Léim ar aghaidh chuig an bpríomhábhar
Gnáthamharc

Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 9 Oct 2002

Vol. 554 No. 5

Written Answers. - Departmental Spending.

1593.Mr. Allen asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the amount paid in legal fees by his Department in 1999, 2000, 2001 and to date in 2002; the persons to whom payment was made; and the amount of payment in each case. [17303/02]

Information for the years 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002 is set out in the following table in relation to legal fees arising from the functions now vested in my Department.

In addition, certain consultancy arrangements will have involved indirect, but not separate, payments by my Department for legal advice provided incidentally within a main consultancy contract.

Payments for legal services are also made by my Department, on behalf of the Tribunal of Inquiry into Certain Planning Matters and Payments. Such payments totalled €2,494,830.30 in 1999, €3,326,206.28 in 2000, €3,511,771.24 in 2001 and €1,621,534.83 to date in 2002.

Name

1999

2000

2001

2002

Philip Lee Solicitors

2,539

2,349

5,821

McCann Fitzgerald Solicitors

24,514

23,688

Bowler Geraghty & Company

15,350

19,364

F.H. O'Reilly & Company

33,393

Eoin O'Shea

4,863

Egan Cosgrave

6,066

Patrick Buckley & Company

180

Pierce & Fitzgerald

634,869

549,078

163,951

O'Connor & Dudley

1,027

Lewis C. Doyle & Sons

461

Egan, Cosgraves & Associates

48,378

James H. Powell & Sons

889

Butler Solicitors

5,852

Robert Cussen & Sons

23,862

V.P McMullin & Sons

461

Michael J. O'N. Quirk

1,016

508

Arthur O'Hagan

15,750

Murchan & Company

884

Daly Derham & Company

10,308

Hayes & Sons

6,592

Taylor & Buchalter

27,677

Hayes McGrath

6,349

Brendan Clarke & Company

22,238

Patrick F. O'Reilly

21,545

Stephen Byrne

891

O'Gorman Solicitors

1,694

Kieran T. Flynn & Company

1,197

O'Doherty Warren & Associates

900

Maurice Power Solicitors

1,549

O'Connor, Menton & Company

592

Ronan, Daly, Jermyn

844

H.V. O'Donoghue

1,380

Name

1999

2000

2001

2002

J.J. O'Shea Murphy & Company

914

McCann Fitzgerald

522,479

P.J. O'Driscoll & Sons

6,219

O'Hanrahan & Company

1,524

Pat F. O'Connor & Company

8,577

Plunkett, Kirwan & Company

6,540

John Schutte

6,683

Patrick O'Reilly

801

Charles J. O'Connor

5,181

N.J. Downes & Company

8,888

Nathaniel Lacy & Company

653

O'Riada & Company

10,894

Michael Houlihan & Company

457

Matthew J. Nagle & Company Solicitors

5,069

Niamh Hyland

19,965

Mary Finlay

37,147

Eoghan Fitzsimons

80,414

Philippe Sands

95,854

Vaughan Lowe

59,819

Totals

803,720

1,219,406

239,732

304,089

Barr
Roinn