Peadar Tóibín
Question:109. 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 2024, in tabular form. [5384/24]
View answerWednesday, 7 February 2024
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The legal costs incurred by my Department were not collated centrally until recent years. Below is a table of the amount spent on legal costs or legal services by the Department of Finance in recent years. Please note that a search of official records indicates expenditure on legal fees incurred by the Shareholding & Financial Advisory Division from 2014 to 2019, while 2020 to date reflects the total legal cost for the Department of Finance.
|
Year |
Cost ( € ) |
|
January 2024 |
Nil to date |
|
2023
|
470,683.87 |
|
2022 |
282,900.02 |
|
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 |