My Department seeks, where possible, to minimise legal costs and avails of the services of the Chief State Solicitor's office, the Attorney General's Office and the State Claims Agency in terms of the provision of legal advice and representation of the Department in Court cases.
The following table sets out details in relation to external legal services provided directly to my Department by legal firms from 2011 to date in 2019. The table does not include costs associated with the Planning Tribunal.
Company name
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Details of legal fees/services
|
2019
|
2018
|
2017
|
2016
|
2015
|
2014
|
2013
|
2012
|
2011
|
|
|
Total (€)
|
Total (€)
|
Total (€)
|
Total (€)
|
Total (€)
|
Total (€)
|
Total (€)
|
Total (€)
|
Total (€)
|
A&L Goodbody
|
Legal advice on weather services
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10,374
|
A&L Goodbody
|
Legal advice on Water Abstraction
|
23,985
|
|
23,985
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Arthur Cox
|
Drafting of Foreshore licences and leases
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
88,402
|
Arthur Cox
|
Legal Advice on Foreshore Consent Issues
|
37,904
|
113,110
|
33,070
|
|
20,767
|
39,010
|
81,415
|
55,180
|
|
Arthur Cox
|
Legal Advice - Pyrite Panel
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,127
|
|
Arthur Cox
|
Professional Fees Aug-Dec 2018 in relation to Land Development Agency
|
|
171,146
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Arthur Cox
|
Professional Fees Jan-June 2019 in relation to Land Development Agency
|
102,716
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Eamon Galligan
|
Legal Advice -proposed amendment to section 261A of the Planning and Development Act 2000
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,433
|
|
1,353
|
|
Eversheds Sutherland
|
Legal advice - PPP Bundles (procurement/tenders)
|
|
48,922
|
167,200
|
22,407
|
|
|
|
|
|
Geoffrey Fox
|
Drafting of EU (Planning and Development) (Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations) 2018
|
|
43,050
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Margaret Gray BL
|
Drafting of regulations to comply with EU Directive 2003/35/EC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,622
|
Mason Hayes & Curran
|
Provision of Employment Law Advice
|
|
|
|
|
|
566
|
|
|
|
Matheson Ormsby Prentice
|
Review of terms and conditions of Waste Resources Market Development Programme
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
312
|
McCann Fitzgerald
|
Professional services relating to 2015 supplier dispute
|
|
2,568
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
McDowell Purcell Solicitors
|
Legal Advice – Dublin Docklands Development Authority
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,467
|
6,654
|
|
McKeever Solicitors
|
Witnessing signature of an affidavit
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Patrick Butler SC
|
Independent non-statutory review of files held by the Department
|
|
8,610
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rochford Brady Group
|
Legal Search
|
|
|
|
|
|
23
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
|
€164,605
|
€387,406
|
€224,265
|
€22,407
|
€20,767
|
€42,032
|
€87,882
|
€69,314
|
€106,710
|