Bernard Allen
Ceist:1316 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Transport 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. [17301/02]
Written Answers. - Legal Fees.
Expenditure in respect of the Department of Public Enterprise to June 2002 and the Department of Transport subsequently in relation to legal fees in 1999, 2000, 2001 and to date in 2002 is as follows:
|
€ |
£ |
|
|
1999 |
2,465,241 |
1,941,485 |
|
2000 |
1,703,481 |
1,341,601 |
|
2001 |
2,976,205 |
2,343,953 |
|
2002 |
1,340,031 |
A breakdown of these figures is as follows:
|
Recipient |
IR£ |
€ |
|
1999 |
||
|
Kilroys 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 |
200,000 |
254,000 |
|
Denton Wilde Sapte |
228,056 |
289,572 |
|
Chief State Solicitor |
83,091 |
105,504 |
|
Matheson Ormsby Prentice |
21,019 |
26,701 |
|
Skadden Arps |
109,000 |
138,400 |
|
A&L Goodbody |
55,605 |
70,604 |
|
Chief State Solicitor |
25,137 |
31,917 |
|
Chief State Solicitor |
4,250 |
5,396 |
|
Total |
1,941,485 |
2,465,241 |
|
Recipient |
IR£ |
€ |
|
2000 |
||
|
Mason Solicitors |
74,450 |
94,533 |
|
Judge Sean O'Leary |
1,876 |
2,382 |
|
Kilroy's Solicitors |
5,542 |
7,037 |
|
Mason, Hayes & Curran |
6,480 |
8,228 |
|
William Fry & Co. |
75,625 |
96,024 |
|
Mason Hayes & Curran |
60,500 |
76,819 |
|
J Ryan |
50 |
63 |
|
John O'Rourke |
50 |
63 |
|
Melissa Swartz |
125 |
159 |
|
Milo Keane |
100 |
127 |
|
A&L Goodbody |
10,664 |
13,541 |
|
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 |
|
A&L Goodbody |
66,918 |
84,968 |
|
Total |
1,341,601 |
1,703,481 |
|
2001 |
||
|
Matheson, Ormsby Prentice |
699,442 |
888,108 |
|
Mason Solicitors |
425,810 |
540,666 |
|
Ernst & Young |
339,592 |
431,193 |
|
Kilroys Solicitors |
49,895 |
63,354 |
|
Mason Hayes & Curran |
97,594 |
123,919 |
|
William Fry Solicitors |
63,000 |
79,994 |
|
Linklaters & Alliance |
508,023 |
645,056 |
|
McCann Fitzgerald |
3,627 |
4,605 |
|
Matheson Ormsby Prentice |
35,000 |
44,440 |
|
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 |
5,716 |
7,258 |
|
Chief State Solicitor |
1,143 |
1,451 |
|
Philip Lee Solicitors |
2,376 |
3,017 |
|
Denton Wilde Sapte |
16,690 |
21,192 |
|
Mason Hayes & Curran |
6,050 |
7,682 |
|
Carley & Co. Sols |
360 |
457 |
|
Skadden Arps |
17,371 |
22,057 |
|
Skadden Arps |
39,049 |
49,582 |
|
A&L Goodbody |
10,626 |
13,492 |
|
A& L Goodbody |
19,500 |
24,760 |
|
Total |
2,343,953 |
2,976,205 |
|
2002 |
||
|
Matheson, Ormsby Prentice |
67,595 |
|
|
William Fry Solicitors |
19,026 |
|
|
Mason Solicitors |
131,868 |
|
|
Ernst & Young |
27,685 |
|
|
O'Donnell Sweeney Solicitors |
71,882 |
|
|
Kilroys Solicitors |
40,937 |
|
|
A & L Goodbody Solicitors |
47,647 |
|
|
P. F. O'Reilly & Co. Solicitors |
612,668 |
|
|
Niamh Hyland |
19,965 |
|
|
Mary Finlay |
37,147 |
|
|
Eoghan Fitzsimmons |
80,415 |
|
|
Phillippe Sands |
95,855 |
|
|
Vaughan Lowe |
59,820 |
|
|
McCann Fitzgerald Solicitors |
2,904 |
|
|
Philip Lee Solicitors |
8,579 |
|
|
Kensington & Ressier LLC |
16,038 |
|
|
Total |
1,340,031 |