L. |
€4,458.85 |
|
Oliver A.S. Butler BL. |
€4,320.99 |
|
Brendan Gogarty B. L. |
€4,293.83 |
|
John Gleeson S.C. |
€4,200.64 |
|
Fergal Foley B. L. |
€4,197.49 |
|
Sasha Gayer B. L. |
€4,035.35 |
|
David Whelan BL |
€3,951.40 |
|
Tom Fitzpatrick B. L. |
€3,810.54 |
|
Niall Beirne S.C. |
€3,762.57 |
|
Byron Wade BL |
€3,757.65 |
|
Denis Mc Donald S.C. |
€3,673.56 |
|
R. A. M. Robins S.C. |
€3,575.61 |
|
Bridget M. Barry B. L. |
€3,498.31 |
|
Esther Early B.L. |
€3,489.53 |
|
Thomas O Malley B.L. |
€3,474.75 |
|
Elma Sheahan B. L. |
€3,465.67 |
|
Nichola Hogan |
€3,444.00 |
|
Ronan Munro B. L. |
€3,416.78 |
|
John G O' Donnell B. L. |
€3,414.78 |
|
Angus Buttanshaw B. L. |
€3,316.08 |
|
Kerry-Jane Morgan BL |
€3,271.22 |
|
Gemma O'Farrell B.L. |
€3,267.00 |
|
Shane O'Callaghan BL |
€3,266.88 |
|
Eithne Casey B. L. |
€3,242.28 |
|
Siobhan Lankford B. L. |
€3,219.25 |
|
Neville Cox B.L. |
€3,194.40 |
|
Michael Patrick Delaney S.C. |
€3,116.96 |
|
Dermot Manning B.L. |
€3,052.86 |
|
Tom Flynn B. L. |
€2,982.75 |
|
Dermot Flanagan S.C. |
€2,894.32 |
|
Dara Foynes B. L. |
€2,824.25 |
|
John Ferry BL |
€2,737.98 |
|
Dean Kelly B.L. |
€2,718.30 |
|
James Mc Cullough B. L. |
€2,715.24 |
|
Michelle M O Neill BL. |
€2,707.81 |
|
Robert Haughton S.C. |
€2,666.64 |
|
Kathryn Hutton B. L. |
€2,662.00 |
|
Donough M McDonough BL |
€2,548.26 |
|
Francis Kieran BL |
€2,528.16 |
|
Helen Callanan B. L. |
€2,492.00 |
|
Marc Thompson Grolimund BL |
€2,414.68 |
|
Declan Mc Grath B. L. |
€2,330.04 |
|
Gareth Robinson B.L. |
€2,303.84 |
|
Damien Higgins BL |
€2,263.20 |
|
Sarah Berkeley B. L. |
€2,226.40 |
|
Michael J. Bowman B. L. |
€2,192.60 |
|
Lorna Gallagher B.L |
€2,152.50 |
|
Pearse Michael Sreenan B. L. |
€2,141.23 |
|
R John Mc Bratney S.C. |
€2,115.08 |
|
Barry M. Ward B.L. |
€2,102.07 |
|
Glen Gibbons BL |
€2,098.38 |
|
Ann O Brien B. L. |
€2,091.00 |
|
Karl Finnegan B. L. |
€2,032.43 |
|
Jonathan Tomkin BL |
€2,018.00 |
|
Michael Gleeson S.C. |
€2,011.04 |
|
Hugh O' Neill S.C. |
€1,980.30 |
|
Paul Coughlan B. L. |
€1,952.26 |
Table 1 continuing
|
Deirdre Hughes B. L. |
€1,911.19 |
|
James Bridgeman BL |
€1,901.64 |
|
Geri Silke B. L. |
€1,875.50 |
|
John F. Brennan B. L. |
€1,845.00 |
|
Dermot Francis Sheehan BL |
€1,781.12 |
|
Meg Burke BL |
€1,711.45 |
|
Veronica Gates B. L. |
€1,651.89 |
|
Michael Cooney B. L. |
€1,623.60 |
|
Imelda Kelly BL |
€1,616.22 |
|
John Trainor S.C. |
€1,594.78 |
|
Blathna Ruane S.C. |
€1,573.00 |
|
Tom O' Connell S.C. |
€1,550.11 |
|
Patrick K. McMorrow BL |
€1,544.88 |
|
Mark Byrne B.L. |
€1,544.09 |
|
Michael Gilvarry B. L. |
€1,542.75 |
|
Paul Burns S.C. |
€1,489.53 |
|
Jim Sharkey B. L. |
€1,425.56 |
|
Michael Mc Grath B.L. |
€1,408.44 |
|
Stephen Boggs B.L. |
€1,357.92 |
|
Elaine Power BL |
€1,357.92 |
|
Colette Egan BL |
€1,357.92 |
|
Mary Mac Murrough Murphy B. L. |
€1,348.89 |
|
Francis Comerford B. L. |
€1,313.64 |
|
Ms. Lily Buckley, B. L. |
€1,312.61 |
|
John Aylmer S.C. |
€1,269.40 |
|
John Doherty B. L. |
€1,226.03 |
|
Teresa Pilkington B. L. |
€1,205.40 |
|
Paul O'Reilly B.L. |
€1,188.64 |
|
Cynthia Ní Mhurchú B.L. |
€1,161.12 |
|
Sinead Ni Chulachain B. L. |
€1,151.28 |
|
Jane Hyland B. L. |
€1,110.69 |
|
George Brady S.C. |
€1,075.02 |
|
Simon P Vaughan B.L. |
€1,050.28 |
|
Patrick E. Keane S.C. |
€1,017.21 |
|
Roderick Maguire B.L. |
€989.81 |
|
Laurence Masterson B.L. |
€984.00 |
|
