Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 18 June 2014
27. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide the cost to the Exchequer each year from 2009 to 2014 of the amount paid by his Department under the terms of settlements which included confidentiality agreements or confidentiality clauses. [26182/14]
View answerFor the period in question, six settlements containing “confidentiality clauses” were entered into by my Department. As it was not possible, in the time available, to obtain legal advice on what information we can release in respect of these agreements, I am unable to provide an individual breakdown by year but I can confirm that the total cost of the six settlements was €234,083.12. In each case, legal advice was obtained, including in four cases by lawyers engaged by the appropriate mission to ensure that each complied with local law and practice.
