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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 19 November 2013

Tuesday, 19 November 2013

Questions (113)

Lucinda Creighton

Question:

113. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Taoiseach if he will provide the total euro amount paid out from the Office of the Chief State Solicitor and the Attorney General's office to companies (details supplied) for each year from 2004 to date in 2013; the total euro amount paid out from the Office of the Chief State Solicitor and the Attorney General's office to senior counsel from 2004 to date in 2013; and the total euro amount paid out from the Office of the Chief State Solicitor and the Attorney General's office to companies (details supplied) for non-audit services from 2004 to date. [49315/13]

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The following table sets out the total amount paid by the Offices of the Attorney General and the Chief State Solicitor to the specified companies for each year from 2004 to date.

Amounts marked with an asterisk (*) are in respect of expert evidence relating to litigation against the State.

Year

Arthur Cox

Matheson

A&L Goodbody

McCann Fitzgerald

William Fry

Mason, Hayes, Curran

2004

-

-

-

-

-

€100.00*

2005

-

-

-

-

-

-

2006

-

-

-

-

-

-

2007

-

-

-

-

-

-

2008

-

-

-

-

-

-

2009

-

-

-

-

-

-

2010

-

-

-

-

-

-

2011

-

-

-

-

-

-

2012

-

-

-

-

-

-

2013

(to 14 November)

€1,765.05

-

-

-

-

-

The following table sets out the total amount paid by the Offices of the Attorney General and the Chief State Solicitor to the specified companies for non-audit services from 2004 to date.

Amounts marked with an asterisk (*) are in respect of expert evidence relating to litigation against the State.

Year

PWC

KPMG

Ernst and Young

Deloitte

Grant Thornton

2004

-

-

-

-

-

2005

-

€36,300*

-

-

-

2006

-

-

-

-

-

2007

€27,932.85

-

-

-

-

2008

-

€112,042.47*

-

-

-

2009

-

€30,647.84*

-

-

-

2010

-

-

-

-

-

2011

€4,918.32*

€30,641.18*

-

€52,407.52*

-

2012

-

-

-

€14,259.99*

-

2013 (to 14 November)

-

-

-

€16,974.00*

-

The following table sets out the total amount paid by the Offices of the Attorney General and the Chief State Solicitor to Senior Counsel(1) from 2004 to date.

Year

Total

2004

€6,031,180.15

2005

€6,950,602.84

2006

€5,670,129.62

2007

€7,649,326.31

2008

€8,346,596.09

2009

€6,832,635.59

2010

€4,705,588.23

2011

€3,984,654.90

2012

€3,592,659.56

2013

(to 14 November 2013)

€2,995,076.06

(1) Please note that these figures relate to date of payment. It is possible that payments listed to Senior Counsel were in respect of work carried out as Junior Counsel.

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