Bernard Allen
Ceist:209 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Public Enterprise the amount paid in legal fees by her Department in 1999, 2000 and 2001; the person or organisations who received a payment; and the amount of payment in each case. [1834/02]
Vol. 547 No. 1
209 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Public Enterprise the amount paid in legal fees by her Department in 1999, 2000 and 2001; the person or organisations who received a payment; and the amount of payment in each case. [1834/02]
Expenditure by my Department in relation to legal fees in 1999, 2000 and 2001 is as follows: 1999, 2,465,241 (£1,941,485);2000, 1,703,481 (£1,341,601); 2001, 2,976,205 (£2,343,953).
A breakdown of these figures is attached below.
1999
Recipient |
IR£ |
|
Kilroy's Solicitors |
16,936 |
21,504 |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP |
1,145,000 |
1,453,850 |
Mason Hayes & Curran |
28,285 |
35,915 |
County Registrar Circuit Court |
17,501 |
22,222 |
Philpott Creedon & Co. |
7,555 |
9,593 |
Charles Murphy |
50 |
63 |
Chief State Solicitor |
312,478 |
396,817 |
Denton Wilde Sapte |
228,056 |
289,572 |
Matheson Ormsby Prentice |
21,019 |
26,701 |
Skadden Arps |
109,000 |
138,400 |
A&L Goodbody |
55,605 |
70,604 |
Total |
1,941,485 |
2,465,177 |
Recipient |
IR£ |
|
Mason Solicitors |
74,450 |
94,533 |
Judge Sean O'Leary |
1,876 |
2,382 |
Kilroy's Solicitors |
5,542 |
7,037 |
Mason, Hayes & Curran |
66,980 |
85,047 |
William Fry & Co. |
75,625 |
96,024 |
J Ryan |
50 |
63 |
John O'Rourke |
50 |
63 |
Melissa Swartz |
125 |
159 |
Milo Keane |
100 |
127 |
A&L Goodbody |
77,582 |
98,509 |
Philpott Creedon & Co. |
190,616 |
242,032 |
Denton Wilde Sapte |
49,160 |
62,420 |
Matheson Ormsby Prentice |
42,506 |
53,971 |
Skadden Arps |
756,939 |
961,114 |
Total |
1,341,601 |
1,703,481 |
Recipient |
IR£ |
|
Matheson, Ormsby Prentice |
734,442 |
932,548 |
Mason Solicitors |
425,810 |
540,666 |
Ernst & Young |
339,592 |
431,193 |
Kilroy's Solicitors |
49,895 |
63,354 |
Mason Hayes & Curran |
103,644 |
131,601 |
William Fry Solicitors |
63,000 |
79,994 |
Linklaters & Alliance |
508,023 |
645,056 |
McCann Fitzgerald |
3,627 |
4,605 |
William Doyle |
200 |
254 |
Patents Office |
140 |
178 |
Gerry Dolphin |
50 |
63 |
Noel O'Brien |
200 |
254 |
Richard Cormack |
2,499 |
3,173 |
Chief State Solicitor |
6,859 |
8,709 |
Philip Lee Solicitors |
2,376 |
3,017 |
Denton Wilde Sapte |
16,690 |
21,192 |
Carley & Co. Sols |
360 |
457 |
Skadden Arps |
56,420 |
71,639 |
A&L Goodbody |
30,126 |
38,252 |
Total |
2,343,953 |
2,976,205 |