Departmental Legal Costs

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 March 2015

Tuesday, 3 March 2015

Questions (288)

Billy Kelleher

Question:

288. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department, or State bodies or agencies under the aegis of his Department, use solicitors firms (details supplied); the amount paid to these solicitors each year, from 2011 to 2014, by his Department, or State bodies or agencies under the aegis of his Department; the date until which his Department, or State bodies or agencies under the aegis of his Department, are contracted to use these solicitors firms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9187/15]

Written answers

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

My Department has not used either of the named companies in the period in question. As regards State Bodies, this is an operational matter for the bodies themselves.