Peadar Tóibín
Question:356. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Defence the amount in legal fees incurred by his Department in 2020 and in each of the years 2000 to 2020. [23575/21]
View answerWednesday, 5 May 2021
Questions (356)
Written answers
The detailed information sought by the Deputy is not readily available, but my Department is retrieving and collating the information requested. I will arrange to have it forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it is available.
The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51
I refer to the above referenced Parliamentary Question which was answered on 5th May 2021:
To ask the Minister for Defence the amount in legal fees incurred by his Department in 2020 and in each of the years 2000 to 2020 and if he will make a statement on the matter.
As advised in my response of 5th May, the information requested was not immediately available. My Department has now further researched your request and unfortunately it is not possible to gather the data for the years 2000 to 2010. However, the records for the years 2011 to 2020 have now been compiled and are as set out in Appendix A (attached).
APPENDIX A
The expenditure incurred by my Department in respect of legal fees in each of the past years from 2011 to 2020 is as follows:
|
Year |
Amount |
|
2011 |
€2,140,787 |
|
2012 |
€1,150,449 |
|
2013 |
€1,388,029 |
|
2014 |
€1,585,123 |
|
2015 |
€1,508,512 |
|
2016 |
€1,562,699 |
|
2017 |
€1,596,213 |
|
2018 |
€3,323,130 |
|
2019 |
€3,180,060 |
|
2020 |
€3,830,078 |