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Legal Services

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 12 January 2011

Wednesday, 12 January 2011

Ceisteanna (676, 677)

Alan Shatter

Ceist:

729 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Social Protection in each of the years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 the arrangements entered into by his Department for the obtaining of advice from a firm of solicitors and/or from senior or junior counsel; in each case the subject matter in respect of which advices were sought, the name of the solicitors firm and/or barristers concerned and the fees paid; the nature of the work concerned, that is, whether it involved the drafting of legislation or the obtaining of legal advices; whether in each case the matter concerned was advertised for tender and, where not, why not. [1626/11]

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Alan Shatter

Ceist:

731 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Social Protection with regard to legal services used by his Department, any Body under the aegis of his Department or any State agency for which he is responsible; if he will give details of the legal services for which there has been competitive tendering in each of the years 2008, 2009 and 2010; the legal firm in each case that furnished advice with regard to any such tendering and assisted in the preparation of tender documents and in each case to detail the solicitors firm who succeeded in each tendering process, the nature of the work for which each firm successfully tendered and the fees paid for any such advice or assistance to each firm for work for which it tendered. [1656/11]

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Freagraí scríofa

I propose to take Questions Nos. 729 and 731 together.

The information requested is currently being compiled within the Department and will be made available to the Deputy as soon as possible.

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