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.