Peadar Tóibín
Question:342. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the amount spent by his Department on legal costs or legal services in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [40008/22]
View answerTuesday, 26 July 2022
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The legal costs were not collated centrally until recent times. Below is a tabulated form of legal cost or services incurred by the Department of Finance in recent years:
|
Year |
Cost ( € ) |
|
January to 20th July 2022 |
151,606.37 |
|
2021 |
267,325.37 |
|
2020 |
1,097,383.18 |
|
2019 |
314,934.2 |
|
2018 |
988,336.68 |
|
2017 |
1,668,980.46 |
|
2016 |
347,797.58 |
|
2015 |
1,944,739.88 |
|
2014 |
1,602,092.54 |
|
2013 |
2,904,473.77 |
|
2012 |
3,219,030.31 |
Please note, a search of official records indicates expenditure on legal fees incurred by the Shareholding & Financial Advisory Division from 2012 to 2019 while 2020 to date reflects the total legal cost for the Department of Finance. The legal fees for 2022 are not finalised and are subject to revision at year end, but represent the fees collated as of July 20th.