Departmental Legal Costs

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 March 2015

Tuesday, 3 March 2015

Questions (502)

Billy Kelleher

Question:

502. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department, or State bodies or agencies under the aegis of her Department, use solicitors' firms (details supplied); the amount paid to these solicitors, each year from 2011 to 2014 by her Department, or State bodies or agencies under the aegis of her Department; the date until which her Department, or State bodies or agencies under the aegis of her Department, are contracted to use these solicitors firms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9192/15]

Written answers

Minister for Education and Skills

Data extracted from records within my Department indicate that a sum of €45,154 was paid to one of the two parties to which the Deputy refers during the period 2011 to 2014. The works for which the party was engaged have ceased.