Legal Costs

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 March 2015

Tuesday, 3 March 2015

Questions (624)

Billy Kelleher

Question:

624. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht 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. [9188/15]

Written answers

Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht

Since its establishment on 2 June 2011, my Department has not engaged the firms of solicitors to which the Deputy refers and consequently, no payments have been made to them.

With regard to bodies funded from my Department's Vote Group, the Deputy will appreciate that the matters raised are part of the day-to-day operational responsibilities of the bodies in question. Accordingly, the terms of the Question have been transmitted to the heads of relevant bodies with a request that they provide information, to the extent feasible, directly to the Deputy.