Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 7 February 2024
600. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount spent by her Department on legal costs or legal services in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5391/24]
View answerMy Department was established on 19 July 2017. The information sought by the Deputy in respect of legal costs incurred by the Department since then is provided in the table below.
In 2018, the Department was assigned a designated point of contact for the provision of legal advice through the Office of the Attorney General, and this service provides for the majority of our ongoing requirements in this regard.
Separately, the Charities Regulatory Authority, which is an independent agency funded under a specific programme area of the Department, has also incurred costs for legal services over the period. These are not included in the table provided which, as stated, relate only to costs incurred directly by the Department.
|
DRCD Legal Services/Legal Costs |
Amount Spent, € |
|
2018 |
€2,655 |
|
2019 |
€1,855 |
|
2020 |
€2,796 |
|
2021 |
€5,340 |
|
2022 |
€33,253 |
|
2023 |
€63,630 |
|
2024 to date |
€0 |
|
Total amount spent by DRCD on legal costs or legal services |
€109,529 |
