Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 November 2013
53. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will detail in tabular form, for each year since 2003, the total cumulative amount in euro paid by his Department to companies (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48131/13]
View answerThe Department generally seeks advice on domestic legal matters from the Office of the Attorney General and/or the Chief State Solicitor’s Office. Depending on the subject-matter, litigation is dealt with on my Department’s behalf by the Attorney General’s Office, the Chief State Solicitor’s Office or the State Claims Agency which engage lawyers to act for the Department where necessary.
However, there are occasions when external legal services must be engaged for particular requirements and I have set out in the table below the total cumulative amount in euro paid by my Department since 2005 to companies on the list provided. Complete financial data prior to 2005 is not available electronically from the Department’s financial management system, and search and retrieval of archived paper files was not possible in the time available.
|
Company |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
Total |
|
Matheson |
0 |
0 |
1,230 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1,230 |
|
Mason Hayes & Curran |
135,134 |
130,294 |
1,356 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
266,784 |
