Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 30 September 2014
222. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount in legal fees incurred by the Commission for Public Service Appointments for the year to date and for each of the past three years together with details of the annual budget that it has to operate. [36976/14]
View answerThe legal expenses incurred by the Commission for Public Appointments Service (CPSA) in 2014 amount to €130,322. In 2013, €34,534 was spent on legal fees on behalf of the CPSA, with €1,000 expended in 2012 and €22,000 in 2011. The Ombudsman Amendment Act 2012 provided for the merging of the Office of the CPSA with the Office of the Ombudsman with effect from 1 January 2013 and its activities are funded from that Office's Vote. That Office's overall Vote allocation for 2014 is €8,140,000 covering the business activities of the Ombudsman, the Information Commissioner, the Commissioner for Environmental Information, the Standards in Public Office Commission as well as the CPSA. Within this a total of €444,000 is budgeted for legal expenses for the different Statutory Offices.
