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Departmental Legal Costs

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 July 2020

Tuesday, 7 July 2020

Questions (165)

Carol Nolan

Question:

165. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance the expenditure his Department incurred in respect of external legal fees in each of the years from 2016 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14072/20]

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Written answers

The amount my Department incurred in respect of external legal fees in each year since 2016 are in the following table.

Year

External Legal Fees Amount

2020 (to date)

€226,193.93

2019

€471,546.46

2018

€948,806.92

2017

€2,463,556.26

2016

€734,859.80

Note 1: Over the course of this period, additional amounts of €526,106.84 in 2017 and €249,382.50 in 2018 were paid in respect of the costs of other parties.

Note 2: there are timing differences between when costs are incurred by the Department and when they are recouped which can lead to recoupments being received in the subsequent financial year.

*Recoupments:

2016: €269,419.15

2017: €856,138.60

2018: €214,400.72

2019: €38,507.63

2020 unavailable at this time.

Question No. 166 answered with Question No. 152.
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