Bernard Allen
Ceist:293 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children the amount paid in legal fees by his Department in 1999, 2000, 2001 and to date in 2002; to whom payment was made; and the amount of payment in each case. [10082/02]
Written Answers. - Departmental Legal Fees.
The amounts paid by my Department in the years 1999, 2000, 2001 and to date in 2002 in respect of legal fees and settlements are as follows:
Payments in 1999
|
Arthur Cox, Solicitors |
£16,042.98 (€20,370.38) |
|
O'Flynn, Exhams & Partners |
£81,215.59 (€103,122.53) |
|
BDF, Solicitors |
£27,476.83 (€34,888.38) |
|
Pol O'Murchu, Solicitor |
£14,812.13 (€18,807.53) |
|
Eugene Davy, Solicitor |
£24,200.00 (€30,727.66) |
|
O'Neill & Co. |
£15,890.54 (€65,887.39) |
Payments in 2000
|
Dominic Dowling, Solicitor |
£1,815.00 (€2,304.57) |
|
Paul W. Keogh & Co. |
£2,500.00 (€3,174.35) |
|
Dundon Callanan, Solicitors |
£240,117.12 (€304,885.85) |
|
Legal Aid Board |
£20,135.47 (€25,566.77) |
|
Margaret O'Driscoll BL |
£8,034.00 (€10,201.08) |
|
Thomas Mullins & Co. |
£9,889.26 (€12,556.77) |
|
Ivor Fitzpatrick & Co. |
£105,627.82 (€134,119.67) |
|
Noonan Linehan Carroll Coffey |
£8,782.28 (€11,151.20) |
|
Garrett Sheehan & Co. |
£130,000.00 (€165,065.95) |
|
Lavelle Coleman, Solicitors |
£4,264.53 (€5,414.84) |
Payments in 2001
|
Margaret O'Driscoll BL |
£2,059.50 (€2,615.03) |
|
Ivor Fitzpatrick & Co. |
£114,629.64 (€145,549.62) |
|
Fitzpatrick Galagher, Solicitors |
£18,102.28 (€22,985.15) |
|
Barror & Co. |
£15,972.12 (€20,280.41) |
|
Owen Hickey BL |
£5,371.69 (€6,820.64) |
|
Maher & Co. |
£158,140.27 (€200,796.72) |
|
Malone & Potter, Solicitors |
£1,179.75 (€1,497.97) |
|
O'Gorman Solicitors |
£9,195.26 (€11,675.57) |
|
Mark O'Connell BL |
£11,610.00 (€14,741.66) |
|
Michael O'Donoghue SC |
£46,935.00 (€59,595.16) |
|
Luan O'Braonain BL |
£23,280.00 (€29,559.50) |
|
Patrick M. Goodwin & Co. |
£119,083.09 (€151,204.33) |
|
Roger Green & Sons |
£53,316.45 (€67,697.93) |
|
Beatty & Healy, Solicitors |
£83,298.48 (€105,767.25) |
|
Daithi MacCarthaigh BL |
£5,636.25 (€7,156.56) |
|
James Devlin BL |
£750.00 (€952.30) |
Payments in 2002
|
Fitzpatrick, Gallagher, McEvoySolicitors |
€118,512.91 |
|
Barror & Co. |
€483.74 |
|
Ivor Fitzpatrick & Co. |
€20,759.71 |
|
Michael O'Donoghue SC |
€9,484.94 |
|
Pol O'Murchu, Solicitor |
€65,853.84 |
|
Dermot P. Coyne, Solicitor |
€32,124.45 |
|
McGeehin & Toale, Solicitors |
€19,409.22 |
|
Ernest J Cantillon & Co. |
€1,645.00 |
|
Daithi MacCarthaigh BL |
€2,871.29 |
The legal fees paid in respect of the Finlay Tribunal are as follows:
|
1999 |
£713,665.93 (€906,168.81) |
|
2000 |
£58,829.61 (€74,698.20) |
The legal fees paid in respect of the Lindsay Tribunal are as follows:
|
1999 |
£514,658.38 (€653,481.34) |
|
2000 |
£2,473,318.15 (€3,140,466.24) |
|
2001 |
£3,675,870.20 (€4,667,392.36) |
|
2002 |
€349,862.77 |
The legal fees paid in respect of the Dunne Inquiry are as follows:
|
2000 |
£25,289.00 (€32,110.41) |
|
2001 |
£1,400,425.89 (€1,778,174.08) |
|
2002 |
€450,516.03 |
I would like to inform the Deputy that the cost of legal services provided by the Chief State Solicitor and the Attorney General are paid from the Attorney General's Vote. Details of the legal costs associated with the Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal are contained in the accounts prepared by the Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal.