Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 10 May 2023
83. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education the amount of public money that has been spent to-date in relation to the case of a person (details supplied) defending the actions of a WWETB principal by the senior management team and board members of WWETB against serious accusations of wrongdoing reported from 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21934/23]
View answerEducation and Training Boards (ETBs) are not required to provide my Department with a breakdown of legal costs incurred by individual case or issue. However, information in relation to overall legal costs is available in the ETBs’ Annual Financial Statements.
According to the Annual Financial Statements of the ETB concerned, the amounts spent on legal fees in respect of legal proceedings for the years 2017 to 2021 are as follows
2017 € 4,5442018 € 4662019 € 29,1082020 € 15,5902021 € 0.
