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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 9 Oct 2002

Vol. 554 No. 5

Written Answers. - Legal Fees.

Bernard Allen

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507 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount paid in legal fees by his Department in 1999, 2000, 2001 and to date in 2002; the person to whom payment was made; and the amount of payment in each case. [17296/02]

The amounts paid in legal fees by my Department under Vote 38 – Department of Foreign Affairs – and Vote 39 – International Co-operation – in 1999, 2000, 2001 and to date in 2002 is outlined in the following tables:

Fees paid from Vote 38.

Year

Person/Organisation

Amount of Payment

1999

Gomez Acebo y Pombo, Madrid

2,772.87

1999

Gomez Acebo y Pombo, Madrid

763.13

1999

Bailey & Cogger, London

468.38

1999

Boyd Solicitors, Edinburgh

13,046.94

1999

Hogan & Hartson, Washington

850.33

1999

See footnote at end of list

15,674.00

Total

33,575.65

2000

Holland & Knight, New York

966.13

2000

Fuchs & Roselli, Chicago

2,149.27

2000

Boyd Solicitors, Edinburgh

2,139.21

2000

See footnote at end of list

33,453.00

Total

38,707.61

2001

Gwen Malone, Solicitor, Dublin

4,492.33

2001

Dogan Yagiz, Solicitors, Ankara

1,976.87

2001

Muriel Mills, Passport Agency, London

245.26

2001

William Fleming, Immigration, London

294.40

2001

Bosphorous Airlines court case – miscellaneous lawyers fees

155.76

2001

See footnote at end of list

41,773.00

Total

48,937.62

2002

Mason, Hayes & Curran

23,079.9637,490.64

2002

LA Wenderoth, Rechtsanwalt, Bonn

2,057.11

2002

A Bohler, Geneva

683.44

2002

Holland & Knight LLP, New York

949.785,159.49

2002

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Ottawa

305.924,268.07

2002

Jagerlof & Leman, Stockholm

131.43

2002

Anderson Mori, Tokyo

4,897.71

2002

Lindseth, Hagenlund, Naervik, Oslo

2,988.624,994.90

2002

Rajinder, Narain & Co. New Delhi

5,609.15

2002

Claydon Gescher Assoc., Beijing

225.05

2002

Lawyer, Seoul

1,104.271,540.65

2002

Stegmanns, Pretoria

75.58385.1466.16

Year

Person/Organisation

Amount of Payment

2002

Allen & Gledhill, Kuala Lumpur

1,409.26

2002

Lellos P Demetriades, Nicosia

1,052.32

2002

Jadek & Pensa, Ljubljana

2,092.72

2002

Sorainen Law Offices, Tallinn

1,767.398,787.401,603.78

2002

Advocacia Rodrigues, Bratislava

973.80

2002

Epstein Chomsky Law Office, Tel Aviv

1,132.58

2002

Steven A. Seklir, New York

750.00

2002

Ddr. Rene Laurer, Vienna

360.00

Total

115,942.32

Footnote: Particulars of these payments are not to hand and will be conveyed separately to the Deputy.
Fees paid from Vote 39.

Year

Person/Organisation

Amount of Payment

1999

Ato Abdulwasie Yusuf, Ethiopia

1,386.44

1999

W M Kabimba & Co., Zambia

1,894.06

1999

Muyanja & Associates, Uganda

1,524.07

1999

Sheikh's Chambers of Advocates, Tanzania

14,286.47

Total

19,091.04

2000

Ato Abdulwasie Yufuf, Ethiopia

1,594.39

2000

Dr. Benjamim Alfredo, Mozambique

215.56

2000

Stegmans Attorneys, S. Africa

56.44

2000

W M Kabimba & Co., Zambia

1,020.12

2000

Sheikh's Chambers of Advocates, Tanzania

4,853.37

2000

Ishengoma, Masha, Mujulizi & Magai (Advocates), Tanzania

725.59

Total

8,465.47

2001

Ato Abdulwasie Yufuf, Ethiopia

1,296.84

2001

W M Kabimba & Co., Zambia

3,572.86

2001

Ishengoma, Masha, Mujulizi & Magai (Advocates), Tanzania

1,722.82

Total

6,592.52

2002

Ato Abdulwasie Yufuf, Ethiopia

1,312.19

2002

Du Preez, Liebetrau & Co., Lesotho

50.05

2002

CJ Amasike & Associates, Nigeria

1,354.63

2002

W M Kabimba & Co., Zambia

12,308.08

Total

15,024.95

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