Elva Kearney BL. |
€911.35 |
|
John McGuiggan BL |
€905.28 |
|
James Nicholson B. L. |
€897.92 |
|
Gerry Kelly S.C. |
€861.00 |
|
Caroline Costello S.C. |
€824.83 |
|
Mr. Niall Nolan,B. L. |
€799.50 |
|
Ivana Bacik B. L. |
€787.71 |
|
Mark William Murphy B.L. |
€782.63 |
|
Patrick Gageby S.C. |
€763.05 |
|
Anthony Barr S.C. |
€752.76 |
|
Michelle Carey B.L. |
€735.54 |
|
Elizabeth Corcoran BL |
€682.44 |
|
Gary McCarthy S.C. |
€678.96 |
|
Barra O Keeffe BL |
€641.65 |
|
Patrick Leonard B.L. |
€631.62 |
|
Asim Sheikh B. L. |
€615.00 |
|
Patrick R. Treacy S.C. |
€563.98 |
|
Gerard Kiely B. L. |
€500.94 |
|
Lynn O'Sullivan B.L. |
€475.00 |
|
Liam I Bell |
€458.79 |
|
Dermot Sheehan B. L. |
€452.64 |
|
Johanna Ronan Mehigan B. L. |
€452.64 |
|
Michael Ryan B. L. |
€452.64 |
|
Paul Mc Morrow B. L. |
€452.64 |
|
James Egan |
€452.64 |
|
Barry Andrews BL |
€452.64 |
|
Elizabeth Gavin BL |
€430.50 |
|
Cian P. Kelly BL. |
€401.72 |
|
Joseph O Sullivan BL |
€399.75 |
|
Nuala Jackson B. L. |
€396.06 |
|
Liam Hogan BL |
€368.00 |
|
Turlough O Donnell S.C. |
€332.75 |
|
Aoife Goodman B. L. |
€311.19 |
|
Mark Harty B. L. |
€309.85 |
|
Edmund Sweetman B.L. |
€307.50 |
|
Paul McGettigan B.L. |
€289.05 |
|
Padraic Lyons B.L. |
€276.75 |
|
Patrick Mc Entee S.C. |
€272.25 |
|
Lorcan Connolly BL |
€244.00 |
|
David Humphries B. L. |
€242.00 |
|
Tomás Keys BL |
€232.76 |
|
David Goldberg S.C. |
€226.32 |
|
Sean O'Sullivan BL |
€207.00 |
|
Paula McCarthy BL |
€182.04 |
|
Muireann Noonan B.L. |
€181.50 |
|
Agatha Clancy B. L. |
€172.20 |
|
Andrew Walker B. L. |
€153.75 |
|
David Nolan S.C. |
€153.75 |
|
Eamonn T. Walsh B.L. |
€123.00 |
|
Catherine Griffin B. L. |
€121.00 |
|
Sunniva Mc Donagh S.C. |
€41.37 |
|
Desmond Stark B. L. |
€16.15 |
|
Garrett Baker B. L. |
€10.46 |
|
Total Counsel Fees Expenditure 2012 |
€9,533,692.57 |
Table 2.
|
Solicitor Name |
Amount |
|
Barry St John Galvin |
€14,719.77 |
|
Edward O´ Sullivan |
€10,576.99 |
|
Alan E. F. Millard |
€10,217.98 |
|
Peter D. Jones |
€8,678.36 |
|
Francis W. Hutchinson |
€8,622.00 |
|
Aidan Judge |
€6,619.86 |
|
Michael D. Murray |
€6,323.62 |
|
Liddy Scollan Solicitor |
€5,884.32 |
|
O´Doherty, Warren & Associates |
€5,860.40 |
|
James A. Boyle |
€5,848.44 |
|
Good & Murray Smith Solicitors |
€4,598.00 |
|
Barry Healy & Company |
€4,270.56 |
|
Hughes Kehoe & Co Solicitors |
€3,785.22 |
|
John Brosnan |
€3,056.55 |
|
Geraldine Gillece |
€3,008.58 |
|
William J. Kennedy |
€3,006.12 |
|
Paul Fitzpatrick |
€3,006.12 |
|
Diarmuid H. Sheridan |
€2,942.16 |
|
Woods Ahern Mullen |
€2,906.28 |
|
Malachy Boohig |
€2,598.99 |
|
Donal W. Dunne |
€2,346.75 |
|
Frank G. Nyhan |
€2,206.62 |
|
Michael Powell |
€2,178.00 |
|
Rory Hayden |
€2,150.04 |
|
Rory P. Benville |
€1,883.50 |
|
Vincent Deane & Co. |
€1,815.00 |
|
Peter H. Jones & Co. |
€1,471.08 |
|
Steen O´Reilly Solicitors |
€1,462.11 |
|
James W. Houlihan |
€1,447.16 |
|
John Cleary |
€1,391.50 |
|
Noel A. Farrell |
€1,333.54 |
|
Malone & Potter |
€848.70 |
|
John A. Brosnan |
€799.50 |
|
Michael Houlihan & Partners |
€774.90 |
|
Connellan Solicitors |
€735.54 |
|
Gerald Meaney |
€735.54 |
|
D.A. Houlihan & Son |
€735.54 |
|
B. Hyland & Co. Solicitors |
€735.54 |
|
Kieran Madigan & Co |
€723.58 |
|
Vincent M. O´Reilly |
€723.58 |
|
Martin G. Linnane |
€723.58 |
|
O´Gorman Solicitors |
€246.00 |
|
Total Solicitor Expenditure 2012 |
€143,997.62 |
